Abrams Climate Academy Fellows

• Gain hands-on climate action experience in a groundbreaking immersive leadership development program. 
• Partner with innovative companies and organizations committed to sustainability to deliver trailblazing solutions to the climate crisis.
• Expand your skills as a climate and sustainability leader and prepare to lead impactful climate action in your career.
• Learn how to develop interdisciplinary solutions to the climate crisis by collaborating with graduate students from around the Northwestern community, including the Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering, Medill School of Journalism and Pritzker School of Law. 
• Join a dynamic community of change agents making a lasting impact.

• Student selection process occurs by application from May to July. Students rank their preferences for corporate partner and corresponding projects in their applications, which informs final partner selection.  
• Interdisciplinary student teams are formed and matched with a corporate partner by August.
• Fellowship teams work with corporate partners on climate action projects from September to June while completing the Abrams Climate Academy experiential learning course and earning three quarters of course credit. 
• Fellows present the results of their year-long projects at the annual Climate Action Summit, a capstone event that gathers students, corporate leaders and the broader Northwestern sustainability community each spring. 

To apply for the Abrams Climate Academy Fellowship, you must: 

• Be a graduate student at Northwestern University
• Be fully committed to participating in the three-credit experiential learning course (Abrams Climate Academy 1, 2, and 3) in Fall, Winter and Spring Quarters. 
• Attend weekly class sessions and regular team project meetings.
• Engage in regular communication with a project manager and company partner. 
• Contribute to a team project with a corporate partner from September to June.
• Present your final deliverable at the annual Climate Summit in the spring.

• Students in the Kellogg Two-Year MBA, MMM, JD-MBA, MD-MBA Programs, McCormick School of Engineering and Medill School of Journalism will apply by the May deadline. 
• Students in the Kellogg Evening & Weekend Program, One-Year MBA, and MBAi programs and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law will apply by the July deadline.
• Application will be live in May;  in the meantime, please email abramsclimateacademy@kellogg.northwestern.edu for more information. 

• Applications are reviewed by the program administration and screened for the following qualities: commitment to the program, passion for climate and sustainability work, leadership, collaborative spirit and capacity to serve as a climate change agent. 
• Selection to the program is highly competitive.
• Students are notified of their acceptance in the program, placed on teams and matched with a corporate partner by the first week of August. 
• The corporate partner and project team matching process is managed by the program administration based on interest and relevant skills.  

• At the time of application, Fellows must fully commit to all components of the program, including weekly class sessions, regular team meetings and project work from September to June. 
• Fellows must waive opportunities for other programs that would conflict with their fellowship commitment, including the study abroad program. 
• Fellows should plan to spend 6-10 hours each week from September to June in class, team meetings and completing project work. 
• A Fellow’s commitment does not end when the deliverable is presented in Spring Quarter. Abrams Climate Fellows are committed to climate innovation in their careers and become future mentors and corporate partners for the Abrams Climate Academy.