Creating a network of sustainability
Applications to host a 2025 McKinney Climate Fellow are closed. Check back here in late summer 2025 to learn about the 2026 program.
Interested in hosting a fellow?
Get in touch with our team at mcf@iu.edu.
Building Indiana’s sustainability workforce capacity
Partner Benefit
- Receive a skilled and motivated undergraduate or graduate student to work full-time for 400 hours over a 10-12 week period in summer, or part-time for 200 hours per semester in fall/spring
- ERI staff recruit, vet, and hire students on your behalf
- Access to ERI and the McKinney Midwest Climate Project programming, including webinars, trainings, and peer learning
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Support the next generation of climate leaders
A grant from the McKinney Family Foundation underwrites a portion of the costs associated with the McKinney Climate Fellows, however, many more opportunities exist to maximize the project’s potential.
Past host organizations
More than 100 business, local government, and nonprofit organizations in Indiana have hosted McKinney Climate Fellows during the program's history. See the list:
August Mack Environmental
Barnes and Thornburg LLP
Cummins
EcoLogic LLC
Fischer Farms
Gnarly Tree Sustainability Institute
Great Dane
Hillenbrand
Indiana Furniture
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indiana Toll Road Concession Company LLC
Ingredion
Keramida
Pacers Sports & Entertainment
PSG Energy Group
Stantec
Waste Management
Whole Sun Designs
City of Bloomington
City of Carmel
City of Columbus
City of Elkhart
City of Evansville
City of Fishers
City of Fort Wayne
City of Gary
City of Goshen
City of Huntingburg
City of Huntington
City of Indianapolis
City of Jasper
City of Kokomo
City of La Porte
City of Lafayette
City of Logansport
City of Merrillville
City of Michigan City
City of New Albany
City of New Castle
City of Richmond
City of South Bend
City of Terre Haute
City of Warsaw
City of West Lafayette
Delaware-Muncie Metropolitan Planning Commission
Evansville Metropolitan Planning Organization
Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency
Marion County Soil & Water Conservation District
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
Michigan City
Monroe County
Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commissions
NSA Crane
Ohio Kentucky Indiana Regional Council of Governments
River Hills Economic Development District
Town of Bloomfield
Town of Culver
Town of Zionsville
Archdiocese of Indianapolis
Bertrand Farm
Bloomington Food Policy Council
CDFI Bloomington
Center for Sustainable Living
Citizens Action Coalition
Circular Indiana
Conservation Law Center
Cope Environmental Center
Deaconess Hospital
Earth Charter Indiana
Elkhart Environmental Center
Environmental Law and Policy Center
Environmental Resilience Institute
Girl’s Inc. of Monroe County
Great Lakes Research & Education Center
Greater Indiana Clean Cities Coalition
Growing Places Indy
Habitat for Humanity Clark and Floyd Indiana
Hoosier Environmental Council
Hoosier Interfaith Power & Light
Indiana Energy Independence Fund
Indiana Forest Alliance
Indiana Land Protection Alliance
Indiana Nature
Indianapolis Airport Authority
Indianapolis Art Center
Indianapolis City Market
Indianapolis Public Library
Indiana Recycling Coalition
Indiana Resilience Funding Hub
Indiana Sports Corp
Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
IU Health
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
Kheprw Institute
Lake Monroe Water Fund
Lost River Market
McKinney Family Foundation
Newfields
PACE Community Action Agency
People for Urban Progress
Prosperity Indiana
River Heritage Conservancy
RATIO Design
Rethink 65-70 Coalition
Rethink Inc.
Save the Dunes Conservation Fund
Second Helpings
Shirley Heinze Land Trust
Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter
Solar United Neighbors
South Bend International Airport
SustainIndy
Sycamore Land Trust
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
The Patachou Foundation
The STEM Connection
Thrive Michiana
Uplands PEAK Sanctuary
U.S. Green Building Council Indiana
Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
