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 Apply
circular logo for Fletcher Lab

Postdoctoral 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 Apply
vmware logo

Postdoctoral 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 Apply
Stanford Impact Labs Request for Proposals

PhD 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.

Learn More and Apply
Image of church through an arch.