Research Intern - Materials Science Benchmark
The Role
We're building a benchmark for evaluating AI systems on scientific question answering across the physical sciences (a real gap in amid biomedical and CS benchmarks). We're working with domain experts to write the questions and rubrics, but we need someone to orchestrate the study. This includes running evaluations across multiple AI systems, organizing results, and maintaining rigorous documentation. You don't need to be a domain expert in every field we cover, but you should be comfortable reading scientific literature and interfacing credibly with researchers. Undergraduate, MS, and PhD students at U.S. universities are all welcome to apply.
What We're Looking For
- Pursuing a degree in materials science, chemical engineering, physics, or a related physical science
- Strong organizational skills and familiarity with research methodology
- Comfortable communicating with faculty and senior researchers as collaborators
- Able to run scripts and work with data (coding not required, some technical skills are a plus)
Details
- ~10–12 weeks, flexible on start/end dates
- $10,000–12,000 for the summer
- Remote, with a possible one-week on-site early in the summer
- We are unable to sponsor visas, but welcome applicants with existing US work authorization or international students working from abroad
Why This Is a Good Summer
- Work directly with two PhD founders on unsolved problems
- Co-authorship on the resulting publication
- Potential to continue part-time into the fall
- If you're considering grad school, we can write a strong recommendation