Tribal Entities: Apply to Host an Energy Innovator Fellow!

Applications are now open for Tribal entities to host an Energy Innovator Fellow for a one- to two-year fellowship funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. 

The Energy Innovator Fellowship is a workforce development program that matches qualified recent graduates and professionals with critical energy organizations to advance solutions to modernize the power system, improve energy infrastructure for transportation and industry, and make the U.S. power system more reliable, affordable, and resilient. 

Funded in part by the Office of Indian Energy, a goal of the program is to grow Tribal energy capacity and career opportunities across the country and accelerate the national transition to resilient and affordable energy. Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Villages, regional or Village corporations, Tribal energy offices and utilities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and non-profit regional intertribal organizations are eligible to apply. 

Host organization applications are due Jan. 31, 2025. 

• Register for the informational webinar on Jan. 8, 2025 at 3 p.m. ET.
• To apply, complete the host organization application. 
• For questions, send an email to [email protected] with "EIF Program Question" in the subject line.

The application for Fellows will open at the end of March after host organizations have been selected. As with previous cohorts, Fellows will receive a stipend funded by the program throughout the duration of their one- to two-year fellowship.

Fellows can support projects including: 

• Energy Development (e.g., energy efficiency, innovative financing, interconnection, modeling, renewable energy permitting and siting)
• Distributed Energy Resources (e.g., adoption, integration, inverter-based resources, microgrids)
• Electrification and Load Growth (e.g., buildings, industry, transportation, load forecasting)
• Energy Affordability and Access (e.g., program benefits analysis, stakeholder engagement, workforce development)
• Grid Resilience and Energy Security Planning (e.g., essential grid services, investment prioritization and valuation, metrics development, risk or hazard analysis)
• System Planning (e.g., advanced rate design, consumer protection, interconnection, modeling, regulatory structures)
• Tribal Energy (e.g., Tribal energy development and deployment, Tribal electrification, Tribal energy sovereignty, Tribal utility development, Tribal workforce development, Tribe-utility engagement).