2024 Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI) Summer Fellowship Program
The Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI) Summer Fellowship Program is the only summer fellowship on campus dedicated to enhancing the understanding and practice of sustainable finance. It provides financial support to continuing Stanford graduate students who have secured summer internships with organizations whose missions are aligned with SFI’s focus areas.
Program Dates
Late June – Early September, 2024
Student Eligibility
- Students must be pursuing a graduate degree (co-term, master’s, or PhD) at Stanford University. Priority will be given to master's and PhD students during the selection process.
- Students must be in good academic standing.
- Undergraduate and graduating students are not eligible.
Internships Eligibility
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The host organization should:
- Be mission-aligned with SFI and provide internship opportunities on one or more of the following topics:
- Sustainable/green/climate finance
- Transition finance
- Green taxonomy
- Carbon markets
- Carbon accounting
- Climate risk metrics, models & scenarios
- Other related topics
- Have one of the following structures:
- Non-profit (501c3 or equivalent)
- Public or government entity
- For-profit (B-Corp, C-Corp, LLC, or others) that meets at least one of the following criteria:
- Pre-Series B and has fewer than 50 employees
- Investors have provided patient or philanthropic capital without expectation of a market-rate return in the most recent fundraising round.
- Provide a full-time opportunity with a term minimum of 8 consecutive weeks.
- Provide a mentor committed to meeting on a weekly basis.
- Be mission-aligned with SFI and provide internship opportunities on one or more of the following topics:
Application Process and Requirements
A complete application includes all of the following:
- Evidence of formal arrangements with an organization, which includes the dates and responsibilities of your internship and how much the organization is able to contribute to your salary, and if applicable, disclose any sources of additional funding.
- Information about the mentor, who can provide guidance on a weekly basis.
- 1-page cover letter, including your interest in sustainable finance and a proposal outlining the internship to be undertaken and how it aligns with one or more of SFI's focus areas.
- CV/resume.
- An unofficial Stanford transcript.
- List of pertinent coursework.
Funding
SFI will provide funding to supplement organization contributions so that students can earn $1,550 per week (co-term, master's, PhD). Please see SFI's website for more details.
Students must have direct deposit activated in Axess by the first week of June so that the payment can be deposited directly into the account on file.
Expected Deliverables
- Submit a blog post for the SFI website.
- Give a short presentation as part of the SFI Monthly Seminar Series.
Previous Cohorts
Learn about the previous cohorts here.
