Opportunities

Our mission is to reduce food waste on Stanford’s campus and help alleviate hunger, homelessness, and food insecurity in Bay Area communities.With over 2,000,000 meals served a year, Stanford R&DE is the single largest center of food consumption in the Bay Area. Much of that food is left to...

The Stanford Global Studies (SGS) Division offers Stanford students an opportunity to extend classroom learning to immersive, cultural and professional experiences through the Global Studies Internship Program. Program-identified internship positions cover a wide range of fields—including business, nonprofit, media, education, medicine, arts, technology, engineering, science, law, human rights, and government. The program also supports students for...

The Stanford Global Studies (SGS) Division offers Stanford students an opportunity to extend classroom learning to immersive, cultural and professional experiences through the Global Studies Internship Program. Program-identified internship positions cover a wide range of fields—including business, nonprofit, media, education, medicine, arts, technology, engineering, science, law, human rights, and government. The program also supports students for...

2023 Program InformationFriday, September 159:00 am-3:00pmMove-in and program registration at the Haas Center4:30 pmInformal program mingle at Meyer Green5:00 pmProgram open at Meyer GreenFrom Friday, September 15 to Monday, September 18, the Ignite program will start at the Haas Center at...

What is a Cardinal Service Notation?Students who complete a Cardinal Quarter, 12+ units of Cardinal Courses, or a Cardinal Commitment through the Public Service Leadership Program are eligible to have these commitments reflected on their academic transcript with the Cardinal Service Notation. Since our founding, students at Stanford have...

The Maanvi project brings affordable menstrual hygiene products to low-income communities in Northern India. By providing affordable, safe alternatives to cloth rags, educating people about their bodies, and destigmatizing periods, the initiative aims to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with poor menstrual hygiene, boost high school completion rates, and enable...

Lauren's House is a small nonprofit in East Menlo Park that serves at-risk children, youth and their families.  The mission of Lauren's House 4 Positive Change is to provide a safe environment for at-risk children, youth, and their families from primarily in San Mateo County where they are exposed to...

The Journeys of Inquiry program provides an opportunity for Stanford undergraduate and graduate students to experience different societies and cultures as part of short-term programs led by Stanford King Center on Global Development faculty and affiliates. These programs, which typically take place during the summer quarter, provide opportunities to highly...

The Stanford Housing Equity Project seeks to connect resources of Silicon Valley and higher academia to community initiatives supporting low-income and unsheltered residents to housing and social support through establishing high-quality programming and long-term organizational capacity.

Challah for Hunger holds weekly events, at which members of the Stanford community bake challah bread together. The loaves are then sold to the Stanford community and the proceeds from these sales go to both local and international humanitarian aid-based charities. In addition to weekly bakes, Challah for Hunger holds...

The Public Service Leadership Program (PSLP) is a guided path on which students complete courses and a practicum related to a particular public service focus area. The goal of the program is to develop thoughtful, skilled, and reflective practitioners equipped to effect social change. PSLP members have competitive priority for...

In a workshop that meets twice a month, fellows will present their research and reflect upon the ethical questions it raises substantively and methodologically. In addition, the workshop this year will address broad, enduring questions about ethics and the academy. The cohort will consider the foundational values (e.g., justice, equality...

The Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (SIGF) Program is a competitive, university-wide program that awards three-year fellowships to outstanding doctoral students engaged in interdisciplinary research. Since 2008, 262 students have received a SIGF. The SIGF supports Stanford doctoral students in undertaking novel, cutting-edge research and pursuing questions that cross traditional disciplinary...

Cardinal Commitment supports and honors students’ individual sustained public service. "Making a Cardinal Commitment" means engaging with a community to address a problem or need for at least three quarters while you’re at Stanford. You’ll develop a personal mission statement describing your commitment, receive advice and guidance from a mentor...

Stanford Breakfast Club is an awesome time for students to come together to cook, serve and spend time with people at the Opportunity Center in Palo Alto. We get a chance to jam to sweet music while making breakfast at the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. We then take the food...

The Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program exposes students to complex social and cultural issues through community visits, experiential learning, direct service, group discussion, readings, and reflection activities. The program's vision is to transform students into advocates of social change on issues affecting our communities. Cardinal Commitment Mentor: ASB Coordinators/Directors Requirements...

Stanford Housing Justice's mission is to address homelessness in the Bay Area. We achieve this mission through direct service, such as kids' activities, retreats and community dinners, as well as through advocacy, which includes educational panels, events with experts and advocates and community partnerships. Our members act out of compassion...

Effective Altruism is a growing social movement based on the idea that good intentions alone, while admirable, are not enough to have an impact. Instead, we are committed to combining compassion with reasoning and evidence so that our choices do the most good possible. With this broad approach, we tackle...

One For the World at Stanford aims to promote effective giving in the Stanford community and encourages students to pledge 1% of their annual income to the most effective charities upon graduation. We focus primarily on global health and development causes, and our donations go into charities such as Anti-Malaria Foundation and the...

Students who pre-assign to Branner become Service Scholars and have meaningful and thought-provoking public service opportunities and responsibilities. Service Scholars receive individual support and guidance from the undergraduate student staff, a graduate fellow, and Resident Fellows as they craft their public service journey at Stanford and beyond. Service Scholars are...

As a vibrant student center, El Centro Chicano y Latino works to support students academically, personally, socially and culturally. We focus on creating mature, aware, and socially responsible individuals who advocate and dialogue for equity and social justice. El Centro’s programs provide Stanford students the opportunity to explore Chicano and...

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...

Explore private sector solutions to international development through internships with small- to medium-sized businesses in Africa and India. By working directly with a Seed Transformation Program company, you’ll help implement new ideas designed to facilitate both the growth and the scaling of businesses in the developing and emerging world. During...

In a workshop that meets twice a month, fellows will present their research and reflect upon the ethical questions it raises substantively and methodologically. In addition, the workshop this year will address broad, enduring questions about ethics and the academy, including: What obligations do universities as institutions, and researchers within...

The Europe Center (TEC) Austria Visitor Program (formerly, Advanced Graduate Student Travel Scholarships) is part of the Stanford-Austria scholarly exchange program hosted jointly by TEC at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), and the University of Vienna in Austria. These fellowships are intended to support Stanford graduate students...

Shorenstein APARC partners with the Freeman Spogli Institute Student Programs to offer Global Policy Internships, summer-long internships that enable Stanford students to work on policy-relevant projects at prominent organizations in Asia. These fellowships emphasize faculty mentorship, provide a stipend, and are open to Stanford undergraduate and master’s students from all...