Funding Opportunities

Featured Woods Opportunities

Big Ideas for Oceans
Sponsor: Stanford Woods Institute
Eligibility: Academic Council
Deadline: Closed

The new Stanford Oceans Department and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment are pleased to announce a new funding opportunity “Big Ideas for Oceans”. "Big Ideas for Oceans" offers faculty grants up to $150,000 over two years.

Environmental Venture Projects (EVP)
Sponsor: Stanford Woods Institute
Eligibility: Academic Council
Deadline: Closed

The Stanford Woods Institute EVP program provides seed grants from $10,000 to $200,000, for up to two years, for interdisciplinary research projects that seek to identify solutions to pressing problems of the environment and sustainability. Research projects are evaluated for their intellectual merit, potential to solve critical problems, the integration of the disciplinary strengths of the team and the project’s potential to secure additional funding.

Realizing Environmental Innovation Program (REIP)
Sponsor: Stanford Woods Institute
Eligibility: Academic Council
Deadline: Closed

The Realizing Environmental Innovation Program (REIP) is intended to provide next stage funding to PIs to move existing interdisciplinary environmental research projects toward actual solutions implemented by public stakeholders and private market actors. To be considered, projects should demonstrate both significant progress in identifying solutions and strong potential by private market or public end users to adopt the discoveries and meaningfully address environmental problems.

“Healthy Planet, Healthy People” Early-Career Research Awards
Sponsor: Stanford Woods Institute
Eligibility: Academic Council
Deadline: Closed

This newly funded program will provide seed grants from $50,000 up to $200,000 over two years for research projects that seek solutions to pressing problems in human and planetary health.

Mentoring Undergraduates in Interdisciplinary Research (MUIR)
Sponsor: Stanford Woods Institute
Eligibility: Students - Undergrad
Deadline: Closed

MUIR provides stipends to full- and part-time Stanford undergraduate students to conduct interdisciplinary environmental research during the summer. Students work under the mentorship of a faculty member on faculty research projects. Faculty are welcome to apply for a MUIR grant on behalf of undergraduates at all levels and from all departments. Funding priority goes to Stanford Woods Institute fellows, affiliated faculty and lecturers. Students wishing to initiate a project will need to...

Mel Lane Student Grants Program
Sponsor: Stanford Woods Institute
Eligibility: Students - Undergrad and Graduate
Deadline: Closed

In honor of environmental leader Mel Lane, the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment invites Stanford students to submit proposals for student-driven-and-managed environmental projects that make a measurable impact on an issue through action or applied academic research. Preference is given to projects that focus on environmental sustainability within one of the following topic areas: climate, ecosystem services and conservation, environmental health, environmental justice and equity, food security, freshwater, oceans, and sustainable development generally. We will also consider other areas within climate and sustainability.

Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (SIGF)
Sponsor: Stanford Woods Institute
Eligibility: Students - Grad
Deadline: April 16, 2024

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. The program, sponsored by the Vice Provost for Graduate Education, is administered jointly by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the Precourt Institute for Energy. Since 2008, one hundred and seventeen students have received the award. SIGF fellowships allow Stanford...

Funding Opportunities

FSE Remote Sensing for Economic Development Postdoctoral Fellowship
Stanford's Center on Food Security and the Environment is looking for a postdoc with a background in Data Science, Remote Sensing or related fields to contribute their skills and knowledge in the analysis of satellite imagery to develop and validate novel applications targeted at low-income...

Sponsor: Stanford
Eligibility: Postdocs
Deadline: October 1, 2023

Big Ideas for Oceans
The new Stanford Oceans Department and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment are pleased to announce a new funding opportunity “Big Ideas for Oceans”. "Big Ideas for Oceans" offers faculty grants up to $150,000 over two years.

Sponsor: Stanford Woods Institute
Eligibility: Academic Council
Deadline: October 14, 2023

Mel Lane Student Grants Program
In honor of environmental leader Mel Lane, the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment invites groups of Stanford undergraduate and/or graduate students to submit proposals for student-driven-and-managed environmental projects that make a measurable impact on an issue through action or applied...

Sponsor: Stanford Woods Institute
Eligibility: Students - Grad, Students - Undergrad
Deadline: December 2, 2023

“Healthy Planet, Healthy People” Early-Career Research Awards
This newly funded program will provide seed grants from $50,000 up to $200,000 over two years for research projects that seek solutions to pressing problems in human and planetary health.

Sponsor: Stanford Woods Institute
Eligibility: Academic Council
Deadline: January 5, 2024

Synthesis Center for Understanding Organismal Resilience
An opportunity focused on organismal resilience and plasticity.

Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Eligibility: Academic Council
Deadline: January 12, 2024

Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program
The Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program was created by AB109, which amended the Budget Act of 2017 to provide local assistance through the Wildlife Conservation Board for conservation projects focusing on resilience to projected climate impacts. The initial $20 million in funding through this...

Sponsor: California Wildlife Resiliency Program
Eligibility: Academic Council
Deadline: January 24, 2024

Evironmental Venture Projects
The Stanford Woods Institute EVP program provides seed grants from $10,000 to $200,000, for up to two years, for interdisciplinary research projects that seek to identify solutions to pressing problems of the environment and sustainability. Research projects are evaluated for their intellectual...

Sponsor: Stanford Woods Institute
Eligibility: Academic Council
Deadline: January 25, 2024

Realizing Environmental Innovation Program
The Realizing Environmental Innovation Program (REIP) is intended to provide next stage funding to PIs to move existing interdisciplinary environmental research projects toward actual solutions implemented by public stakeholders and private market actors. To be considered, projects should...

Sponsor: Stanford Woods Institute
Eligibility: Academic Council
Deadline: January 25, 2024

Mentoring Undergraduates in Interdisciplinary Research (MUIR)
MUIR provides stipends to full- and part-time Stanford undergraduate students to conduct interdisciplinary environmental research during the summer. Students work under the mentorship of a faculty member on faculty research projects. Faculty are welcome to apply for a MUIR grant on behalf of...

Sponsor: Stanford Woods Institute
Eligibility: Students - Undergrad
Deadline: February 7, 2024

Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (SIGF)
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. The program, sponsored by the Vice Provost for Graduate Education, is administered...

Sponsor: Stanford Woods Institute
Eligibility: Students - Grad
Deadline: April 16, 2024