Come together to build world-changing climate companies

To be a good fit for ODCT, you are probably:

* Already involved in climate tech or committed to transitioning into the space.
* At least a little bit entrepreneurial, with an independent spirit. While you don’t need entrepreneurial aspirations to be in this fellowship, you should be or want to be a part of the climate tech startup community.
* Eager to be an active participant in a growing community, as much of the value of On Deck comes from the network and peer-to-peer connections.

For fellows in the program, we hope to help you make the greatest possible impact to help solve the climate crisis, mostly through networking and serendipitous connections with other talented and committed people in the space.

The fellowship is meant to build an amazing community and peer learning environment of world-class climate tech talent. Ultimately, our hope is to be a force multiplier for the space at large, helping accelerate the speed at which talented people can contribute to the climate tech space.

Both, and it’s also for anyone looking to start, join, or otherwise support or partner with climate tech startups.

You may be a climate scientist, policy expert, investor, founder or employee at a climate tech company. Otherwise, you are likely an entrepreneur, tech employee or part of the corporate workforce in other industries determined to make a positive impact through a climate tech startup.

For the inaugural cohort, we’re offering the program at an early-bird rate of $1,990. We have limited scholarships available for each cohort

As a participant, you get access to:

A 10-week program & curriculum, including live and recorded programming, breakout sessions and mastermind groups.
On Deck’s online community and On Deck Directory. You’ll be able to search and filter the Directory and Slack community to learn more about your peers and ask or answer questions.
Climate-specific and cross-program build weekends with special guests and partners.
And ultimately, the life-changing opportunity to build relationships with high potential scientists, experts and operators. This community will likely follow you deep into your ever-evolving climate tech career.

The power of this program is in the community, and like any community, you get back what you put in. You should plan to invest 2-5 hours per week in On Deck Climate Tech.

The events and curated resources are designed to help you leverage time, networks, and resources to your advantage. Depending on your schedule and interests, you could choose to:

* Attend everything and “gorge” yourself on knowledge until you explode
* Tune in at your leisure to attend sessions that interest you
* Or just search the directory and connect with interesting people one-on-one

We accept fellows from around the world.  For this first cohort, the majority of sessions will be in North American time zones, but recordings will be available to Fellows at any time.  Fellows from Asia are welcome to join, but we expect to have fewer sessions in Asian-friendly time zones this first time around.

We’re aiming to build a cohort that is diverse across race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, national origin, professional background, age, viewpoint, and subject matter—you name it!
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Since this is the first cohort of ODCT, we don’t yet have specific demographics for this program, but we released a demographic breakdown for ODF5 that can serve as a useful comparison.

You can view our values here, but to summarize: Service, Sacredness, Respect, and Gratitude.