The Resurgence Fellowship program will offer a limited number of fellowships to University of Chicago students and provide them with an opportunity to support innovation and business development in the clean energy and sustainability space. Student fellows will work with startups participating in Resurgence, the Polsky Center’s cleantech accelerator program, to support key aspects of business development. The fellowship application is open to all graduate students at the university, provided that they have interest and/or experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Financial modeling and projections
- Customer discovery
- Market opportunity assessment
- Pitch development and VC fundraising
- Product strategy and development
In addition to direct work with Resurgence’s cohort of cleantech startups, fellows will have the opportunity to join Resurgence lectures, workshops, and events. Fellows will also be introduced to investors, innovators, thought leaders, and entrepreneurs working in industries relevant to cleantech. Interested students should submit the linked application no later than 3:00pm CT on Monday, February 10.
Fellowship stipend: $2000
Fellowship timeline: March 3 - June 6
Expected hours/week: 8-10*
* This represents the number of hours per week that fellows will be expected to work on projects for the assigned startup. Time spent attending weekly lectures, workshops, and events, all of which are optional engagements, are not included in this estimate. Students are not expected to work over spring break.
This fellowship program is offered with generous support from Breakthrough Energy.
Managed by the Polsky Center, the George Shultz Innovation Fund provides up to $250,000 in co-investment funding for early-stage science-based ventures coming out of the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermilab, and the Marine Biological Laboratory.
The deadline for the Spring 2025 cycle is February 14, 2025 at 3:00 pm CT. Please contact Shyama Majumdar (shyama@uchicago.edu) with any questions.