Career Accelerator Award
The Colorado Water Congress (CWC) is excited to announce applications are open for the 2025 CWC Career Accelerator Award, a 1-year program intended to promote equity and diversity in the water sector. The award provides funding for awardee attendance at CWC’s two main annual events, as well as mentorship opportunities within the CWC community.
Awardee Commitments
Awardee must commit to the following upon acceptance of the award:
- Attend Summer and Winter Conferences.
- Attend one (or more) CWC Board Meetings (6 opportunities throughout the year).
- Attend one (or more) Board Membership Committee Meetings.
- Participate in the CWC EDI Committee.
- Contribute to a CWC program in one of the following ways: write a guest blog article, participate in a member call, workshop or conference.
- Other contributions will be considered.
Benefits of the Award
The program includes exposure to the CWC, the principal voice of Colorado's water community, as well as exposure to a wide variety of key water resource issues in Colorado (agricultural, industrial, municipal, etc.). Awardees will be given opportunities to share their perspective. Awardees will also receive access to an ongoing network of award recipients.
Applications for 2025 are due November 18, 2024.
Additional information is available on the Colorado Water Congress website.
