Woods Institute awards nearly $5 million in grants aimed at environmental solutions
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Looking for expertise and insights related to the Los Angeles-area wildfires? Stanford Woods-affiliated scholars study wildfire-related issues ranging from climate change to the insurance industry. See below for a wildfire expert tip sheet for journalists, a roundup of recent Stanford wildfire stories and LA-area wildfire news coverage.
In light of the Los Angeles-area wildfires, Stanford experts spanning the fields of environmental science, medicine, and public health discuss what we know about wildfires’ health impacts, what remains a mystery, and how communities can better protect themselves from the increasingly common threat.
A novel machine learning pipeline developed by a Stanford student team is accelerating analysis of aerial drone imagery – and monitoring of an endangered shark species.
Catalyzing Research
Seed Grants
Environmental Venture Project (EVP) seed grants offer $5,000 to $200,000 for interdisciplinary research projects that seek to identify solutions to pressing environment and sustainability challenges.
Next Level Funding
The Realizing Environmental Innovation Program (REIP) provides next-stage funding to move existing interdisciplinary environmental research projects toward adoptable solutions and implementation.
Kickstarting Environmental Solutions
Informing Policy
Knowledge to Action
Connect with Woods in Washington, D.C., & Sacramento
Webinars and Briefings
Cross sector experts join Stanford researchers to discuss new findings and innovative solutions
Research In Brief
Stay current with new policy-relevant environmental findings
Connecting Research to Action
Cultivating Leaders
Events
Upcoming Events
A Conversation with Sir Partha Dasgupta
Lecture/Presentation/Talk-Jen-Hsun Huang Building (School of Engineering)
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In the Media
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Michael Wara shares that insurance is not a way out of the wildfire crisis.
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Finding how a wildfire started is difficult. As Michael Wara puts it, "you're basically throwing a crime scene in an oven."
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Michael Wara discusses the insurance landscape in California given the wildfire crisis.
