Sustainability Internships

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Summer Internship Program

The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Summer Internships are employer-funded opportunities that provide Stanford students with hands-on professional experiences across the sustainability spectrum, expanding access to diverse career pathways. The program is open to undergraduate and graduate students from all academic disciplines.

Learn about Sustainability Summer Internship Program

 

Sustainability Internship Fair

Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 4pm-6pm

Hartley Conference Room, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building 

This event is open to Stanford students only. 

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Additional Sustainability Internships Offered through Our School and Partners at Stanford

Bill Lane Center for the 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) and Ecopreneurial Summer Innovation Sprint (Eco-Sprint)

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

Learn about Eco-SIP and Eco-Sprint

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

Sustainable Stanford Internship

Opportunities for full-time students to gain experience implementing programs that influence on-campus sustainability, offered through the Office of Sustainability.

Learn about the Sustainable Stanford Internship

Sustainable Stanford Living Lab Fellowship

Real-world sustainability leadership and project management opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students that meaningfully advance Stanford’s operational sustainability goals, offered in partnership with the Office of Sustainability, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, and Bill Lane Center for the American West.

Learn about the Living Laboratory Fellowship Program for Sustainability

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

Stanford internship resources

Have questions? Email sustain-internships-staff@lists.stanford.edu.