The Aspen Environment Forum Scholars Program provided opportunities for diverse, accomplished leaders in the field to attend the Aspen Environment Forum.  Scholars were selected on the basis of their need, experience, achievements, and interest in energy and the environment, as well as their commitment and contributions to the field. The group was comprised of practitioners, entrepreneurs, academics, community organizers, members of the public, private, and independent sectors, and students.

Forum Scholars were hosted in Aspen for the duration of the Forum by the Aspen Institute and had the opportunity to explore complex and surprising ideas about energy, the environment, and the economy – focusing on what we can do as  citizens, corporations, and countries. Scholars experienced the entire program that included large plenary sessions, panel discussions, one-on-one interviews, multiple concurrent morning and afternoon sessions, unique daily seminars, luncheons, casual conversations, dinner events, and evening exchanges.

Scholars not only engaged deeply with the program, but they actively participated in the Forum’s vibrant intellectual exchange, and engaged in social media inputs and outputs for the Forum.  Forum Scholars enriched the conversation through contributing their own experience, expertise, and perspective, while also seeking to be enriched by the diverse perspectives of others. At the conclusion of each Forum, we hope that Scholars will return to their daily lives inspired, challenged, uplifted, and poised to turn ideas into action.

Individuals were nominated or applied to be a Forum Scholar independently.  Previous scholarship recipients were ineligible to apply.