The MLEF is a highly competitive 10-week summer educational fellowship program for students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) majors. MLEF is sponsored by the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. Students are onsite at NETL researching for 9 weeks, followed by a 1-week technical forum at an offsite location.

The MLEF program was created in 1995 to improve opportunities for under-represented students in STEM fields and strengthen a diverse pipeline of future STEM professionals. The program provides participants the unique opportunity to gain direct research experience with fossil energy at various DOE national laboratories across the country. Participants gain insight into how DOE is working to meet the energy challenges of the future, including policy and regulation, project finance, and strategic performance measures.