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Summer Fellowships

Enabling students to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact.

Students either founding or working for social enterprises (nonprofit, public sector, or for-profit organizations with a social impact focus) are eligible to apply. Areas of focus may include: arts and culture; business at the base of the pyramid; CSR; community and economic development; education; environment; human services; impact investing; international relief; nonprofit consulting; and philanthropy.

Overview

The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. The goal of this program is to give students the freedom to realize their unique career visions without being limited by the compensation levels of certain opportunities, regardless of industry or location. Funding is available for students joining existing organizations, as well as for those founding new ventures who have not yet raised significant capital.

As a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow, students will be part of a select community through the Social Enterprise Initiative. Social Enterprise Fellows will:

  • engage in a peer exchange network of students committed to social enterprise
  • receive the additional benefits of access to the resources and expertise of the Social Enterprise Initiative
  • attend a kick-off session in the spring followed by a wrap-up session in the fall to offer Fellows the opportunity to be active and engaged during and beyond the Summer Fellow experience

Social Enterprise Accelerator

The Social Enterprise Accelerator is offered to students in the summer between their RC and EC year, supporting student founders in the development of their social impact startup. The program is for students who are serious about pursuing their idea and are committed to a structured program. Students will commit to attending (and doing pre-work for) social entrepreneurship workshops during the summer. This program complements the Social Enterprise Summer Fellows program.

70

Summer Fellows, 2024

2133

Summer Fellows since 1982