Postdoctoral Fellowship
An opportunity for postdocs to develop the skills and capabilities needed to pursue research that delivers public impact
Accepting Applications Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024 - 2025
Application Deadline: September 3, 2024
Learn More and ApplyAbout 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.
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2023-25 Postdoctoral Fellow , Economic Inclusion Project
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2023-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow , VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab
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2023-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow , VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab
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2023-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow , Stanford History Education Group
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2023-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow , Immigration Policy Lab
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2022-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow
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2022-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow
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2022-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow
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2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow
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2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow
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2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow
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2021-2022 Postdoctoral Fellow