The MITRE Academic Engagement Program
MITRE
MITRE is a not-for-profit company that provides independent and objective advice to sponsors, operating seven federally-funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) and more than 100 state-of-the-art laboratories. MITRE currently has 8,200 employees across more than 60 locations worldwide. MITRE partners with universities across the nation to meet the hiring, research collaboration, and work delivery needs of its many locations and programs. MITRE has a broad academic engagement strategy with schools across the country to strengthen research capabilities and to identify and develop future talent. MITRE aims to align a school’s strengths with MITRE’s work within the FFRDCs that it operates. Academic engagement includes a large co-op and intern program, funding for students working on Capstone projects or completing graduate study and research, tuition assistance, hosting monthly talks for college faculty, and funding academic partner research. MITRE also supports early-stage incubator operations aimed at transitioning research to marketable products and services. Other academic partnership activities include advisory board involvement, curriculum development, participation in university-hosted competitions and challenges, hosting student visits to MITRE and campus career fairs.