Shultz Energy Fellowships

Since 2016, the Lane Center has been proud to partner with Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy and Stanford in Government to offer full-time paid internships for students to explore energy issues in the American West. Previously known as Stanford Internships in California and the West (SEICW), this program has been renamed the Shultz Energy Fellowship, in honor of former Secretary of State George P. Shultz. 

Program Information

The goals of this program are to:

• Create an avenue for Stanford students interested in energy to participate in influential, paid internships with energy-related government organizations in the United States.

• Provide municipal, state, regional and federal agencies with highly motivated Stanford students and supporting resources.

• Promote the spirit of public service to Stanford students and encourage them to consider public service positions after graduation.

• Educate students about the many opportunities to inform and shape critical energy policies, whether as public employees or private citizens.

• Build connections between Stanford faculty and students and government policymakers.

The Shultz Energy Fellowships are open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Host organizations have included the California Air Resources Board, California Department of Water Resources, City of Palo Alto Utilities, Western Energy Interstate Board, California Energy Commission, and more.

Application information and general background for the Shultz Energy Fellowships can be found on the Explore Energy, Precourt Institute for Energy website.

Meet our 2023 Shultz Fellows

The Bill Lane Center is proud to sponsor several Shultz Energy Fellows each year. Of the fellows we sponsor, we designate one to three exceptional students working on energy policy and clean energy issues as Pfund Fellows each year. These fellows are generously supported by Nancy Pfund, who is the founder and partner of DBL Ventures, and the most recent past chair of the Lane Center’s Advisory Council. Selected primarily based on host organization, these fellows work on issues of clean energy and have the opportunity to meet with Ms. Pfund in order to learn more about the state of advancing clean energy in the American West.

Past Pfund Fellows