About this opportunity
MISSION: TACKLING GREEK WILDFIRES
The AXIOS Project | Wildfire Innovation Intern
Remote · About 8 weeks, rolling start · Undergraduate and graduate students
Paid stipend of $500
About Us
The AXIOS Project is an action hub that galvanizes the Greek diaspora's ingenuity, philotimo, and resources toward solving climate and environmental challenges in Greece. We raise awareness, build networks, and mobilize philanthropic and investment capital toward high-leverage projects.
Why Wildfires, and Why Now
Wildfires are a major environmental challenge in Greece. At the same time, technological innovation is transforming how countries fight back, including wildfire drones of all sorts. They can spot fires early, map the terrain and probable fire paths, extinguish on the spot, and replant in the aftermath. Greece now commands more than 100 surveillance drones for wildfire season.
We think the Greek diaspora can play a critical role in helping Greece accelerate innovation in its firefighting capabilities. In our recent op-ed in The National Herald, we floated an idea we call "Adopt-a-Drone": Greek families around the world would buy and "adopt" a cutting-edge drone to protect the village of their ancestors, building a coordinated protective network village by village and island by island.
The Role
You'll be our first wildfire researcher. You’ll dig into a set of driving questions we've set together, join and mind-meld with our Co-Founder George Gemelas and George Behrakis, and then prepare and present a report summarizing the findings. This will lay the foundation for future projects, helping to guide how we build the diaspora response to this pressing challenge.
Over roughly 8 weeks, you will:
- Map how Greece detects and fights wildfires today, and where drones already fit into that system.
- Research the global drone technologies that look most promising, and what's been tried in places around the world, like California, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, and Australia.
- Sketch out what a potential "Adopt-a-Drone" model would entail, from cost and maintenance to who flies the drones and how they plug into Greece's emergency response.
- Identify the Greek and Greek-American companies, researchers, officials, and municipalities already working in this space, and help us reach them.
- Write a summary report, with recommendations, for discussion with our founders and advisors.
- Draft a presentation that The AXIOS Project can share with Greek-American leaders.
Who We're Looking For:
- A current undergraduate or graduate student who's curious, rigorous, and a clear writer.
- Someone who cares about Greece. Greek or Greek-American heritage is welcome but not required.
- Interest in climate, energy, technology, public policy, or emergency management. You don't need to be a drone expert, but you should be excited to become fluent quickly.
- Comfort working independently and using AI tools to research faster and go deeper (e.g. using its research functions and design for the final report and presentation).
- Greek language skills are a plus, since some sources and contacts will be in Greek.
What You'll Recieve:
- A paid stipend of $500.
- Close mentorship from our founders, and real influence over a high-potential project.
- Introductions to our network of Greek and Greek-American leaders in climate, energy, business, and academia.
- Published work you can point to.
We will review applications on a rolling basis.
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