Opportunities

Regional-, state-, and city-level efforts are essential in our fight against climate change, especially in the field of energy. Stanford University is committed to helping by integrating its students into energy and climate ecosystems in the West through the Shultz Energy Fellowships program (formerly Stanford Energy Internships in California and the...

Daniel Raymond Wong Memorial Fellowship: This fellowship opportunity funds a declared major in economics or public policy, who has shown an interest in the study of education or heath care issues, who has secured a position at a nonprofit or public service organization, and who will be located in...

The Lyric McHenry Community Arts Fellowship allows Stanford undergraduates the opportunity to conduct research with a community-based arts organization or an established community-based artist for 35 hours a week / over at least 9 weeks during the summer quarter. Projects coming out of this fellowship have a distinct interest in...

Students who participate in the Berlin Program may be eligible for placement in the Krupp Internship Program for Stanford Students in Germany. This program allows students to deepen their understanding of Germany’s culture and people, by providing them with the opportunity to gain practical, professional experience through an internship at...

The Summer Undergraduate Full-time Research Assistant Program offers opportunities for fieldwork and research experience to Stanford undergraduates interested in global poverty and development across disciplines. King Center website

The Human Rights Summer Fellowships support highly motivated students looking to make a valuable contribution and learn more about a specific issue in the field of human rights or international justice.The Center is pleased to offer Human Rights Summer Fellowships for students to work in partnership with a relevant...

Stanford Global Studies offers Stanford students an opportunity to extend classroom learning to immersive, cultural, and professional experiences through the Global Studies Internship Program. Global Studies Internships website

The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies offers fully-funded, faculty-mentored summer internships at prominent policy organizations throughout the world. The Global Policy Internships, offered through FSI's Global Opportunities and Enrichment for Students (GOES) program, provide placement, mentorship, and a stipend to students engaging in off-campus internships at international policy and...

Since 2017, the Stanford Woods Institute has identified leading not-for-profit organizations and key state and municipal agencies who are addressing pressing environmental issues to create exciting summer fellowship placement opportunities for Stanford undergraduates. The EPIC program has opportunities locally in the Bay Area and throughout California as well as...

The Haas Center and CS+Social Good (a student-led organization) offer the CS+Social Good Summer Fellowship program, which includes self-designed and pre-arranged fellowship placements.Through CS+Social Good Summer Fellowships, students receive funding and support to work with an organization using technology to address social issues. Selected fellows will gain unique industry...

The Community Service Work-Study (CSWS) Program provides academic year and summer employment opportunities for currently enrolled students who receive financial aid at Stanford. It allows them to combine the financial need to work with the personal goal of helping the community. Eligible students have the freedom to design a service...

The Community-Based Research (CBR) Fellowship supports teams of faculty, students, and community partners in conducting research that addresses community-identified needs. CBR is a method of conducting academic research that 1) relies on cooperation and communication between all research partners; 2) validates multiple sources of knowledge; 3) promotes the use of...

The Center for Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity offers full summer quarter funding for Community-Based Research Fellowships and Praxis Fellowships. CCSRE's CBR Fellowships pair students with faculty-led research projects; Praxis Fellowships pair students with community organizations. Both programs support students interested in social justice, community organizing, and race studies...

The CLAS Internship Grants support students for self-arranged, in-person, summer internships. The internship program is designed as a cultural/experiential learning opportunity and interns will be granted a stipend to support living expenses.Stanford undergraduate students interested in completing a minimum of eight weeks full-time in a service-oriented internship with an...

The BOSP Stanford Program in Kyoto combines a Spring quarter of academic study in Kyoto with the option of a subsequent 10-week fully-funded summer internship, frequently located elsewhere in Japan. Stanford Program in Kyoto internships are an incredible opportunity for students to apply the cultural lessons they have learned in...

Intern for government agencies and NGOs, take classes taught by Stanford faculty and national policy experts, and participate in cultural events and activities.

Every summer, the Bill Lane Center for the American West offers many opportunities for Stanford undergraduates (including graduating seniors, co-terminal and master's students) to work with organizations throughout the West. Through these internships, students can explore careers in natural history, conservation, ecology, land use, museum curation, resource management, water, energy...

The Haas Center for Public Service offers full-time, summer fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students to work with nonprofit and government agencies toward climate justice in the Bay Area. These fellowships are associated with Partnerships for Climate Justice in the Bay Area (PCJ in the Bay), an initiative to...

Through the Alexander Tung Memorial Fellowship, students can explore the use of science and technology for the benefit of society at large. In particular, the awardees will use science and technology for social entrepreneurship, for youth education, and/or as a solution to a social problem through field service...

The Ahonen-Jover Cardinal Quarter Fellowship for Innovation in Technology and Human Rights supports one student annually to design and propose an innovative project for advancing human rights in the United States or abroad in collaboration with a host organization and faculty mentor. Successful applicants will have a vision and entrepreneurial spirit and wish to create new strategies...

The African Service Fellowship is a joint program between the Haas Center for Public Service and the Center for African Studies and supports students’ work on social and economic issues in Africa.Each African Service Fellow receives a base stipend of $7000 to support travel and living expenses during the...

The Stanford Pride Fellowship, a Cardinal Quarter opportunity, strives to promote activism within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. Stanford Pride Fellows spend the summer working full-time for nine weeks with a supervisor/mentor in a domestic U.S. community organization of their choice. Each Stanford Pride Fellow receives a base...

The Stanford Nurse Alumnae Fellowship, a Cardinal Quarter opportunity, supports an undergraduate student who is interested in exploring nursing as a career. The Fellowship is a summer internship in a healthcare organization or setting that best fits the student's interests and goals. The organization may be a hospital, a community-based clinic, or...

Through the Social E Fellowships, a Cardinal Quarter opportunity, students explore social entrepreneurship as a pathway of public service and social change. Fellows spend a summer working full-time for nine weeks in the social entrepreneurship arena with an established social entrepreneur as a mentor. Each Social E Fellow receives a...

Through the Roland Longevity Fellowship, a Cardinal Quarter opportunity, Stanford students provide service to older adults and/or conduct research on issues of aging in order to enhance the quality of life and participation in the community for this population. Roland Longevity Fellows spend the summer working full-time for nine weeks with a supervisor/mentor...

Donald Kennedy Public Service Projects Fellows work to alleviate some of society’s most pressing concerns across the globe. Projects vary in size and scope, work with diverse constituencies, and address a wide range of issues. Fellows may work in any field of interest. Students are encouraged to think about how...

Through the Public Interest Law Fellowship, a Cardinal Quarter opportunity, students have the opportunity to spend a summer working full time for nine weeks in the field of public interest law with a supervisor/mentor in a domestic U.S. public interest organization (nonprofit or governmental) of their choice. Four Public Interest Law fellows...

Through the Jane Stanford Fellowship, undergraduate students take a quarter-long Leave of Absence from Stanford to design and implement a service experience during the fall, winter or spring quarter in the U.S. or abroad. Applicants propose their own placements with organizations with which they have corresponded before the application deadline...

Through the International Public Service Fellowship, a Cardinal Quarter opportunity, continuing undergraduate students design and implement a full-time service experience outside of the United States during the summer quarter. Students may serve across diverse service themes--from arts, education, and health, to racial justice, climate solutions, and public interest technology. Students...

A Cardinal Quarter opportunity co-sponsored by the Native American Cultural Center and the Haas Center for Public Service, the Indigenous Communities Fellowship is Stanford’s premier opportunity for students to pursue Indigenous service and community reinvestment. This fellowship enables students to partner with a nonprofit, government, or tribal organization of their...