New York Climate Exchange Climate Tech Fellowship 2026 ($10,000 stipend) – YOA

Deadline: August 1, 2026

Applications are invited for the New York Climate Exchange Climate Tech Fellowship 2026. The Climate Tech Fellowship is a six-month hybrid program that mixes professional-led curriculum, 1:1 mentorship, non-dilutive funding, and entry to The Exchange’s world companion ecosystem.

Fellows go away with a clearer commercialization roadmap, stronger fundraising readiness, and a community of mentors, friends, and potential traders. Building on a profitable inaugural cohort in 2025, the 2026 Fellowship, supported by NYSERDA, is devoted to a particular and pressing theme on the intersection of Energy & Urban Resilience.

Benefits

Each fellow good points entry to a curated set of sources designed to speed up their path from promising idea to viable enterprise:  

• $10,000 non-dilutive stipend (per crew) 
• Structured go-to-market curriculum masking market mapping, buyer segmentation, goal markets, channels, and commercialization technique — taught by professional instructors
• Expert periods on fundraising, IP technique, communications, and local weather fairness 
• Dedicated 1:1 mentorship periods, matched to particular focus space and stage of growth 
• A customized Fellowship blueprint and tailor-made roadmap with month-to-month check-ins to trace progress 
• In-person programming throughout Climate Week NYC in September, together with a showcase for traders and companions. Travel and lodging for one crew member will probably be coated 
• Introductions to traders, policymakers, and strategic companions by way of The Exchange’s world community 

Eligibility

The Fellowship is designed for early-stage innovators — researchers, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs — who’re engaged on power applied sciences with significant city resilience potential. You are a robust match if: 

• Your work addresses Energy & Urban Resilience
• You are on the prototype, early pilot, or early commercialization stage
• You are on the lookout for greater than grant funding (i.e., you need structured assist with commercialization technique, buyer discovery, and enterprise constructing)
• You can commit a number of hours per week to this system over six months from September 2026-February 2027

University or institutional affiliation is just not required. The Fellowship is open to innovators globally. Incorporation is just not required. The program is particularly designed for innovators on the pre-firm formation to pre-seed stage. They notably encourage purposes from founders from underrepresented backgrounds.

Application

Innovators ought to full the web type, and supply particulars on the innovation, objectives for the Fellowship, and crew. They will assessment purposes on a rolling foundation, so apply early.

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For extra data, go to Climate Tech Fellowship.