“At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.
Organization Overview
At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.
Functional Overview & Responsibilities
TDA Intern Overview:
Lilly’s internship program provides science students the unique opportunity to work in the Drug Discovery or Development areas of a world-class pharmaceutical company. Our internship program helps us identify future technical talent and leaders and allows interns to gain technical expertise and understanding of the drug development process, experience our culture and see the variety of career paths available at Lilly. This internship will take place during the Summer of 2027 with start dates in May and June 2027.
We are looking for students majoring in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, all fields of engineering, pharmaceutics, or a related discipline to join our team of scientists. As part of Lilly’s commitment to innovation, interns will have the opportunity to build fluency with AI tools used across the business. We expect interns to approach these tools with curiosity, apply critical thinking to AI-assisted work, and always prioritize accuracy, confidentiality, and ethical standards in how they use them. As an intern you will have an opportunity to diversify your skillset while contributing to cutting edge research.
Your work or project may include but are not limited to the following:
- AI/ML
- Analytical development
- Bioassay development
- Biological testing of compounds
- Organic and Peptide synthesis
- Chemical Modality
- Computational biology
- Computational chemistry
- Delivery devices
- Molecular biology
- Protein expression
- Purification, characterization, analytical methods, and formulation
- Flow chemistry
- Drug product design and performance
The internship positions are located at our corporate headquarters in Indianapolis, IN and may include other locations such as Boston, MA; San Diego, CA; Pasadena, CA, and South San Francisco, CA. Each intern will be assigned a project providing the opportunity to actively contribute to the Discovery or Development organization, build a more comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, and the role Eli Lilly and Company scientists play in delivering innovative medicines to patients.
Basic Qualifications
Requirements:
- Enrolled in a Ph.D. or PharmD program with a concentration in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
Additional Functional Job Skills & Preference
- Team player with excellent communication skills.
- Previous laboratory or pharmaceutical research experience in
- AI/ML
- Analytical development
- Bioassay development
- Biological testing of compounds
- Organic and Peptide synthesis
- Chemical Modality
- Computational biology
- Computational chemistry
- Delivery devices
- Molecular biology
- Protein expression
- Purification, characterization, analytical methods, and formulation
- Flow chemistry
- Drug product design and performance
- Prior experience using AI tools (e.g., generative AI platforms, automation tools, or AI-assisted research/analytics tools) in an academic, project, or work setting.”
