The application is now open for MBA students and doctoral level applicants for the 2025-2026 cohort. See full eligibility details below.The Green Technology Innovation Fellows Program at Cornell, offered by the SC Johnson College of Business, provides business students, graduate research students, and postdocs focusing on clean energy and climate technology from across Cornell’s colleges an opportunity to immerse themselves in the practice of technology-based startup creation. Participants receive the tools, training, and entrepreneurial mindset to launch their own startup or become the next set of leaders working in the burgeoning green technology economy. Students will also receive a certificate from the SC Johnson College of Business.
The full program website can be found here. Who can apply?The Green Technology Innovation Fellows Program admits Ph.D. candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and MBA students, in equal numbers in order for all participants to form teams upon enrollment in NBA 5185: Green Tech Innovation in Practice.
Ph.D. candidates in the program are restricted to those in the 3rd year and higher conducting graduate-level research on a topic related to sustainability, energy, environmental engineering, agritech, materials science, systems engineering, or similar. Postdocs in the same research areas are also welcome to participate.
MBA students are restricted to residential (Ithaca) MBAs and EMBA Metro MBAs, all in the final year of their degrees.
While participants do not need to be based in Ithaca to participate, non-Ithaca students are expected to travel to Ithaca on six weekends during the program — at their own expense — to participate. Non-Ithaca students should discuss geographic and program constraints with the program team before accepting a spot in the program.
TimingApplications are now open for the 2025-26 cohort! Applications will be reviewed in the late-spring before the start of the subsequent cohort.
A new cohort begins the program every August. Program workshops take place in Ithaca on weekends on a monthly basis during the academic year. Participants based in New York and Geneva who are willing to travel to Ithaca for the programmatic weekends are welcome and encouraged to participate.
Questions
Contact the program team at
techinnovation@cornell.edu