CSS Fellowships

What is the CSS Fellowship?

The CSS Fellowship is designed to provide students with extra funds to conduct innovative research that applies computational techniques to social science research.

How much can you apply for?

Students can request up to $10,000 which may be used at any time during the academic year.

What can you use the money for?

Funds can pay for tuition, RA support for the student doing the project, software, hardware, computing, transcribing, translating, and surveys.  Funds cannot pay for conference travel or hiring other Stanford students as RAs.  To find out if your budget items are allowed, contact the program coordinator, Kylie Swall.

Who can apply?

Stanford students from the social sciences and the Graduate School of Education are eligible.

Application requirements

Applications should be 1-2 pages in length explaining an interdisciplinary research project that applies computational methods to social science research. In the application:

• Identify 2 advisors from different departments that will advise your project and provide brief letters of support from them
• Include a budget listing specific items or services that will be purchased with approximate prices, links to any relevant websites or references, and a brief justification of how the item will be used in your project if it is not clear from your project description

Preference will be given to proposals likely to result in journal papers or conference proceedings and students that plan to seek external funding in the future. 

Next Funding Competition

The next competition will be announced in June of 2016. The deadline is in August. Winners will be announced in September.

If you are awarded funding

Recipients of the funding have to report on the research activity at the end of the academic year, as well as indicate progress toward publications and/or obtaining external support for the project.

Previous Projects

More information on past projects can be found at the CSS Fellows page.