Jan
6
Event
Your IAP. Their first startup.
Spend January helping update meet's summer accelerator, where Palestinian and Israeli high-school students launch their own tech products and test them with real users. This is a remote, paid IAP activity open to MIT undergraduate and graduate students.
At a glance
- Dates: January 4–29, 2027 (4 weeks of IAP)
- Time: 8–10 hours a week (1.5 hours live on Zoom, the rest on your own time)
- Pay: $25/hour
- Open to: MIT undergraduate and graduate students
What you'll do
- Review the summer sessions against the new accelerator goal
- Rebuild the accelerator flow and sessions in product management, product design and marketing
- Hand off finished sessions that will reach students this July
Wednesdays on Zoom, 10:00–11:30 am ET
- Jan 6 – Kickoff: intro to meet and session assignments
- Jan 13 – Review: what to keep, cut or rebuild
- Jan 20 – Drafts: peer and staff feedback
- Jan 27 – Handoff: final materials and showcase
Great fit if you have built or launched a product, enjoy designing hands-on learning materials, and want to be part of a bi-national learning environment.
New to meet? meet is a three-year program where Palestinian and Israeli high-school students learn technology, entrepreneurship and leadership together.
Apply by Friday, December 4, 2026: forms.gle/8ugeny22iWXCsrVTA
Questions? Email andrei.borokhovich@meet.mit.edu
