SCORE: Strengthening the Core

Fund for Innovation in Graduate Education

The application period for 2008 is now closed.

Strengthening Stanford’s core departments and programs is crucial for maintaining Stanford’s preeminence in graduate education. Changing circumstances in universities and disciplines make thoughtful reassessment of graduate education an urgent priority. Among the emerging challenges are reconfigurations of disciplinary boundaries, shifting demographics of the graduate student population, and new technologies that change the way knowledge is shared and developed. Additional financial resources can support the reflection and experimentation necessary to respond effectively.

SCORE Innovation Funds help faculty and graduate students to scrutinize long-existing practices and test new approaches for graduate education.

Academic departments and programs are invited to submit proposals for one-year or two-year projects. A proposal should identify a pressing challenge and a plan for addressing the issue.

Examples of proposals include:

  • rethinking curricular requirements in light of knowledge change in the field and related fields;
  • teaching students to ask better questions, to take risks in their research, or to work collaboratively in new ways;
  • reconsidering the preparation for doctoral students who will embark on academic careers likely to span the next three or four decades;
  • better preparing doctoral students for non-academic career paths;
  • experimenting with more extensive mentoring practices that include partners within and outside Stanford;
  • rethinking primary objectives and requirements for the master’s degree.

The first group of SCORE awardees will be selected in the spring of 2008. Up to four proposals will be funded.

Application Information

 

The application period for 2008 awards is now closed.

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