This is actually something we considered at CERI, especially because of the prestigious finance internships which many people apply to in autumn. Unfortunately, the timelines did not work out for this year as we needed more time to:
Build up the core SRF team (CERI as a whole went from a team of 6 to a team of 12) and foster a team culture.
Reflect on last summer’s programme and think about ways to improve it (we ended up developing a completely different model for the SRF).
Think hard about our theories of change for the various cause areas and compile project lists.
Put together an application form which will be both easy to evaluate well and beneficial for the applicants (5+ applicants thus far have indicated that the application itself was very inspirational/educational for them).
We may consider multiple rounds of recruitment for next year’s SRF, depending on our impact evaluation of this summer and other factors.
This is actually something we considered at CERI, especially because of the prestigious finance internships which many people apply to in autumn. Unfortunately, the timelines did not work out for this year as we needed more time to:
Build up the core SRF team (CERI as a whole went from a team of 6 to a team of 12) and foster a team culture.
Reflect on last summer’s programme and think about ways to improve it (we ended up developing a completely different model for the SRF).
Think hard about our theories of change for the various cause areas and compile project lists.
Put together an application form which will be both easy to evaluate well and beneficial for the applicants (5+ applicants thus far have indicated that the application itself was very inspirational/educational for them).
We may consider multiple rounds of recruitment for next year’s SRF, depending on our impact evaluation of this summer and other factors.