SEF's innovative award winning Scholars Programs cultivate a comprehensive understanding and passion for "Sustainable Energy" by integrating "Sustainable Energy" into a school's curriculum. Each year SEF provides attendance scholarships to teachers, professors, and student champions to attend the Scholars boot camp which precedes SEF's annual Sustainable Energy Conference.

During the boot camp attendees have an opporunity to learn from the industry's best sustainable energy trainers. Attendees learn the science behind renewable technologies, basic system design, and installation. After the boot camp attendees have the opportunity to participate in the annual Sustainable Energy Conference where larger issues related to energy conservation, energy efficiency and renewable energy are presented by leading experts. Topics include manufacturing, public policy, finance, marketing, and consumer trends.

Upon returning to their respective institutions, grant recipients are tasked with integrating sustainable energy into their curriculum. More than 94 teams from 69 different institutions have participated in the program since its inception.