Community Energy Fellowship Program

The Community Energy Fellowship Program is sponsored by the Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP) to support its mission of providing on-site energy technical assistance to communities. Community Energy Fellows will receive hands-on experience that provides an understanding of the mission, operations, and culture of local or tribal governments and first-hand experience implementing new energy projects and initiatives. The goal of the fellowship is to increase access to energy career opportunities across the country and accelerate the national transition to resilient and affordable energy. Fellows will receive a stipend to offset the cost of their participation in the program and an allowance for education and professional development opportunities. Fellows will learn about technical expertise related to the creation, administration, and launch of new energy projects and programs sponsored by SCEP. Fellows will gain experience around energy technology areas such as energy efficiency, electric vehicle technology, energy deployment to local, state and tribal governments as well as gain valuable insight into the government's role in the creation and implementation of policies and programs that impact energy technology developments. Fellows may be located on site at the assigned host community or participate remotely, with travel to the host site(s). Fellows may participate in activities such as stakeholder engagement, research, project management, policy or technical analysis, communication materials, data and metric gathering and more.