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FSI offers small research grants of up to $1,500 to fund research projects and up to $500 for conference grants related to international studies.

Have a great idea? The 2025-2026 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge, "Prevention by Design: Creating Healthy Lifestyles for Long Lives," is an international innovation competition awarding a $10k grand prize!

The Europe Center sponsors graduate research visits and internships with German companies and research institutions.  Grants of $8000-$9,000, prorated by length of travel (8-12 weeks), are awarded with each internship/research visit.

The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies invites applications for travel grants for short-term study and research trips between Mid-June 2026 through August 14 2026 to Estonia and the Baltic Sea Region.

The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies invites applications for travel grants for short-term study and research trips between mid-March 2026—June 2026 to Estonia and the Baltic Sea Region.

CREEES Travel/Research Grants for Graduate Students

The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) has limited funds available to support Stanford graduate students for travel to conferences focused on Russian, East European and Eurasian studies.

The Stanford King Center on Global Development will offer graduate student fellowships for the 2026-27 academic year that provide one or two quarters of fellowship support in the form of tuition and a graduate student stipend.

Graduate Student Research Funding supports faculty-supervised Stanford doctoral student research activities, particularly field-based work on global poverty and economic development in middle- and low-income countries. 

Graduate Student Research Funding supports faculty-supervised Stanford doctoral student research activities, particularly field-based work on global poverty and economic development in middle- and low-income countries.