Funding of Graduate Studies

Spectrum Funding

In keeping with its core educational mission, Spectrum supports excellence in clinical and translational research (CTR) with funding for specialized training and multiyear degree-granting programs.

The KL2 Mentored Career Development Program provides senior fellows and junior faculty in health-related professions with financial support and advanced training in clinical and translational research. Recipients of this award receive access to career-development mentors, tuition support and a salary subsidy of 37.5-percent of Stanford’s postgraduate-year stipend. Research performed within the KL2 program is designed to help participants obtain future NIH research grants. » More Information

The TL1 Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Research Training Program provides awardees with partial tuition and stipend support for a year of full-time instruction in clinical and translational research methods. Recipients of the TL1 award receive access to career-development mentors, tuition support of up to $16,000 a year and a stipend of up to 100 percent of National Research Service Award stipend levels outlined by the National Institutes of Health. » More Information

The Biodesign Innovation Fellowship allows you to spend a year learning the ins and outs of medtech innovation — from exploring needs in a hospital setting to selecting just the right medical problem to work on. Next, you and your team will come up with dozens of potential solutions and file patents on your best ideas. Spectrum supports two fellows each year in this program. » More Information

Other Funding Sources

• Graduate Aid at Stanford
• Stanford School of Medicine Graduate student funding opportunities
• Stanford School of Medicine financial aid
• External funding sources
• Research or teaching assistantships: Contact individual professors upon acceptance.