Emerging Scholars Fellowship

Supporting Stanford doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to put social science to work for society

Accepting Applications Deadline: March 9, 2026

Professional development opportunity for Stanford doctoral and postdoctoral scholars interested in working closely with collaborators beyond the university to generate evidence and insights that can be put into practice.

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The Stanford Impact Labs Emerging Scholars Fellowship is a summer quarter opportunity for Stanford PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. The program provides a stipend and professional development programming that prepares scholars to work closely with collaborators across the public, private, and social sectors to generate evidence and insights that can be put into practice. By engaging in weekly, in-person group workshops led by Stanford Impact Labs, fellows will learn skills and frameworks and gain resources helpful in pursuing impactful social science research now and in the future.

To learn more, please contact Alex Carr at acarr2@stanford.edu.

The Emerging Scholars Fellowship launched in 2025. In years prior, SIL offered a Postdoctoral Fellowship and a PhD Fellowship.

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Carmen Amo Alonso

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Christiane Buettner

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Yunwei Chen

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Matthew R. DeVerna

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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José Ignacio Cuesta

2024-2025 Design Fellow

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Kiersten Hasenour

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Zainab Hosseini

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Jennifer Jiwon Lee

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Paul Lendway

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Yingjie Li

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Amber Mengyu Liang

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Youngsun Moon

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Tao Sun

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Haojie Wang

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Rebecca Zhu

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Jasmyn Burdsall

2025 PhD Fellow

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Liliana Deonizio

2025 PhD Fellow

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Sarah-Eve Dill

2025 PhD Fellow

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Paige Hill

2025 PhD Fellow

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Junjie Anderson Lu

2025 PhD Fellow

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Olivia Martin

2025 PhD Fellow

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Mateus Mazzaferro

2025 PhD Fellow

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Angelita Rivera

2025 PhD Fellow

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Anirudh Sankar

2025 PhD Fellow

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Serena Soh

2025 PhD Fellow

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Mavis Stone

2025 PhD Fellow

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Sahana Subramanyam

2025 PhD Fellow

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Cherrysse Ulsa

2025 PhD Fellow

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Zhengyang Wei

2025 PhD Fellow

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Priscilla Zhao

2025 PhD Fellow

Ruth Appel
Ruth Appel

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow; 2022 PhD Fellow

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Kristina Gligorić

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Hakan Ozyilmaz

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Tiziano Piccardi

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Riley Post

2024-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Marcela DeVon Radtke

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Researcher , Food for Health Equity Lab

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Benjamin Seiler

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow; Research Fellow, Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab

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Maria Velazquez

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Tiffany (Qianru) Yang

2024-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Caitlin Ahearn

2023-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow , Economic Inclusion Project

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Ashley Bennett

2023-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow , VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab

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Tiffany Chow

2023-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow , VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab

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Cherise McBride

2023-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow , Stanford History Education Group

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Pei Palmgren

2023-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow

Brandi Cannon-Force
Brandi Cannon-Force

2023 PhD Fellow

Elizabeth Childs
Elizabeth Childs

2023 PhD Fellow

Ruben Gonzalez
Rubén A. González

2023 PhD Fellow

Katja Hofmann
Katja Hofmann

2023 PhD Fellow

Emma Keller
Emma Keller

2023 PhD Fellow

Hannah Melville-Rea
Hannah Melville-Rea

2023 PhD Fellow

Joe Mernyk
Joseph S. Mernyk

Research Coordinator, Politics and Social Change Lab; 2023 PhD Fellow

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Brendan Moore

2023 PhD Fellow

Kate Reinmuth
Kate Reinmuth

2023 PhD Fellow

Marissa Reitsma
Marissa Reitsma

2023 PhD Fellow

Sadie Richardson
Sadie Richardson

2023 PhD Fellow

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Andrés Felipe Rodríguez

Impact and Learning Manager

Melanie Shimano
Melanie Shimano

2023 PhD Fellow

Ireland Sherrill
Ireland Sherrill

2023 PhD Fellow

Lily Steyer
Lily Steyer

2022 and 2023 PhD Fellow

Patricia Andrews Fearon
Patricia Andrews Fearon

2022-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow

Alba Huidobro
Alba Huidobro

Postdoctoral Researcher, Chair of Political Behavior at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; 2022-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow

Andrea Pedroza-Tobias
Andrea Pedroza-Tobias

2022-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow

Wajeeha Ahmad
Wajeeha Ahmad

2022 PhD Fellow

Ruth Appel
Ruth Appel

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow; 2022 PhD Fellow

Sakaria ("Sai") Auelua-Toomey
Sakaria (Sai) Auelua-Toomey

2022 PhD Fellow

Eva Bianchi
Eva Bianchi

2022 PhD Fellow

Doga Cavdir
Doga Cavdir

2022 PhD Fellow

Saskia Comess
Saskia Comess

2022 PhD Fellow

Angela He
Angela He

2022 PhD Fellow

Candice Kim
Candice Kim

2022 PhD Fellow

Kimya Loder
Kimya Loder

2022 PhD Fellow

Mae MacDonald
Mae MacDonald

2022 PhD Fellow

Emily Mongold
Emily Mongold

2022 PhD Fellow

Crystal Moore
Crystal Moore

2022 PhD Fellow

Ryan Moore
Ryan Moore

2021 and 2022 PhD Fellow

Eric Neumann
Eric Neumann

2022 PhD Fellow

Michelle Ng
Michelle Ng

2022 PhD Fellow

Helena Roy
Helena Roy

2022 PhD Fellow

Emily Russell
Emily Russell

2022 PhD Fellow

Jenny Skerker
Jenny Skerker

2022 PhD Fellow

Preeti Srinivasan
Preeti Srinivasan

2022 PhD Fellow

Lily Steyer
Lily Steyer

2022 and 2023 PhD Fellow

Kia Turner
Kia Turner

2022 PhD Fellow

Darion Wallace
Darion Wallace

2022 PhD Fellow

Alice Wang
Alice Wang

2022 PhD Fellow

Marianna Zhang
Marianna Zhang

2022 PhD Fellow

Mofan Zhang
Mofan Zhang

2022 PhD Fellow

Malissa Alinor
Malissa Alinor

2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow

Max Hui Bai
Max Hui Bai

2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow

Marbella Eboni Hill
Marbella Eboni Hill

2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow

Carlos Padilla-Schmidt
Carlos Schmidt-Padilla

2021-2022 Postdoctoral Fellow

Sophie Allen
Sophie Allen

2020 and 2021 PhD Fellow

Ayodele Dada
Ayodele Dada

2021 PhD Fellow

Isabella Douglas
Isabella Douglas

2021 PhD Fellow

Ayush Kanodia
Ayush Kanodia

2021 PhD Fellow

Apoorva Lal
Apoorva Lal

2021 PhD Fellow

Angela Lee
Angela Y. Lee

2021 PhD Fellow

Gina Li
Gina Li

2021 PhD Fellow

Ryan Moore
Ryan Moore

2021 and 2022 PhD Fellow

Mansheej Paul
Mansheej Paul

2021 PhD Fellow

Colin Peterson
Colin Peterson

2021 PhD Fellow

Nick Sherefkin
Nick Sherefkin

2021 PhD Fellow

Nicky Sullivan
Nicky Sullivan

2021 PhD Fellow

Miroslav Suzara
Miroslav Suzara

2021 PhD Fellow

Carrie Townley-Flores
Carrie Townley-Flores

2020 and 2021 Phd fellow

Ryan Triolo
Ryan Triolo

2021 PhD Fellow

Jan Voelkel
Jan Voelkel

Assistant Professor, Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University; 2021 PhD Fellow

Iris Zhang
Iris Zhang

2021 PhD Fellow

Ishita Ahmed
Ishita Ahmed

2020 PhD Fellow

Sophie Allen
Sophie Allen

2020 and 2021 PhD Fellow

Feyaad Allie
Feyaad Allie

2020 PhD Fellow

Christianne Corbett
Christianne Corbett

2020 PhD Fellow

Madison Dalton
Madison Dalton

2020 PhD Fellow

Carrie Townley-Flores
Carrie Townley-Flores

2020 and 2021 Phd fellow

Saurabh Khanna
Saurabh Khanna

2020 PhD Fellow

Mark Krass
Mark Krass

2020 PhD Fellow

David Lang
David Lang

2020 PhD Fellow

Erin Macke
Erin Macke

2020 PhD Fellow

Will Marble
Will Marble

2020 PhD Fellow

Julia Melin
Julia Melin

2020 PhD Fellow

Maggie Perry
Maggie Perry

2020 PhD Fellow

Matt Ribar
Matt Ribar

2020 PhD Fellow

Cesar Vargas
Cesar Vargas

2020 PhD Fellow

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