Fellow

Who we are

At Transcendent Endeavors, we empower underserved populations through innovative solutions that transcend barriers, promote positive change, and improve lives. Operating as an award-winning technology incubator that has built several successful businesses, we follow a disciplined approach to turn ideas into products and a rigorous process to evaluate their impact. Our portfolio of products support healthcare professionals and K-12 educators to overcome communication barriers and equity challenges to better serve diverse communities.

Your Persona

Transcendent Endeavors is seeking enthusiastic, self-motivated, conscientious individuals who will become the next generation of leaders and innovators. Fellows are an integral part of groundbreaking projects that address societal challenges. We invite undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career professionals with a desire to redefine the status quo to join our growing startup. Fellows who join will use their specific expertise to support NIH-funded research and development projects in a fast-paced environment.

The Fellowship will focus on one of the following opportunities, depending on your interests and relevant experience: 

Opportunity 1: Business Strategy & Market Launch Fellow

We are about to release a new language access solution suite that will bring much needed innovation for advancing health equity. The selected Fellow will work closely with our team to develop and execute a high-impact go-to-market strategy, gain hands-on experience in fundraising and investor relations, build and manage strategic sales pipelines for hospitals, IDNs, and health plans, and craft compelling marketing and thought-leadership initiatives to drive brand growth. Engage directly with healthcare executives, investors, and key stakeholders to accelerate adoption and make a lasting industry impact.

Requirements

• Currently in or recently graduated from an MBA or similar program
• Strong interest in healthcare, startups, sales, and / or fundraising
• Experience in strategy, marketing, business development, or finance preferred

Opportunity 2: Healthcare AI Process Innovation Fellow  

In this role, you will explore prompt engineering, software quality assurance (QA) standards, and quantitative and qualitative data analysis to develop a scalable and sustainable process for expert QA of AI translation of medical documents across multiple languages. While machine translation and AI-driven translation offer immense promise, human-in-the-loop review remains essential to ensuring accuracy and clinical safety. The challenge lies in optimizing the balance between AI efficiency and expert human oversight. You will work with our team to design a QA protocol that leverages both AI and human expertise, maximizing accuracy while maintaining scalability. This is an opportunity to define best practices in AI translation quality assurance and contribute to innovation in multilingual healthcare communication.

Requirements

• TA experience or other small-group management skills
• Degree or degree track in computer science or linguistics

Opportunity 3: Cultural Competency & AI Language Fellow

In this role, you'll ensure linguistic and cultural excellence across our multilingual platforms, gaining hands-on experience at the intersection of language, culture, and technology.

You’ll learn translanguaging approaches, master prompt engineering, and contribute to the development of high-quality multilingual content. You will be essential in developing culturally resonant Blossom stories, providing critical insights for medical training in Canopy, and refining advanced language learning materials. Your contributions on these platforms will enhance cultural competency among language learners and foster greater inclusivity and representation in educational content.

Requirements

• Baseline understanding of grammatical structures
• High level of proficiency in one of: Portuguese, Italian, Haitian Creole, Korean
• Deep understanding of the culture related to the language they specialize in
• Interest in AI

Opportunity 4: AI-Enhanced Multimedia Design Fellow

In this role, you will explore the frontier of AI-powered design, transforming raw AI-generated visuals, animations, and audio into high-quality, educational content that supports language learning and healthcare communication. You’ll gain hands-on experience with prompt engineering, typography, collaborative design workflows, and the creation of UI/UX mockups. Working across our Blossom and Canopy platforms, you’ll help bridge the gap between emerging AI capabilities and real-world learning needs by enhancing the clarity, cultural relevance, and educational impact of every design you touch.

Requirements

• Photoshop or other image manipulation applications
• Basic motion graphics
• Interest in AI

Opportunity 5: Applied Behavioral Science & AI Fellow

We are advancing the intersection of AI, behavioral science, and health equity through innovative patient engagement solutions. The selected Fellow will gain hands-on experience in prompt engineering, AI, and the evaluation of behavior change and social determinants of health (SDoH) interventions. Collaborating closely with executives, researchers, and healthcare industry leaders, this Fellow will support federally-funded grants and projects focused on patient adherence and engagement, assist in data collection and analysis for AI-driven initiatives, contribute to pilot study intervention design, and craft tailored patient interventions using behavioral science. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape cutting-edge health solutions and drive meaningful impact in improving patient outcomes.

Requirements

• Degree or degree track in behavioral science, public health, health psychology, health communication, or cognitive psychology
• At least 1 year of hands-on human subjects research experience 
• Experience in research and data collection material development (surveys, interview scripts)

Fellows work on one or more of the following products

Aqueduct disseminates personalized messages and leverages the power of tailored rewards to reduce medical appointment no-shows.

Blossom supports language development, early literacy, and home-school connections through an online multilingual education platform where children and adults can read stories together in customized blends of two languages.

Canopy enables health systems to address language barriers and provide the best care for patients with limited English proficiency through a suite of cutting-edge products to train, recognize, and support bilingual healthcare professionals.

What to expect

The Fellowship provides an opportunity to work closely with senior executives who are experts in their respective fields. Fellows will interact with an interdisciplinary team of colleagues ranging from the fields of public health research, social sciences, and healthcare informatics, to software engineering, sales, and marketing. This is an unparalleled opportunity to gain firsthand insight into the design of innovative projects, work on transformative solutions that have real world impacts, and accumulate highly valuable experience for future career growth. 

Compensation

The fellowship includes a $1,000 stipend and emphasizes valuable training, hands-on experience, and collaboration with experts.

Additional benefits include support with external funding applications, assistance with academic credit requirements if offered by the fellow's institution, potential joint compensation arrangements with the fellow's institution, and a letter of recommendation upon completion of the fellowship.

How to Apply

Please apply at https://forms.gle/QT6HnVgcE33MAqvT8

Transcendent Endeavors is an equal employment/affirmative action employer and welcomes diverse applicants. Transcendent Endeavors does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital/or parental status, age, na