Opportunities

The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) works to ensure healthy, resilient, productive coastal and ocean ecosystems in California for current and future generations.

OPR is responsible for formulating long-range goals and policies spanning numerous issues, including land use, state and local planning, climate change, environmental justice, renewable energy, transportation, health, and military affairs.

CDFA aims to serve the citizens of CA by promoting & protecting a safe, healthy food supply, & enhancing local and global agricultural trade, through efficient management, innovation & sound science, with a commitment to environmental stewardship.

CARB established the “first-of-its-kind” Office of Community Air Protection Program, whose focus is to reduce exposure in communities most impacted by air pollution through monitoring and emission reductions programs at the community level.

SURIM (Stanford Undergraduate Research Institute in Mathematics) is a paid, full-time, 10-week summer research program at Stanford University introducing Stanford undergraduate students to research in mathematics.

This fellowship honors Stanford Professor Ronald McKinnon’s memory by funding outstanding undergraduate honors research theses on topics of international economics, international finance, and economic development.

FSI offers grants up to $9,000 for fund research related travel for students doing research related to international policy and grants of up to $500 to students presenting at conferences related to international studies.

SCCEI is offering a unique two-week program with first-hand understanding of the complexities of China’s economy through site visits to technology firms, consumer markets, factory floors, education and environmental organizations. 

The Center for African Studies (CAS) Research Partnership pairs undergraduate students with Stanford faculty to work collaboratively on innovative research projects. Students will work directly with a faculty mentor during spring or summer quarter

This project assesses the impact of guest worker programs on the economic well-being of H2-A workers and their families. The study aims to use the evidence to inform US immigration policy in the future.

Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) is the only flagship in engineering and IT science and education in Estonia, providing higher education at all levels.

The Study of Women in Asia Fellowship supports one to two graduate students from any discipline whose research concerns women in Asia, broadly defined.  This award provides three quarters of TGR tuition plus three quarters of stipend at $7,000.

Academic-year fellowships for intensive language and area studies coursework.  2nd-year or higher language courses eligible, with preference for 3rd year and beyond.  Students must take language and one area-specific course per quarter.

Partial funding for Stanford undergraduates to undertake the study of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or other approved language (by petition) overseas in a full-time, pre-approved, accredited language study program during the summer session.  

Grants for East Asian Studies MA & PhD students, for academically-related summer language training, required coursework, fieldwork, or dissertation research or write-up. U.S. and international students eligible; priority given to CEAS MAs.

This project will analyze expert and global stakeholders’ consultations on health systems and adolescent health competencies, and globally survey adolescents’ priorities and experiences in health care settings.

Will installing concrete floors in homes with soil floors reduce household fecal contamination, soil-transmitted infection, and diarrhea? Our findings will provide evidence about concrete flooring installation as a public health intervention.

Join in preparations, piloting and launch of controlled clinical trials of the effects of topical emollient therapy on the survival, growth, skin barrier integrity, and incidence of sepsis in hospitalized preterm infants.

Join the Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab in partnership with Brazilian labor prosecutors and a survivor-led NGO to address critical gaps in post-trafficking care and improve health and economic outcomes for human trafficking survivors.

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.