Three Cairns Climate Fellowship

Three Cairns Climate Fellowship: Student Application Spring 2018

The Three Cairns Climate Fellowship at Columbia Business School provides support to MBA/EMBA students who complete semester- or year-long projects at the intersection of climate change and business. Students may apply individually or in teams for projects that work with Columbia research faculty, or any type of organization or business in the U.S. or abroad that is addressing sustainability and climate change issues. Projects should focus on using markets and business knowledge, skills, and tools to identify and implement solutions to mitigate or reverse climate change and its impacts.

Projects can be semester or academic year-long projects, but must be completed by the end of April. Applicants may apply for projects scoped by the Center (these will be circulated prior to the application deadline) or source their own proposed project with a Columbia faculty member, or client organization from any sector in the U.S. or abroad. Students who find their own project should also provide a project description that includes the key questions for the project team, data sets and sources of research to explore, faculty or organization contacts the students will work with, a timeline, and deliverables.

For projects to be completed this Spring 2018, student applications are due Monday January 29, 2018.

OBLIGATIONS: By accepting the fellowship, you are committing to the following obligations to be completed by the end of April 2018:

1) provide a short written summary of the project and its impact, to be made available online; 2) deliver a project presentation in April, which will be open to students, faculty, alumni, supporters, and external organizations; and 3) complete a short online survey about the project experience.

The Center will review these obligations before the award payment is issued.

APPLICATION CHECK-LIST: Each student must email: 1) This Student (Team) Application Form; 2) Current resumes for all team members; 3) The Project Description (unless this project was sourced by the Center and circulated by email to the School); 4) A 1-2 page statement of work that describes the key questions, data sets and sources of research to explore, faculty or organization contacts the students will work with, a timeline, and deliverables. Note: The items above should be emailed as a single pdf document or sent as separate files in a Dropbox link.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Please include the following information if you sourced your project: 1) Organization name, brief description of the organization (3-5 lines), website and street address. 2) Main and secondary contact at the organization, for the project. 3) Project title, project description, main objectives (key questions), expected outcomes and deliverables. 4) Approximate length of project and rough timetable 5) What resources (training, equipment, information) will be needed and from what source, during the course of the project. Three Cairns Climate Fellowship Spring 2018 Applications should be submitted to the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise via email: [email protected].

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STUDENT TEAM APPLICATION FORM

Honor Code

As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School Community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate those who do.

I hereby certify that I abide by Columbia Business School’s Honor Code, have not been subject to any disciplinary action (academic or professional) in the last 10 years, and that all information provided with this application is truthful. I am aware that any misrepresentation of facts in any part of this application will justify the denial or revocation of my Three Cairns Fellowship.

Signature Date ______Signature Date ______Signature Date ______Signature Date ______(All team members must sign)

Team member name MBA or GSB Email Phone (Please list the team leader first) EMBA

(Please attach resumes for all team members to your application email.)

Does your team intend to seek course credit in the spring by taking B8448 The Business of Climate Change: Investing and Managing in a Changing Environment? □Yes □ No

If you’re applying for a project circulated by the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise:

Project organization/title:

1st preference:

2nd preference:

3rd preference:

Please feel free to include any other relevant information that should be considered, in your email or Dropbox link files.

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Organization name:

Description of organization (3-5 lines):

Website:

Street address:

Main contact at the organization for the project (name, email, phone):

Secondary contact at the organization for the project (name, email, phone):

Project title:

Project description:

Main objectives (key questions):

Expected outcomes and deliverables:

Approximate length of project and rough timetable/milestones:

Resources needed (e.g. data sets, research sources, information, key contacts, faculty or other advisors), from what source, and whether these have already been confirmed or will be confirmed during the course of the project:

Any other relevant information that should be considered in your application:

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