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VPGE-Sponsored Programs
VPGE is actively collaborating with others on campus to improve Stanford's already excellent graduate programs. These are highlights of our efforts germane to faculty and staff.
Expanding Graduate Fellowship Programs
From its first award in 1997, the endowed Stanford Graduate Fellowships (SGF) Program in Science and Engineering has provided multi-year financial support to hundreds of Ph.D. students in the sciences and engineering. Approximately 1300 students in over 40 departments have been supported, and more than 500 Ph.D.s have been granted to SGF Fellows. In 2008 two additional fellowship programs - CSRE and SIGF - were launched.
- Stanford Graduate Fellowships (SGF)
- Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowships (SIGF) for continuing students
- Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CSRE) fellowships for newly admitted students
- All VPGE-administered Stanford fellowship programs
Interdisciplinary Opportunities
Today’s intellectual and social problems require the minds and talents of students from many fields. Stanford's graduate students—tomorrow’s problem-solvers and leaders—are be able to roam freely, gathering and sharing ideas across disciplines.
VPGE works to expand cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary educational opportunities for students. We encourage students to enroll in classes across the university, outside of their home discipline. We foster opportunities for students from diverse fields to interact with one another, expanding their professional and personal networks.
- Stanford Graduate Summer Institute (SGSI)
- More about VPGE efforts to advance interdisciplinary learning opportunities
Supporting Innovation in Graduate Degree Programs
Continued investment in students, faculty, and academic departments is essential to maintain and extend our outstanding graduate degree programs in light of increased competitiveness, new global challenges, and new opportunities for disciplinary expertise to inform multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary problem-solving.
- Strengthening the Core (SCORE) fund for innovation in graduate education; competitive grants for departments.
- Student Projects for Intellectual Community Enhancement (SPICE) fund for innovation; competitive grants for student organizations within academic departments to support student-led initiatives to create and sustain intellectual community.
Diversity in Graduate Education
At the graduate level, Stanford believes a student body that is both highly qualified and diverse in terms of culture, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, gender, work and life experiences is essential to educational excellence. A diverse community of scholars asks unexpected questions and has divergent insights, and so pushes the forefront of knowledge further, faster. The Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education works collaboratively with others to broaden the participation and promote the success of students from a variety of backgrounds under-represented within research universities. As a result, the next generation of leaders will be better prepared, and all members of the Stanford community can reap the educational benefits of diversity.
DARE Doctoral Fellowship Program
The Diversifying Academia Recruiting Excellence (DARE) doctoral fellowship program began in Fall 2008. DARE fellowships are for advanced doctoral students who plan to pursue academic careers, and whose presence will help diversify the professoriate.
Recruitment Travel Support Funds
Faculty members may request up to $500 to defray the cost of bringing prospective graduate students for campus visits. Applicants may include students of an ethnicity that is underrepresented in an academic field; women who are underrepresented in a field; or people who would be the first members of their family to attend graduate school. Contact Rebecca Jantzen in VPGE.
Leadership and Professional Development Opportunities
Stanford’s graduate students will be leaders in numerous organizational, intellectual, and social communities throughout their lives. This will requires more than disciplinary expertise. Students will need skills and abilities in leadership, communications, and management.