R&D Intern; Summer

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) - it all starts with animals! As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose - all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better - join our team today!

As an R&D Intern, you will lead a project that supports Elanco’s clinical development, regulatory, and innovation processes through data-driven insights and advanced analytics. In this role, you will help Elanco deliver products to customers by:

• Identifying and characterizing target indication areas and biological mechanisms of disease
• Applying statistical and AI/ML approaches to clinical and real-world data
• Designing data structures and workflows that enable discovery and decision-making across species
• Evaluating regulatory or clinical pathways and study designs to support product development

Interns may be placed in one of several teams, including but not limited to:

• Mechanistic Biology
• R&D AI & Data Strategy
• Clinical & Non-Clinical Development
• Statistics
• Regulatory and Pharmacovigilance

• Execute project deliverables with an innovative, hypothesis-driven approach and a focus on clear business impact
• Manage and curate data sets (e.g., biological, clinical, or real-world data) to identify key trends and insights
• Apply quantitative methods (e.g., statistical modeling, AI/ML, or mechanistic reasoning) to answer R&D and clinical development questions
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (scientists, clinicians, data scientists, regulatory experts) to refine questions and interpret results
• Participate in regular check-ins, presenting progress and interim results to your supervisor and project team
• Deliver a final presentation summarizing your project objectives, methods, results, and key learnings to R&D colleagues and the intern community

• Education:
  
  Currently enrolled in a STEM or quantitative field such as chemistry, biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, biomedical engineering, bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, data science, statistics, biostatistics, applied mathematics, or other related fields
• Degree:
  Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD
• Academic Progress:
  Students must return to a degree seeking program for the fall semester following the completion of the internship.

• Strong critical thinking skills and the ability to translate scientific or business questions into analytical approaches
• High attention to detail and commitment to data quality and reproducibility
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively on multidisciplinary teams
• Comfort working with data (e.g., organizing, cleaning, exploring, and summarizing datasets)
• Ability to learn and apply analytical tools (e.g., statistical software, scripting languages, or data visualization tools)

• Academic Progress:
  Expected graduation date between December 2027 and…