Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate Program

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Read below for information about the application process and documentation required.

The application for our 2024-2025 cohort is now closed. Check out the Important Dates page for additional program dates and the academic calendar.

Applications typically open in January and close in March. Check back for updates later this year, or join our mailing list to be among the first to hear when our application cycle opens. 

All of the information you need to prepare your application is on this page. You can find resources and an overview of our application process below.

The application system opens in January and closes in March. Complete applications received prior to the application deadline are guaranteed to be considered by the Admissions Review Committee. The Committee seeks to balance the cohort across sectors and industries and decisions regarding admission and scholarships will be sent in April.

Candidates who successfully completed an application online before the deadline, and who would have been accepted into the program if not for the cohort reaching its maximum size are placed on a waitlist. Candidates that have been placed on a waitlist are notified if a spot becomes available prior to the start of the program in July.

Before you apply, please review the curriculum, program dates and technical requirements to ensure you are able to complete the program and attend the required events.

We encourage applicants to submit their application forms and supporting documents as early as possible before the March application deadline. Incomplete applications will not be considered and will automatically be rejected. Don't risk it; apply early!

All application materials must be submitted through the electronic application form (accessible above on this page once applications are open). Please do not mail any material to CBEY.     

Download the Application Readiness Checklist Here Before You Apply.

To apply for this program, you must submit all of the documents listed in the Application Readiness Checklist prior to the admissions deadline. The Applications Readiness Checklist also includes instructions on how to apply for one of our limited scholarships. 

There is no application fee, but your first tuition payment is required to secure a spot in the program should you be admitted. 

Learn more about tuition and payments here, where you can also find resources on how to talk to your employer about the benefits of this program. 

During the admissions process, you will be asked to answer all three of the following short questions, each under a 300-word limit:

• Please describe your professional and academic objectives and how this certificate from Yale will help you achieve them.
• Drawing on your professional or academic experience, please describe one challenge to scaling up or accelerating the financing and/or deploying of clean energy today.
• What one innovation are you excited about in the clean energy sector and why? Innovation here is understood broadly and could relate to technology, business, finance, policy, or any other relevant topic.

If applying for a scholarship, in the application you will be asked to provide the following short statement, 300-word limit:

• Please explain why you are seeking a scholarship. Your statement should provide details on how this program will help you reach your goals and create on-the-ground impact toward accelerating the deployment and/or financing of clean energy (such as how you intend to use the skills and knowledge learned in this program, including with traditionally hard-to reach populations and communities), as well as any personal circumstances, hardships, or barriers to attendance that you wish the reviewers to know about. Please be specific. No additional material is required. Please do NOT send us any financial information as part of your application; it will not be reviewed.

Before you start your application, you should identify and reach out to an individual who will provide a letter of recommendation in support of your application. The online application form will ask that you list their name, title, organization, and contact information.

Your reference should be someone able to discuss your skills and abilities, your potential to put your newly acquired knowledge and skills into practice to accelerate the financing and/or deployment of clean energy, and your personal character. A letter from a supervisor, employer, or professor is preferred.

Additional information about the letter is available in the Application Readiness Checklist above.

For an opportunity to learn about the program from our FDCE ambassadors, past participants, and from the CBEY team, take part in one of our Ask Me Anything events starting in January, and mark your calendar for info webinar dates.

Find all admission event dates and registration details here.

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In accordance with this policy and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment against any individual on account of that individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Yale discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.