DMT T1D Cures Accelerator Project Manager Summer 2025 Internship

As the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, Breakthrough T1D helps make everyday life with T1D better while driving toward cures. We invest in the most promising research to turn ideas into life-changing therapies and devices. We work with government, regulatory officials, and insurance companies to address issues that impact the T1D community -- breaking through barriers that limit access to care worldwide. We provide resources and guidance that makes it easier to live and thrive with T1D. This is more than a moment -- we're empowering a movement for the T1D community. Share your support and help educate and empower individuals facing type 1 diabetes.

Our mission is to improve lives today and tomorrow by accelerating life changing breakthroughs to treat, prevent and ultimately, cure T1D and its complications. Always, we are guided by a single purpose: As we drive towards curing type 1 diabetes, we help make everyday life better for the people who face it.

Project Summary

We are seeking a highly organized and motivated summer intern to serve as a project manager in support of a scientific collaborative aimed at the identification of biomarkers of type 1 diabetes progression and response to therapeutic intervention. This collaborative will bring together stakeholders, industry representatives, clinicians, and scientists to accelerate the clinical testing of therapies. The intern will play a critical role in facilitating collaboration among team members, organizing project workflows, and ensuring effective communication. Their primary responsibilities will include scheduling and managing meetings, tracking the status of various project components, and compiling a comprehensive final report summarizing the collaborative’s progress, structure, and future directions.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Meeting Coordination
  • Scheduling and organizing virtual meetings for the collaborative.
  • Preparing and distributing agendas in advance.
  • Recording meeting minutes, tracking agenda items, and ensuring follow-up on key tasks.
• Project Tracking and Organization
  • Develop and maintain project timelines.
  • Tracking the progress of various workstreams.
• Communication and Documentation
  • Serve as the point of contact for collaborative members, facilitating smooth information flow.
  • Draft regulator project updates.
  • Organize and maintain a shared document repository.
• Final Report Development
  • Compile a final report summarizing the progress and future directions of the collaborative.
  • Integrate input from team members to ensure scientific accuracy and strategic coherence.
  • Create supporting visuals to enhance the report’s clarity and impact.

Expected Learnings

While working on this project, the intern will:

• Gain hands-on experience in managing scientific projects, including coordinating meetings, tracking deliverables, and managing timelines.
• Get exposure to how interdisciplinary teams work together to tackle complex research questions, with a focus on biomarker discovery in autoimmune diseases.
• Develop a deeper understanding of biomarker identification processes in type 1 diabetes, including the biological and statistical methods used for validation.
• Get experience drafting clear meeting summaries, status reports, and a professional final report.
• Develop insight into how scientific collaborations are structured, including goal-setting and stakeholder engagement.
• Get practical experience in identifying and addressing roadblocks to keep scientific projects on track.

Required Skills/Experience

The following skills/experience are required for applicant consideration:

• Education: Currently enrolled in a graduate program and actively pursuing a Master’s or Doctorate in immunology, biology, biochemistry, biomedical sciences, scientific communication, or a related field.
• Project Management: Demonstrated experience organizing and managing projects, either through research internships, coursework, or extracurricular activities.
• Scientific Literacy: Basic understanding of biological concepts as needed for understanding and participation in meetings and discussions.
• Communication: Strong scientific writing skills, experience drafting research summaries, reports, or project documentation.
• Technical: High proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), experience with reference management software (e.g., EndNote).
• Organizational: Must have demonstrated experience highlighting an excellent attention to detail, time-management, and multitasking skills.
• Teamwork: Strong interpersonal skills, with an ability to work both independently and collaboratively as necessary.

The following skills/experience is highly preferred:

• Demonstrated experience with project management software (e.g., Trello, Asana, Microsoft Project).
• Previous work experience as a scientific project manager.
• Previous intern experience in an industry setting.

Hourly Rate: $18/hour

Essential Functions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools or controls.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and infrequently up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Additional information:

Requests for medical, religious, and other exemptions will be considered on an individual basis. Breakthrough T1D will comply with all federal, state, and local laws.

Breakthrough T1D supports a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Breakthrough T1D is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Salary : $18