Recent and soon-to-be graduates, as well as energy professionals can now apply to DOE's Clean Energy Innovator Fellowship program.
Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs
April 17, 2024
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Increasing Access to Tribal Clean Energy Career Opportunities
Recent and soon-to-be graduates, as well as energy professionals can now apply to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Energy Innovator Fellowship program.
Applications are due by May 3, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Paid Fellows will spend up to two years at critical energy organizations supporting projects that will help decarbonize power systems and bolster energy resilience. Opportunities are available with Tribes, intertribal organizations, and state energy offices. Applicants can select up to five of their preferred projects during the application process.
Tribal Clean Energy Innovator Fellows:
- Are recent or soon-to-be graduates of bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree programs, as well as mid-career professionals with a variety of skill sets, including technical evaluation, project management, consultation, and finance.
- Must have completed a degree and be available to start before August 31, 2024.
- Will expand their clean energy knowledge, grow their professional network, and have access to exclusive U.S. Department of Energy educational programs.
- Serve one-year terms and have the option to renew for a second year.
- Will receive a competitive stipend, health insurance allowance, relocation allowance, and professional development reimbursement.
- Will have the opportunity to work on projects with Tribal entities, electric cooperatives, grid operators, municipal utilities, public utility commissions, and state energy offices.
Tribal Host Institutions participating in 2024 include:
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
- Cherokee Nation’s Office of the Secretary of Natural Resources
- Coeur d’Alene Tribe
- Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
- Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc.
- Knik Tribe
- Native Village of Atka
- Navajo Nation Government—Minerals Department
- Nez Perce Tribe
- RESCo–Rosebud Sioux Tribe Utility
- The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
- Tule River Tribal Nation.
Opportunities are also available in state energy offices. Learn more about the Fellowship program.