About the Summer Sustainability Fellowship

The UNE Summer Sustainability Fellowship program pairs UNE students and recent UNE graduates with local municipal, business, and non-profit community partners (host organizations) to collaborate on specifically designed sustainability projects. We define sustainability broadly, using the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a framework.

Each UNE fellow undertakes a full time (approximately 400 hours) challenging site-specific sustainability project over 10 weeks during the summer that includes defined deliverables. The fellow is provided a $6,800 stipend and up to three internship course credits.

Learn More About the Fellowship Experience

UNE fellows are mentored by dedicated individuals from the host organization and advised by a program team at UNE. Host organizations and fellows co-create a work plan that guides the fellows’ work over the course of the summer, with designated tasks, duties, and deliverables that also allows flexibility to adapt as needed over the course of the project. Fellows meet weekly in small groups (four to five students in each group) organized around project themes.

These groups are led by the UNE program team and external advisors. Fellows also participate in program events (orientation, weekly professional development events for fellows, a mid-summer workshop, and a culminating showcase presentation) that are designed to encourage relationship building with other fellows, mentors, and the UNE project team.

Host a Summer Sustainability Fellow

We are currently seeking organizations in Southern Maine who are interested in hosting a UNE Summer Sustainability Fellow. If your local municipal, business, or non-profit organization is interested in hosting a fellow in the summer of 2025, please email kvose@storesoo.com to receive additional information about the program and a host application. Host organization applications are due by November 26, 2024.

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A student gives a presentation about environmental equity on a projection screen
A student gives a presentation on creating a business plan
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A student gives a presentation about the meadow woods preserve on a projection screen

Summer Sustainability Fellowship Details and Application Information

Applications for the 2025 fellowships are now open. The deadline to apply is February 10.

Fellowship Opportunities

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