Opportunities

The Burt McMurtry Arts Initiatives Fund offers support to academic staff and faculty-initiated interdisciplinary projects that test new directions and possibilities in the arts at Stanford. 

The Dunlevie Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center for Discovery, Innovation and Clinical Impact is offering a Spring 2025 Seed Grant to support researchers and scientists in advancing specific domains of maternal-fetal science.

SCI offers Innovation Awards to support collaborative projects focused on acceleration of basic, translational, clinical and population-based cancer research, focused on cancer care, such as breast, colon, lung, pancreatic, prostate, melanoma, sarcoma and gynecologic cancers.

Summer fellowship for PhD students conducting solutions-oriented research in partnership with an organization outside of academia.

CTL offers quarterly teaching advancement grants of up to $2500 to Stanford instructors to support projects that directly enhance learning for Stanford students, with a particular emphasis on IDEAL goals.

The Office of Faculty Development and Diversity is accepting applications from early and mid-career faculty members for pilot grants that support health equity projects under the mentorship of a senior faculty member.

artsCatalyst Grants foster interdisciplinary arts experiences that enhance classroom experiences for undergraduate students. 

The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute is requesting proposals for its sixth round of Seed Grants. Seed grant research projects should involve at least two independent co-PIs who combine their expertise in an innovative fashion to address important problems in basic and clinical neuroscience.

The Stanford Clinical & Translational Science (CTS) Pilot Program supports early-stage projects that advance the science of translation, emphasizing collaborative, transdisciplinary work and generalizable translational outcomes.

The Kite-Gilead Early Career Awards in Cell Therapy Research Program aims to promote the advancement of early career scientists studying cellular therapy. 

The Office of the Vice President for the Arts is pleased to offer grants to support faculty creative projects with significant impact on campus and beyond.

The Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Celiac Disease Postdoctoral and Early Career Support Award will fund research postdoctoral fellows and instructors to conduct innovative mentored research in pediatric IBD and celiac disease.

The Stanford Global Studies Division (SGS) provides grants for Global Research Workshops to support the sharing of research across fields and national boundaries that advances our understanding of the world.

Course Innovation Awards support the development of new courses focused on topics of regional or global interest. The goal is to spur the design of courses that appeal to large numbers of students or reach students early in their academic careers.

The Nucleus at Sarafan ChEM-H is a cluster of labs led by industry in areas like drug development and clinical research. This seed grant awards $50,000 to start new Nucleus collaborations in Medicinal Chemistry, Metabolomics, Macromolecular Structure, CryoEM, or High-Throughput Screening.

Stanford Synthetic Biology for Sustainability Grant Program, supported by the Deans of the School of Medicine, the School of Engineering, and the Doerr School of Sustainability, funds research projects that aim to use synthetic biology to make life on Earth more sustainable, broadly defined.  

The Kite-Gilead Cell Therapy Innovation Program is designed to support Stanford investigator collaborations to accelerate innovative, early stage cell therapy research. With this program, Kite-Gilead aims to support novel preclinical and translational research.

C-ShaRP welcomes proposals for acquisitions, programs, or other enhancements to Shared Facilities that benefit the user community at large.

Projects must focus on longevity and healthy aging, include a sociocultural or biobehavioral aspect, and advance health of older adults.

Deadline: Jan 10, 2025
Consultations: Nov 10–Dec 20, 2024

2025 Human and Planetary Health Early-Career Research Awards - Call for Proposals