Cardinal Quarter Programs
Choose from 500+ opportunities to pursue a full-time, summer or quarter-long public service experience with Stanford support. Cardinal Quarter programs are offered through almost 30 campus partners at Stanford, offering a wide range of service experiences in everything from the arts to technology, philanthropy to international service. Fellowship stipends are provided to cover living and transportation expenses and are intended to ensure accessibility for all undergraduate students.
Cardinal Quarter offers opportunities that are prearranged (an internship at a community partner identified by the Stanford sponsoring unit) or self-designed (an unpaid public service internship identified by the applicant). The placement types are indicated below and on this flyer. Take a look at our Finding a Community Partner tipsheet if you are interested in identifying a host organization for a self-designed experience.
Advancing Muslim Communities Fellowship
Dedicate your summer working with a Muslim-led organization or addressing an issue that pertains to Muslim communities
Sponsoring Unit: The Markaz Resource Center and Haas Center for Public Service
Placement Type: Self-Designed
Contact: Abiya Ahmed
Alex Tung Memorial Fellowships
Explore the use of science and technology for the benefit of society. Project-based fellowship.
Sponsoring Unit: Haas Center for Public Service
Placement Type: Self-Designed
Contact: cardinalquarter@stanford.edu
Bing Stanford in Washington Program Internships
Intern for government agencies and NGOs, take classes taught by Stanford faculty and national policy experts, and participate in cultural events and activities.
Sponsoring Unit: Bing Stanford in Washington
Placement Type: Participants are placed in an internship through the combined efforts of the student and SIW staff
Contact: Jill Vizas
Offered in Fall, Winter, and Spring
BOSP Stanford in New York
Engage with one of the world’s most dynamic cities, through a quarter-long, four-day/week internship in an area of your interest and classes led by leading Stanford and local faculty. Participants acquire an internship through the combined efforts of the student and SiNY staff.
Sponsoring Unit: Stanford in New York
Placement Type: Prearranged
Contact: Mika Bouvard
Offered in Fall, Winter, and Spring
Chicanx/Latinx Communities Fellowships
Engage with Chicanx/Latinx communities to address issues of race, social justice, equity, inclusion, and artistic expressive history in movements for social change centered on the Chicanx/Latinx experience.
Sponsoring Units: El Centro Chicano Y Latino and Haas Center for Public Service
Placement Type: Self-Designed
Contact: cardinalquarter@stanford.edu
Community-Based Research Fellowship Program, Haas Center
Work with faculty to conduct research that addresses community-identified needs.
Sponsoring Unit: Haas Center for Public Service
Placement Type: Prearranged and Self-Designed
Contact: Clayton Hurd
Earth Systems Public Service Fellowships
Apply what you have learned through interdisciplinary environmental studies with an internship at a nonprofit organization or government agency.
Sponsoring Units: Earth Systems Program and Haas Center for Public Service
Placement Type: Self-Designed
Contact: cardinalquarter@stanford.edu
Education and Youth Development Fellowship (Prearranged at California Education Partners)
Work as a research assistant with California Education Partners to translate research into practice to address youth and education-related issues.
Sponsoring Units: Haas Center for Public Service
Placement Type: Prearranged
Contact: Alondra Quiles
Freeman Spogli Institute Global Policy Internships
Pursue research and internships related to international policy and international affairs (available to both undergraduates and graduate students)
Sponsoring Unit: Freeman Spogli Institute
Placement Type: Prearranged
Contact: Patrick Laboon
Health Equity Fellowship
Support efforts to address the health and well-being of underserved communities across the United States.
Sponsoring Unit: Haas Center for Public Service
Placement Type: Self-designed
Contact: cardinalquarter@stanford.edu
Indigenous Communities Fellowships
Partner with a nonprofit, government, or tribal organization to address issues of social change, equity, and inclusion in service to American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Indigenous Pacific Islander communities in the U.S.
Sponsoring Units: Native American Cultural Center and Haas Center for Public Service
Placement Type: Self-Designed
Contact: Matthew Yellowtail
Jane Stanford Fellowship
Design and implement a service initiative during the academic year.
Sponsoring Unit: Haas Center for Public Service
Placement Type: Self-Designed
Contact: Valerie Chow
Offered in Fall, Winter, and Spring
Lyric McHenry Community Arts Fellowship
Work in the areas of curation, presentation, outreach, and arts education.
Sponsoring Unit: Institute for Diversity in the Arts
Placement Type: Self-Designed
Contact: A-lan Holt
Public Policy Summer Internships
Complete an internship with a public agency or nonprofit related to your program of study or career plans.
Sponsoring Unit: Public Policy Program
Placement Type: Self-Designed
Contact: Grete Howland
Sand Hill Philanthropy Fellowships
Learn about and participate in the grantmaking process at a San Francisco Bay Area foundation. Placements arranged by the Haas Center.
Sponsoring Unit: Haas Center for Public Service
Placement Type: Prearranged
Contact: Valerie Chow
SILICON-Unicode Internship Program
Work with the Unicode Consortium and participate in the Stanford Initiative on Language Inclusion and Conservation in Old and New Media (SILICON) and contribute to the advancement of Digitally Disadvantaged Languages and global linguistic inclusivity.
Sponsoring Units: SILICON and Haas Center for Public Service
Placement Type: Prearranged
Contact: Prof. Tom Mullaney
Stanford Internship Program in the Arts (SIPA)
The Stanford Internship Program in the Arts (SIPA) provides Stanford students with an introduction to the variety of ways individuals can be part of a vibrant arts ecosystem.
Sponsoring Unit: Office of the Vice President of the Arts
Placement Type: Prearranged and Self-Designed
Contact: Sabrina Wilensky
Stanford Pride Fellowships
Address LGBT+ issues with an organization actively engaged in this work.
Sponsoring Unit: Haas Center for Public Service
Placement Type: Self-Designed
Contact: Meghann Tovar