SIGF: Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship
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AI companions may worsen loneliness for vulnerable users
Co-researcher of the study, Dora Zhao, is a 2026 SIGF Fellow
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Kids’ speech can signal risk of future mental health problems
Co-author of the study, Sabrina Jones, is a 2026 SIGF Fellow.
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Protein engineering and testing condensed to a single day
Co-author of the study, Pengli Wang, is a 2025 SIGF Fellow.
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Affordable microscope speeds up malaria diagnosis with AI
Lead author of the study, Hongquan Li, is a 2017 SIGF Fellow.
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Researchers work to squash ‘fantastic bugs’ hidden in AI benchmarks
Co-researchers on the study include Michael Hardy, a 2022 SGF Fellow, and Anka Reuel, a 2024 SIGF Fellow.
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Stanford researchers tackle food insecurity in a warming world
Co-researcher of the study, Christopher Knight, is a 2022 SIGF Fellow.
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Stanford expertise helps establish first-of-its-kind marine protected area
Eeshan Chaturvedi, a 2024 SIGF Fellow, co-organized the conference in March 2025 that brought researchers, community groups, government officials, and practitioners together.
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Scientists uncover extreme life inside the Arctic ice
Co-author of the study, Hongquan Li, is a 2017 Bio-X SIGF Fellow.
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Innovative system turns human waste into sustainable fertilizer
The study's lead author, Orisa Coombs, is a 2021 EDGE Fellow and 2023 RAISE Fellow.
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Is data advancing science at the cost of deeper insight?
Featured neuroscientist Grace Huckins is a 2020 SIGF fellow.
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Nanodevice uses sound to sculpt light, paving the way for better displays and imaging
Co-author of the study, Colin Yule, is a 2017 SGF Fellow.
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To explore AI bias, researchers pose a question: How do you imagine a tree?
Lead author of the study, Nava Haghighi, is a 2020 SGF Fellow, and EDGE student mentor.
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Study finds people with ‘young brains’ outlive ‘old-brained’ peers
The lead author of the study, Hamilton Oh, PhD, is a 2019 SGF Fellow.
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Supportive housing offers high-impact, cost-effective response to homelessness and opioid use
Co-author of the study, Isabelle J. Rao, is a 2021 SIGF Fellow.
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One surprising fact about plant cells
Research fellow in Bergmann Lab, PhD candidate, Gabe Amador, is a 2018 SGF Fellow, and inaugural 3MT finalist.
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Cuthbertson, Dinkelspiel, and Gores awards honor students, faculty, and staff
Aya Mouallem, a PhD candidate in electrical engineering, a Knight-Hennessy scholar and VPGE RAISE Fellow, is a Walter J. Gores award recipient.
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Scientists repair damaged mitochondria linked to common diseases
Lead researcher of the study, Suman Pokrel, is a 2020 SGF Fellow.
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Targeting cells’ ‘trash-sorting’ systems could unlock new treatments for neurodegenerative disease
The study's co-lead author, Kwamina Nyame, is a 2022 SIGF Fellow
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When the Goddess of Evil Looms Large, Cue the (Goddess of) Music
Karishma Bhagani, a 2023 RAISE Fellow, is a dramaturg and cultural consultant for the piece.
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New tool lets scientists observe genome dynamics in real time
Co-author of the study, Ashwin Balaji, is a 2021 SGF Fellow.