Postdoctoral Fellowship

Fellows spend two years working with a designated research team on a particular social problem while continuing to develop their own research agenda.

About the Program

The Stanford Impact Labs (SIL) Postdoctoral Fellowship is a two-year program, during which time each postdoctoral fellow works with a designated research team on a particular social problem while also continuing to develop their individual research agenda.

Through the program, we aim to build a pipeline of scholars who are motivated and equipped to pursue academic careers focused on partnership and solutions-oriented research.

NOTE: This program is an annual opportunity. We publish new opportunities to this page every fall quarter. For more information on our program application windows, click here.

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“I worried I was being too adventurous coming out of my PhD program, but this experience validated my interest in pursuing this type of research.”

Stanford Impact Labs partners with three to four research teams or impact labs per year to co-fund a postdoctoral position in each team. The postdoctoral fellows spend the majority of their time contributing to the goals of the team by engaging in collaborative, impact-focused research, while advancing their own scholarship and public impact research skills. Toward this end, we also provide postdoctoral fellows with professional development workshops, one-on-one mentorship, and networking opportunities.

“It’s inspiring to think about ways for my research to have impact, and I look forward to the ripple effects my experience in this program will have for my future students."

To learn more, please contact silpostdoc@stanford.edu.

Patricia Andrews Fearon
Patricia Andrews Fearon

2022-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow

Alba Huidobro
Alba Huidobro

2022-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow

Andrea Pedroza-Tobias
Andrea Pedroza-Tobias

2022-2024 Postdoctoral 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

2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow