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 Clean Air–Cool Planet (CA-CP) has successfully worked with communities, campuses, and corporations to achieve millions of tons of greenhouse gas reductions. Small investments made in getting initial, catalytic projects off the ground often lead to greater institutional commitment and long-term success in comprehensive climate leadership efforts. Yet it can often be difficult to allocate the resources necessary to get those projects completed.
In light of that reality, and with the generous support of the Roy A. Hunt Foundation, CA-CP has created its Climate Fellowship, a competitive, prestigious program designed to pair outstanding students with challenging real-world opportunities to propel society toward a low-carbon future.
This program seeks highly qualified graduate and undergraduate students in fields such as environmental policy, economics, statistics, engineering, physical and biological sciences. Projects are challenging and in-depth, and may include creating or updating greenhouse gas inventories; conducting feasibility studies or implementing operational and process changes to reduce GHG emissions; creating and updating web-based tools and resources, or others identified by partner organizations.
At Clean Air-Cool Planet, we get requests from students from all over the country for fellowship opportunities. We are grateful to the Roy A. Hunt Foundation and others who have supported our Climate Fellowship program, now in its second year.
Full-time Summer Placements
- Carbon Reduction Analysis for the NWNA/Poland Spring Water Fleet, Poland Spring, ME
- Climate Change Science and Policy, Washington D.C.
- Climate Protection Action Plan, Nantucket, MA
- Climate Risk, Portsmouth, NH
- Greenhouse Gas Reduction Planning and Education for Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH
- Greenhouse Gas Reduction Planning and Education for York Hospital, York, ME
- Greening the Science Center, Northeast Science Center Collaborative Member, Flexible Location, CT
- Policy Communications, New Canaan, CT, Washington D.C., or Portsmouth, NH
Part-time Summer through Fall Placements
Twice a year, CA-CP distributes a call through our network and works directly with our academic partners to find the best applicants for the projects. The application process is competitive, with candidates evaluated by a small Fellowship advisory committee.
We recruit Fellows enrolled in a college or university, and require an academic sponsor or reference for each Fellow. Where possible, we ask that course credits be awarded. Fellows are awarded stipends.
Fellows in each session will be expected to participate in three events:
- A half-day orientation session before beginning work;
- A “climate leadership training” day during the program term, where interns will have opportunity to talk with alumni of the program, experts and leaders in the field of climate change science, policy and solutions, and CACP staff in both formal and informal settings;
- A summative evaluation and feedback session (conducted by a third party) at the end of their placement.
These workshops and other post-fellowship communication mechanisms ensure that CA-CP Climate Fellows belong to a network of expert students and professionals, and will be able to collaborate and continue learning even after the project has ended.
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