Opportunities

FUEL 2019 “Chemicals in California” will focus on pollution and policy: toxic substances in our air, water and land, and local and state responses to the environmental health threats posed. Conversations with policymakers and professionals.

The Stanford Center at Peking University (SCPKU) provides Stanford doctoral students with a home base to advance their dissertation research in China. 

The Europe Center invites applications from graduate and professional students at Stanford University whose research or work focuses on Europe.

Corporations are the core of major economies, and China’s modern corporations are both new and structured in ways that contrast in striking ways with those elsewhere in the world.

The City of Palo Alto has provided a full range of utility services (electric, gas, water, and sewer) for over 100 years, and is one of the only publicly-owned gas utilities in the State of California. 

The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) is a non-profit corporation that exists to assure a reliable Bulk Electric System in the geographic area known as the Western Interconnection. 

The CPUC regulates services and utilities, protects consumers, safeguards the environment, and assures Californians' access to safe and reliable utility infrastructure and services.

Building on the state’s success in decarbonizing its economy, the California Air Resources Board takes action to battle climate change beyond 2020 while improving air quality.

The CPUC regulates services and utilities, protects consumers, safeguards the environment, and assures Californians' access to safe and reliable utility infrastructure and services.

The Western Interstate Energy Board is an organization of 11 Western States and three western Canadian Provinces.

Established in 1956 by the California State Legislature, DWR protects, conserves, develops, and manages much of California's water supply. This includes the State Water Project (SWP), the nation’s largest state-built water conveyance program.

The ISO manages the flow of electricity across the long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California’s and a small part of Nevada’s grid. The nonprofit public benefit corporation keeps power moving to homes and communities.

Commissioner Hochschild is the lead Commissioner on renewable energy and fills the environmentalist position at the California Energy Commission. 

The Stanford Center at Peking University (SCPKU) provides Stanford doctoral students with a home base to advance their dissertation research in China. 

The Beagle II Award promotes discovery and exploration by Stanford undergraduates who possess a strong intellectual curiosity, a passionate interest in a particular subject, and a keen spirit of intellectual adventure. 

The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment invites Stanford students to submit proposals for Mel Lane funding for student-driven projects that make a measureable impact on an environmental issue.

The objective of this program is to provide opportunities for Stanford Graduate students to spend 8-12 weeks in Germany in internship positions or performing research at local institutions.