Activate Opens 2024 Fellowship Applications During Climate Week NYC
Activate opens applications for its 2024 fellowship and seeks scientists driven to address pressing global challenges.
September 20, 2023 - New York, NY - Activate, a leader in hard-tech entrepreneurial fellowships, today announced that applications are open for their 2024 cohort, starting September 19 and closing October 17, 2023. The window to apply begins during Climate Week NYC, at the tail end of the hottest summer ever on record, where Activate Fellows and partners will be presenting hard-tech solutions to our most pressing decarbonization challenges and beyond.
“Climate Week is a premier showcase for innovation, and the opening of Activate applications couldn’t come at a more aligned time,” says Activate Executive Managing Director Aimee Rose. “It’s the perfect moment for innovators to connect, plan, and gain momentum when they’re most inspired. We’re poised and ready to support the next wave of brilliant scientists driving real change."
The impact of each cohort of Activate Fellows is ample evidence that scientists and engineers have both the talent and drive to face global challenges head on. Twelve (Cohort 2015), for instance, created fossil-free, carbon-neutral jet fuel made from electrified CO2. Fervo Energy (Cohort 2018) invented the most productive enhanced geothermal system in history. And Antora Energy (Cohorts 2017 and 2018) developed the world’s first thermal battery to deliver zero-emissions heat and power.
“We’re poised and ready to support the next wave of brilliant scientists driving real change.”
Activate is built to scale with the talent, resources, and infrastructure in place to help fellows and partners achieve ambitious goals that will serve society. Through recruitment efforts during Climate Week and beyond, Activate seeks to give world changers and thought-leaders the opportunity to work in cooperation, expand their innovations, and elevate what’s currently possible.
Activate also prioritizes diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB), and will be continuing to advance these DEIB initiatives in recruitment. The fellowship is specially designed to provide personalized support and guidance to a broad range of scientists. Activate aims to increase access for people often underrepresented in science innovation and entrepreneurship, including women, Black, and Latinx communities.
“Our most recent 2023 cohort included 37 percent women and 43 percent founders of color,” says Brenna Teigler, Activate’s Chief Fellowship Officer. “We're making a point to bring together science innovators across the United States from various backgrounds. We believe we need all views and perspectives to make a difference.”
Activate also this week announced the appointment of their new CEO, Cyrus Wadia. His extensive experience in science, corporate, and government sectors will help Activate as it continues to promote the advancement of early stage science entrepreneurs.