A component of the  AZAdvances Talent Program, AZAdvances internships are designed to support Arizona students as they explore career paths in health and life sciences.  Internships are created in partnership with AZBio member organizations and are supported though grants and donations to the Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation’s benefiting the AZAdvances initiative.

Internship Opportunities – February 2023 

The following 3-month paid internships are open now with target start dates in February 2023. Click the links to learn more!

Internship – CEI Science Lab Technician

This 3-month internship is an opportunity for the student to explore careers in maintaining laboratory equipment, to interact with life science entrepreneurs, and to gain valuable experience while working with the team at the new Connect Labs by Wexford.

The intern will be exposed to the set-up & calibration, preventative maintenance and operation of bioscience lab equipment.  Specifically the equipment provided by Thermo Fisher in their Demonstration Lab on the 5th floor.  Interns may also be called upon to assist the resident bioscience start-up companies in their lab set-up as they move into Connect Labs.  Interns will have the opportunity to shadow a Senior Lab Technician as we complete safety and compliance inspections of tenant labs.

Internship – HUG/SaPHE Lab Technician

The Intern at the HUG/SaPHE Lab will assist with daily operations of a pro bono healthcare clinic and maintenance of safe patient handling and mobility lab.   This 3-month internship is an opportunity for the student to explore careers in laboratory science and gain valuable experience.  The intern will gain hands-on experience providing customer service, using multiple software applications, exposure to healthcare management and clinic daily operations, safe patient handling and mobility technology.

This paid internship is possible thanks to a grant from the Valley of the Sun United Way.

Help create more talent opportunities

We love internships!

All donations for AZAdvances received in February 2023 will support the AZAdvances Talent Program. 

Donations of all levels are combined and add up to make an impact!

• $50 pays Zoom workshop fees for 1 month
• $100 helps fund Student Prizes
• $1,000 supports Scholarships
• $1,500 funds an intern for 1 month
• $6,2500 funds all costs of 
  program coordination for 1 month
• $9,000 funds an intern for 6 months

Your donation for AZAdvances is made to the Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation
Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation (OTEF) is an Arizona based, 501c3 public charity,
established in 2005. EIN: 20-3779020