EDICT Internship Program
The EDICT (Empowering Diverse Climate Talent) Internship Program is a 10-week immersive program designed to help students gain work experience at climate organizations, tap into growth opportunities with a cohort of peers and develop a professional network in the climate sector.
EDICT is a partnership between Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI), Elemental Excelerator, and FutureMap. It is designed to match employers from all corners of climate innovation — for-profits, nonprofits, funders, and government organizations — with aspiring climate professionals, college students, and recent graduates from traditionally excluded backgrounds
How your summer will look:
Professional Growth
In addition to contributing to meaningful projects with their host companies, interns will attend professional growth workshops hosted throughout the summer by people with over a decade of experience working in clean energy. Workshop topics include:
Community Building
The EDICT experience provides interns with numerous opportunities to build a strong community. Throughout the program, interns will be surrounded by a cohort of peers with shared lived experiences who will also be navigating interning at a climate organization. In addition to this peer community, EDICT offers the following community-building resources:
Time commitment
Internships will range from 20-40 hours per week depending on the role. For interns working 40-hour work weeks, we recommend you do not pair this internship with additional commitments such as summer school or external jobs. There may be exceptions in certain cases, let us know in your application.
Eligibility
EDICT is open to current college students, recent graduates, and graduate students from traditionally excluded backgrounds interested in pursuing a career that will help fight climate change. Candidates from the following groups are especially encouraged to apply: Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC); members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA+) communities; people who have disabilities; people from low-income backgrounds; people who identify as nonbinary; and women. We also welcome applicants of all majors and US geographic areas.
Note: Interns who participated in EDICT Summer 2022 do not qualify to participate in EDICT Summer 2023.