If you were sent here by the Texas Grant Resource Center in the Fall of 2021, please go to this page to apply for Spring 2022 -
https://forms.gle/a5WA4R6d2DHELZRHA Welcome to the Social Innovation Initiative's Longhorn Impact Fellowship at Texas McCombs (LIFT)! We are glad your organization is interested in applying for student consultants from UT Austin. Corporations, social enterprises, and non-profits are eligible to apply.
LIFT will provide qualified student consulting services for corporations, social enterprises, and non-profits seeking support for their social and environmental impact problems. Interested? Fill out this application, and let us lift your work while elevating student experiential learning! You can review more information here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bf2WRCfXzv_B7pakEx0rDbc_906i40YQ/view?usp=sharing How it Works:
1) Fill out the Partner Application (you're here now!)
Eligible projects will focus on a specific challenge your organization is facing related to sustainability, corporate philanthropy, impact/ESG investing, or social and environmental innovation. They should also be able to be completed in 10 weeks with the option for larger projects to be broken into semesterly chunks. Please note that juniors, seniors, and graduate students from all disciplines may participate in this program.
Client applications are due on April 10th at 5 p.m. If accepted, the SII will email your primary and administrative contacts by April 17th with an invitation to join LIFT.
Below is an example timeline for the program from Spring 2020. The full Fall 2020 timeline will be available in March.
Date
Event
Time
1/7/2020
Student apps due
1/14/2020
Client selections due
1/15/2020
Matching emails go out
1/17/2020
Launch calls
1/20/2020
Launch calls
1/22/2020
Launch calls (if needed)
1/27/2929
Deadline to have initial client call
1/29/2020
Deadline for client contract submissions
5 p.m.
1/30/2020
First Fellows Meeting (Consulting 101)
5:30
2/13/2020
Second Fellows Meeting
5:30
2/27/2020
Third Fellows Meeting
5:30
3/26/2020
Fourth Fellows Meeting (Consult with Consultants)
5:30
4/24/2020
Project presentations at Rowling
5-7
2) Select student consultants (ie, LIFT Fellows)
Your organization's project will be posted in the student LIFT Fellows application. The app will be sent out across campus in late April or May. The SII will send you a list of applicants to your project, along with their resumes, by a target date of June 15th. You will select applicants from the pool based on your needs by June 30th and report your decisions to the SII.
3) Set up a launch call.
The SII will send the students an introductory email to your primary representative (and administrative if applicable). You will need to attend a launch call with the SII and the students during the first week of school. The call will cover the project's scope, timeline, and expectations. You will also need to provide a written agreement with your students around the scope of the work and submit this to Madison Gove following the launch call.
4) Get to work!
Projects will start after the launch call, and will end by December 5th with a presentation to your team (in person if possible, via Skype if not).
