Open Applications
The following funding and training opportunities are currently accepting applications
Stanford Impact Labs makes investments in solutions-focused research teams and runs training programs for faculty, scholars, nonprofit leaders, and local government staff.
All funding or program opportunities listed below are now accepting applications. To see an exhaustive list of year-round opportunities (including key dates and descriptions), please visit our full calendar here.
2025 Training Opportunities
Postdoctoral Fellowship Fletcher Lab
Stanford's Fletcher Lab works to advance water resources management to promote resilient and equitable responses to an uncertain future. They develop computational modeling approaches that bridge the natural and social environments. Applications close February 15, 2025.
Learn More and ApplyPostdoctoral Fellowship VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab
The VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab at Stanford University generates foundational research to advance women's leadership by diagnosing barriers, developing and evaluating interventions to get beyond barriers, and disseminates research-based solutions. Applications close February 20, 2025.
Learn More and ApplyPostdoctoral Fellowship Equitable Access to Education Project
The Stanford Impact Lab on Equitable Access to Education provides algorithmic and data-driven solutions providing fairer access to public educational resources. Applications close March 3, 2025.
Learn More and ApplyPhD Fellowship Applications close February 3, 2025
A fellowship to support Stanford PhD students to work on solutions-oriented research that addresses a particular social problem under faculty mentorship and in partnership with social, public, or civic sector organizations.
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