The Climatebase Fellowship
Accelerate your climate career
The Climatebase Fellowship is the climate career accelerator for mission-driven professionals. The experience includes a 12-week cohort-based program and 1 year of membership in the broader Fellowship community.
Since 2020, Climatebase has helped over 1 million people discover and apply to high-impact jobs in climate. But today, many people (including those already working in climate) still struggle to find opportunities to deepen their climate knowledge and expand their community.
In 2022, we launched the Fellowship to fulfill this previously unmet need, by creating an interdisciplinary community-focused educational experience designed to help highly motivated talented professionals accelerate their existing careers in climate or transition into the space.
The Fellowship Experience
All Climatebase Fellows go through our 12-week Core Fellowship experience. This year, we’re also introducing a new element to the program: Specialized Tracks, which are sub-communities within the Fellowship designed to connect you with peers and experts who have similar or complementary skill sets and professional backgrounds as you. Depending on your personal goals, you may join any number of Tracks.
Core Fellowship6+ hrs/week
Weekly sessions with expert guest speakers, climate curriculum, community and industry networking, and fellow-led capstone projects.
Learn from and connect with founders, researchers, investors, and subject-matter experts who are developing and scaling real-world applications of climate solutions.
Ask questions and expand your knowledge during interactive fireside chats, deep-dive discussions, and expert panels.
Build connections with leaders and team members of top climate companies, startups, and nonprofits, and get an inside look at what it’s like to work at these organizations.
Join our curated community of talented, mission-driven professionals — your future teammates, thought partners, co-founders, and friends.
Rapidly grow your professional connections through speed networking, breakout sessions, and community-led in-person meetups.
Expand and share your knowledge through group discussions and community activities that facilitate the cross-pollination of ideas, perspectives, and insights.
Join our curated community of talented, mission-driven professionals — your future teammates, thought partners, co-founders, and friends.
Rapidly grow your professional connections through speed networking, breakout sessions, and community-led in-person meetups.
Expand and share your knowledge through group discussions and community activities that facilitate the cross-pollination of ideas, perspectives, and insights.
Elevate your professional profile by gaining an education in Applied Climate Solutions: an industry-oriented approach to climate literacy and fundamentals. Learn how climate solutions are being developed and scaled in the real world by leading climate organizations.
Participate in interactive live seminars led by our instructors covering key climate topics and sectors: Energy, Nature-Based Solutions, Food & Ag, Carbon Removal, and beyond
Deepen your understanding of climate solutions through the lens of science, technology and innovation, policy and governance, equity and justice, and more.
Elevate your professional profile by gaining an education in Applied Climate Solutions: an industry-oriented approach to climate literacy and fundamentals. Learn how climate solutions are being developed and scaled in the real world by leading climate organizations.
Participate in interactive live seminars led by our instructors covering key climate topics and sectors: Energy, Nature-Based Solutions, Food & Ag, Carbon Removal, and beyond
Deepen your understanding of climate solutions through the lens of science, technology and innovation, policy and governance, equity and justice, and more.
Have the opportunity to pitch ideas, form teams, and get feedback from the community to launch self-directed projects and products that bring your knowledge to life.
Previous Fellows have launched media-based projects, in-depth research reports, and early-stage startups — some of which have gone on to attract investors.
Fellows gain priority consideration to present their projects and companies at our annual online Climatebase Demo Day.
Have the opportunity to pitch ideas, form teams, and get feedback from the community to launch self-directed projects and products that bring your knowledge to life.
Previous Fellows have launched media-based projects, in-depth research reports, and early-stage startups — some of which have gone on to attract investors.
Fellows gain priority consideration to present their projects and companies at our annual online Climatebase Demo Day.
- 96%
of alumni say the Fellowship helped them achieve or make progress on their goals — landing a new job in climate, acquiring knowledge, growing their professional network, or launching a project or a startup.
- 96.5%
of alumni report feeling confident or extremely confident in their ability to work in climate — a 50% increase from when they started.
- 95%
of alumni say they feel more optimistic about making a positive impact on climate, and 34% feel a decrease in climate anxiety.
- 96%
of alumni say the Fellowship helped them achieve or make progress on their goals — landing a new job in climate, acquiring knowledge, growing their professional network, or launching a project or a startup.
- 96.5%
of alumni report feeling confident or extremely confident in their ability to work in climate — a 50% increase from when they started.
- 95%
of alumni say they feel more optimistic about making a positive impact on climate, and 34% feel a decrease in climate anxiety.
Key Dates
Cohort 3 will begin in early May 2023
Apply by March 19th to be considered
12-week program + 1 year of membership
The Fellowship provides an entire year of membership in the broader Fellowship community, in addition to the core 12-week program. Fellows gain an entire year of open access to:
The ever-expanding Fellowship community: Future Fellows, alumni, guest speakers, the online community platform, in-person Fellow-led meetups, etc
Future Cohorts’ sessions and activities throughout the year: New guest speakers, panels, curriculum sessions, and community networking sessions
The video library of all recorded sessions from Cohort 1, 2, 3, and beyond.
Participation Expectations
How much time you invest in your Fellowship experience is largely up to you. You are not required to attend all the sessions and activities, and it is normal for Fellows to not attend some sessions due to scheduling conflicts.
We recommend you allot at least 6 hrs/week for the core experience during the 12-week program. For Specialized Tracks, plan for an additional 1-3 hrs/week. Roughly 30% of Fellows, such as those working on capstone projects, dedicate 10+ hrs/week.
All live programming sessions are delivered online, Mon-Fri between 9AM - 12PM Pacific. Sessions are recorded and shared through our private online community to accommodate Fellows working full-time jobs.
In-person meetups in major cities around the world, as well as additional learning, networking, and capstone project work hours, are organized asynchronously by Fellows through our community platform.
Program Fee & Scholarships
The program fee for the Climatebase Fellowship is $1990
Need-based scholarships, early enrollment discounts, and payment plans are available.
Over 40% of past Fellows received some form of need-based scholarship. Climatebase is committed to ensuring that financial standing is not a barrier for accepted applicants.
Key Dates
Cohort 3 will begin in early May 2023
Apply by March 19th to be considered
12-week program + 1 year of membership
The Fellowship provides an entire year of membership in the broader Fellowship community, in addition to the core 12-week program. Fellows gain an entire year of open access to:
The ever-expanding Fellowship community: Future Fellows, alumni, guest speakers, the online community platform, in-person Fellow-led meetups, etc
Future Cohorts’ sessions and activities throughout the year: New guest speakers, panels, curriculum sessions, and community networking sessions
The video library of all recorded sessions from Cohort 1, 2, 3, and beyond.
Participation Expectations
How much time you invest in your Fellowship experience is largely up to you. You are not required to attend all the sessions and activities, and it is normal for Fellows to not attend some sessions due to scheduling conflicts.
We recommend you allot at least 6 hrs/week for the core experience during the 12-week program. For Specialized Tracks, plan for an additional 1-3 hrs/week. Roughly 30% of Fellows, such as those working on capstone projects, dedicate 10+ hrs/week.
All live programming sessions are delivered online, Mon-Fri between 9AM - 12PM Pacific. Sessions are recorded and shared through our private online community to accommodate Fellows working full-time jobs.
In-person meetups in major cities around the world, as well as additional learning, networking, and capstone project work hours, are organized asynchronously by Fellows through our community platform.
Program Fee & Scholarships
The program fee for the Climatebase Fellowship is $1990
Need-based scholarships, early enrollment discounts, and payment plans are available.
Over 40% of past Fellows received some form of need-based scholarship. Climatebase is committed to ensuring that financial standing is not a barrier for accepted applicants.
FAQ
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The Fellowship Story
600 people. 24 employers. All in one room in downtown San Francisco. That's where the Climatebase story began, at the world's first Climate Career Fair in May 2019. Back then, there was no Climatebase website or weekly newsletter. But what was there, was a room full of talented people eager to get to work on solving the climate crisis.
The success of the Climate Career Fair inspired us to scale our impact by launching an online platform focused on the same goal: To get more people working on climate.
We founded and launched Climatebase.org in June 2020. Since then, Climatebase has become the world's leading platform for climate employment. Our website has been used by over a half-million people around the world, and we've helped thousands of the world's leading climate tech companies and environmental nonprofits attract mission-driven talent.
While we're proud of our growth and impact, we're determined to make it even easier for the world's talent to transition into working on climate.
That's why we're launching the Climatebase Fellowship — a climate career accelerator for the most talented, mission-driven members of our community, designed to be a launchpad for the next leaders in climate tech.
We look forward to reviewing your application.
