The Sustainability Fellowship Program: A University Consortium

The Sustainability Fellowship Program provides graduate students in the New England area with a prestigious placement in corporate settings where they can contribute to the field of sustainability with the benefit of coaching from leaders in the field. Conversations are underway with the Simmons School of Management; UMass Boston’s College of Management and the McCormack School of Policy Studies; Brandeis University’s International Business School; Boston College’s School of Social Work; Babson’s Lewis Institute for Social Innovation; Hult International Business School; and Northeastern University’s School of Law. Each year, the Consortium will allocate between ten and twenty Sustainability Fellowships. These prestigious Fellowships will be awarded to graduate students in business, law, public policy, environmental sciences, biology, engineering, design, and sociology to provide them with valuable work experience in the field. Fellows will receive a stipend from corporations for their internship.  

Objectives

• To provide graduate students with practical work experience and the support of a mentor with broad experience in the field;
• To provide local companies with highly-qualified and dedicated students to work on sustainability issues;
• To create a cadre of professionals who can meet the demand from companies to address sustainability issues and foster change;
• To develop a joint curriculum for teaching sustainability; and
• To create a community of practice which can share good practices and lessons learned.

Fellowship Application

Please use this form to apply for a Sustainability Fellowship:
Application for a Sustainability Fellowship.pdf.

Founding Director

Deborah Leipziger is an advisor to companies and governments on corporate responsibility and sustainability issues. She is the author of several key books in the field, including most recently, The Corporate Responsibility Code Book. Through her wide range of contacts, Deborah Leipziger will provide universities with placements for Sustainability Fellows in local companies and NGOs. Ms. Leipziger and other leading experts will coach the Fellows during their placements to ensure they are able to benefit from best practices implemented in other companies and sectors. Ms. Leipziger will also offer Fellows a Sustainability Workshop with cross-registration between the participating academic institutions. 

For more information contact: Deborah Leipziger at dleipziger@gmail.com.

University Contacts for Sustainability Fellowships