Clean Energy Internship Program

Clean Energy Internship Program

Funds per summer intern reimbursement for Massachusetts clean energy employers for research through the Clean Energy Internship Summer.

⚠ This may reflect a past cycle — verify the current call on the funder's site.

The Clean Energy Internship Program is a Massachusetts Clean Energy Center reimbursement program that pays Massachusetts clean energy employers $8,640 per intern for summer and construction/installation/maintenance session placements, or $4,320 per intern for fall and spring semester placements. The reimbursement goes to the employer, not as a direct stipend to the intern. Since the program launched in 2011, MassCEC has disbursed more than $24 million and supported placement of approximately 7,000 interns across the Massachusetts clean energy sector. The Summer 2026 cycle opened on 11 February 2026, with offer letter submissions due by 19 June 2026.

Eligible employers are Massachusetts-based for-profit companies and nonprofit organisations that provide goods or services related to clean energy as defined under Massachusetts law. The company must be registered in Massachusetts with at least one in-state office. Universities and research institutions are not eligible as host employers under this program. There is no stated cap on the number of interns per employer per cycle, but annual budget is finite and the program operates on a first-come, first-served basis until funds are exhausted.

Employers apply early in the cycle by submitting intern offer letters before the June deadline, after which MassCEC confirms eligibility and commits reimbursement. The first-come, first-served funding structure means that employers who wait until late in the application window risk finding the budget depleted. Clean energy companies across all subsectors — solar, wind, energy efficiency, EV charging, grid technology, and related fields — are eligible, making this a broad-access workforce subsidy for any Massachusetts employer actively building out a clean energy team.