Students
Students
Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders
The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment offers postdoctoral scholars, graduate and undergraduate students valuable education and support to advance their research and maximize its impact. Through a variety of training and mentorship programs focused on skills, knowledge and networks, we give students the communications and leadership skills to become global leaders in their fields. Through grants and stipends, we help young researchers move their ideas into action.
Mel Lane Student Program
This program offers grants for Stanford student-driven-and-managed environmental projects that make a measureable impact on sustainability issues through action or applied academic research. Preference is given to projects that focus on environmental sustainability within one of the following topic areas: climate, ecosystem services, food security, freshwater, oceans, public health and sustainable development. Learn more...
Mentoring Undergraduates in Interdisciplinary Research (MUIR) Program
MUIR provides stipends to full- and part-time Stanford undergraduate students to conduct interdisciplinary environmental research during the summer. Faculty are welcome to apply on behalf of undergraduates at all levels and from all departments. Students wishing to initiate a project need to approach a faculty member who is willing to apply on the student's behalf. Learn more...
YES! (Young Environmental Scholars) Conference
Annual conference that brings together graduate students, professional school students and postdoctoral students across Stanford for a day of innovative dialogue, productive collaboration and real world problem-solving on pressing environmental topics with the goals of building a network of interdisciplinary problem-solvers and new solutions for the future. Learn more…