The Institute’s Climate and Growth Fund provides University of Chicago students who have independently secured an unpaid, external summer internship related to topics in energy, the environment and/or climate change with the opportunity to apply for a stipend.
Students may receive a stipend of up to $5,000 from The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth for a selected, 10-week internship. Chosen candidates will be required to provide a summary of their experience and how it was beneficial to their studies following the internship.
Applications for Summer 2026 are now closed.
Recipients
Summer 2026
Summer 2025
Adrianne Kehne
Summer Intern, 2025, California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Natural Resources Section
Summer 2024
Lauren Schmidt
Summer Intern, 2024, Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development