Graduate Research
Brown Institute for Media Innovation Magic Grant
A Magic Grant supports a small team of graduate students or postgraduates who are expected to demonstrate the relevance and viability of their ideas by implementing a prototype or creating an innovative media product. Successful projects might continue as business ventures outside the universities.
Department of Energy Internships
The Department of Energy Summer Internship is designed to provide students enrolled in a wide variety of educational institutions, from high school to graduate level, with opportunities to work in agencies and explore Federal careers while still in school. To learn more about this opportunity, click on the link that is relevant to your degree: STEM, Business.
Department of Energy Scholars Program
The Department of Energy (DOE) Scholars program introduces undergraduates or recent graduates to the mission of the DOE.
International School for Materials for Energy and Sustainability IV (ISMES IV)
For graduate and postdoctoral students with a strong interest in the interrelationships between energy, resources, and a sustainability society. ISMES will incorporate lectures by some of the most recognized academic and industrial experts to present the state-of-the-art and the future perspectives for materials and their application to energy generation and storage for sustainable energy technologies.
Lorry I. Lokey/Stanford University Fellowship
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), through the Lorry I. Lokey/Stanford University Fellowship will support one Stanford graduate or recent graduate for EDF programs in Oceans; Land, Water & Wildlife; Climate – Domestic and International; or Environmental Health.
Schneider Fellows (formerly MAP Sustainable Energy Fellowships)
The Schneider Fellows program (formerly the MAP Sustainable Energy Fellowships) provides Stanford students with opportunities to work at leading U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the sustainable energy field. The Schneider Fellows spend a quarter tackling the world’s economic, environmental, social, and technical challenges associated with past, present, and future approaches of harnessing energy resources to deliver energy services.
Stanford Energy Internships in California (SEIC)
Stanford Energy Internships in California (SEIC) will offer a suite of energy-related, paid public service internships for Stanford students in California during the summer. For the summer of 2016, SEIC has secured eight internship opportunities within the California ISO (CAISO), California Air Resources Board (CARB), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), and the California Energy Commission (CEC).
Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship Program (SIGF)
The Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship Program is an annual university-wide fellowship that is available to Stanford doctoral students engaged in interdisciplinary research.
Sustainable Stanford Internship Program
The Sustainable Stanford Internship Program provides a paid opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience implementing programs that influence on-campus sustainability. Each intern will commit to a summer or academic year-long program working to manage a campus sustainability project and bring about tangible results.
TomKat Center energyStartup Summer Internships
The TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy has two internship programs. The objectives of the summer internships are for students to gain work experience, develop applied engineering knowledge, learn entrepreneurship in a start-up environment, and build upon their academic studies.