The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth invites University of Chicago students who have secured an unpaid, external summer internship related to topics in energy, the environment and/or climate change to apply for a stipend. Students may receive a stipend of $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.

This program is supported by the Polsky Energy Transition Leadership Academy

Summer 2025 applications are now closed. For more information or questions, please contact svolbrecht@uchicago.edu.

Interns

Summer 2024 Interns

Attaullah Abbasi

Summer Intern, 2024, Sui Southern Gas Company

Nayan Chandra Veeranki

Summer Intern, 2024, Gandipet Welfare Society

Lina Gonzalez Paez

Summer Intern, 2024, Southern African Institute for Policy and Research

Hashaam Asif

Summer Intern, 2024, Climate Finance Pakistan

Lauren Schmidt

Summer Intern, 2024, Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development

Robert Kennedy

Summer Intern, 2024, Miranda Clean Energy GmbH

Yasir Hussain

Summer Intern, 2024, Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority

Minh Nghiem

Summer Intern, 2024, Switchbox