Sustainability Internships

The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and its university partners offer a robust ecosystem of sustainability-focused summer internships connecting students with organizations advancing sustainability around the world. Students gain hands-on experience across industry, government, nonprofits, research, and other mission-driven settings while applying their Stanford education to real-world sustainability challenges.

Summer 2026 Outcomes

10 programs

216 placements

916 applicants

175 organizations

35 industries

10 countries

Summer 2026 applications are now closed. Summer 2027 opportunities will be posted starting in December 2026.

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10 Programs. One shared mission.

Sustainability Pathways Internships

Employer-funded summer opportunities open to Stanford students at all academic levels and from all disciplines, offering hands-on experience across the sustainability spectrum and exposure to diverse career pathways.

Learn about Sustainability Pathways Internships

American West Internships

Opportunities for students to work over the summer with organizations throughout the West and explore careers in natural history, conservation, ecology, resource management, water, energy, literature, policy, and more, offered by the Bill Lane Center for the American West.

Learn about West Internships

Earth Systems Public Service Fellowships

Full-time summer fellowship at a nonprofit organization or government agency for Earth Systems students to apply what they have learned through interdisciplinary environmental studies.

Learn about Earth Systems Public Service Fellowships

Ecopreneurial Summer Internship Program (Eco-SIP)

Summer opportunities for graduate students to intern at an early-stage, environmental sustainability-focused company, offered in collaboration between Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and the Doerr School of Sustainability.

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Environment and Policy Internships (EPIC)

Paid summer fellowships that provide undergraduates with a hands-on introduction to environmental policy work, offered by the Stanford Woods Institute in collaboration with the Haas Center for Public Service and Stanford in Government.

Learn about EPIC

Partnerships for Climate Justice in the Bay Area (PCJ in the Bay) Fellowships

Full-time summer fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students to work with nonprofit and government agencies toward climate justice in the Bay Area, offered by the Haas Center for Public Service.

Learn about PCJ in the Bay Fellowships

Schneider Sustainable Energy Fellowships

Opportunity for students work at leading U.S. nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the sustainable energy field either over the summer or for one year, offered by the Haas Center for Public Service.

Learn about the Schneider Fellowships

Stanford Energy Shultz Fellowships

Paid, energy-related public service fellowships during the summer for undergraduate and graduate students in California, Colorado, Utah, and Hawaii, offered through a partnership between Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy, Bill Lane Center for the American West, Haas Center for Public Service, and Stanford in Government.

Learn about Shultz Fellowships

TomKat Energy Impact Summer Fellowships

Opportunities for undergraduate students to work on a sustainable energy project with significant social impact, offered by the TomKat Center in conjunction with the Haas Center for Public Service.

Learn about the Energy Impact Summer Fellowships

TomKat energyStartup Summer Internships

Summer internships for students to gain work experience, develop applied engineering knowledge, and learn entrepreneurship in a startup environment at sustainable energy startup companies, offered by the TomKat Center.

Learn about energyStartup Internships