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Energy Institute Student Hub

Clubs, events, and opportunities for students of all disciplines interested in creating solutions to energy challenges.

A hub of resources and opportunities for UT students of all academic disciplines interested in energy and energy-related topics.

Upcoming Events

Energy Ventures Practicum Application

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Scheduled
Tuesday September 23, 2025, 5:00 pm - Sunday October 19, 2025, 11:00 pm
The Energy Ventures Practicum is an opportunity for teams of business students, law students, policy students, and technologists to build up skills, capabilities and contacts to create a new venture in the energy sector. Objectives of the class are to provide a framework for commercializing innovations in the energy sector, and the tools that entrepreneurs need to frame and build businesses for this purpose. This class is open to graduate students from Business, Law, Policy, Engineering, and EER programs.

Breakthrough Energy Fellows Application

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Scheduled
Tuesday September 30, 2025, 1:00 pm - Monday November 10, 2025, 5:00 pm
BE Fellows is a global climate program founded by Bill Gates. We provide critical support to scientists, innovators, and entrepreneurs with early-stage breakthrough climate technologies - tech with substantial technical risk still to overcome. The Innovator program offers funding, active technology management, access to BE’s world-class network of partners and experts, and top-of-the-line entrepreneurship curriculum. These tools ensure early-stage startups have the resources they need to advance toward commercialization.

West Gate Cohort 5 Application

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Scheduled
Friday October 10, 2025 - Friday November 7, 2025, All day
West Gate at NREL is now accepting applications for its 5th Cohort. The program is seeking talented scientists, engineers, inventors, and founding entrepreneurs with promising technologies to commercialize and who are interested in embedding at NREL. The 2-year program will support selected innovators with non-dilutive funding, resources, and entrepreneurial mentorship over a two-year runway.

Tex-E Bootcamp: Collaborative Workshop on Climate & Energy Startup (Apply by September 24th)

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Scheduled
Friday October 10, 2025, 9:00 am - Sunday October 12, 2025, 6:00 pm
The energy transition will be one of the defining challenges of the twenty-first century. The world must meet increasing energy demand reliably and affordably while also decreasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Meeting this lofty goal requires new technologies and business models, advanced by the next generation of entrepreneurs. From Friday, October 10, 2025 9:30AM to Sunday, October 12, 2025 2:00PM, Greentown Houston will host a short course for Texas students as well as interested staff and faculty. The course will be delivered collaboratively by faculty from multiple Texas universities alongside faculty from the pioneering Climate & Energy Ventures Course at MIT, which has educated entrepreneurs who have gone on to launch over 50 ventures over the past decade.

Texas Energy Innovation Night hosted by LEC

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Scheduled
Tuesday October 21, 2025, 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm
The Longhorn Energy Club is proud to bring to you Texas Energy Innovation Night, a special night at the museum that is highlighting the past, present, and future of energy technology.

Global Solar Power Forum

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Scheduled
Tuesday October 28, 2025, 8:00 am - 6:30 pm
Join us for an event that brings together industry, academia, government and policy-makers to advance innovation in the solar power industry.
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UT Energy Week 2026

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Scheduled
Tuesday April 7, 2026, 8:00 am - Friday April 10, 2026, 6:00 pm
UT Energy Week connects students, researchers, faculty, energy professionals, and industry leaders across disciplines and sectors to build community, support energy literacy and education, facilitate strategic partnerships, and advance research.
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Opportunity Deadlines

Laboratory Director Jill Hruby Postdoctoral Fellowship

Event Status
Scheduled
Wednesday July 30, 2025, 11:00 am - Monday November 3, 2025, 11:59 pm
The Laboratory Director Jill Hruby Postdoctoral Fellowship is specifically designed to empower and cultivate early career researchers in the fields of engineering and science, fostering their passion for technical leadership careers in the realm of national security. Jill Hruby Fellows will embark on independent research endeavors that align with Sandia’s overarching mission: the development of cutting-edge technologies to ensure global peace. With the privilege of proposing their own research topics, fellows will gain unparalleled access to Sandia’s state-of-the-art facilities and collaborate with some of the nation’s most brilliant scientists and engineers.

Apply for Activate's 2026 Houston Cohort

Event Status
Scheduled
Tuesday September 9, 2025, 12:00 am - Tuesday October 28, 2025, 5:00 pm
Activate transforms scientists and engineers into founders, empowering them to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. The two-year Activate Fellowship provides early-stage science entrepreneurs with funding, technical resources, and unparalleled support from a network of scientists, engineers, investors, commercial partners, and fellow entrepreneurs.

Energy Ventures Practicum Application

Event Status
Scheduled
Tuesday September 23, 2025, 5:00 pm - Sunday October 19, 2025, 11:00 pm
The Energy Ventures Practicum is an opportunity for teams of business students, law students, policy students, and technologists to build up skills, capabilities and contacts to create a new venture in the energy sector. Objectives of the class are to provide a framework for commercializing innovations in the energy sector, and the tools that entrepreneurs need to frame and build businesses for this purpose. This class is open to graduate students from Business, Law, Policy, Engineering, and EER programs.

Breakthrough Energy Fellows Application

Event Status
Scheduled
Tuesday September 30, 2025, 1:00 pm - Monday November 10, 2025, 5:00 pm
BE Fellows is a global climate program founded by Bill Gates. We provide critical support to scientists, innovators, and entrepreneurs with early-stage breakthrough climate technologies - tech with substantial technical risk still to overcome. The Innovator program offers funding, active technology management, access to BE’s world-class network of partners and experts, and top-of-the-line entrepreneurship curriculum. These tools ensure early-stage startups have the resources they need to advance toward commercialization.

Graduate Portfolio Program in Energy Studies (GPPES)

This interdisciplinary portfolio program, administered by the Energy Institute, complements students' degree programs by providing a solid foundation in energy policy and a credential that demonstrates proficiency in the energy field to future employers or others. Students gain an understanding of energy systems, technology, and environmental challenges by taking courses offered across eight schools and colleges at the university and completing a research project.

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Student Hub Resources

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Student Clubs & Organizations

With the help of the Longhorn Energy Club and TEX-E fellows, the Energy Institute went searching for all of UT's student-led clubs and organizations that are focused on energy and energy-related topics such as environment, sustainability, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

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Events

To support and strengthen the UT energy ecosystem, the Energy Institute collects events of interest to the UT energy community happening across the Forty Acres and the Austin area. View our events to find free local events, networking opportunities, workshops, and more.

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Entrepreneurship

The Energy Institute created the Energy Ventures Practicum in partnership with Texas Venture Labs to help grow the UT energy startup ecosystem and coordinates UT's participation in the Texas Exchange for Energy and Climate Entrepreneurship (TEX-E), which aims to bridge the gap between academia and industry to strengthen energy security and advance decarbonization.

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Energy Ventures Practicum 
TEX-E

Longhorn Energy Club, the social club for all things energy at UT Austin, is accepting applications for their executive board. This is an opportunity to connect across disciplines and gain hands-on leadership experience. Applications close June 18. 

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Energy Opportunities—Straight to Your Inbox

Join our student listserv to receive news about energy-related events and opportunities, such as job and internship notices, calls for proposals, and more.

Are we missing something?

Is there a student organization, event, resource, or opportunity we should include in the Energy Student Hub? Let us know! 

Email Laura Black

Student Hub Questions?

Email Kohl Lasell.