Current Opportunities for the Summer Full-Time Undergraduate Research Fellow Program
Summer Quarter 2025 Full-Time Undergraduate Research Fellow Positions
The applications and project descriptions are posted on Stanford On- and Off-Campus Learning Opportunities (SOLO).
Students may apply to as many projects as they would like, but must apply to each project separately since the faculty mentors manage their own selection processes.
The base stipend will be $8,000 with additional funding from financial aid, if needed and the student qualifies.
Opportunities
Open until March 23, 2025
Social-Ecological Trade-Offs in Multifunctional Landscapes Under Stress
Associate Professor Nicole Ardoin, co-mentor Lily Colburn, PhD Student, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER)
This mixed-methods project aims to better understand how ranchers in the Bolivian Amazon Basin are making decisions about natural resource management and the implications of these decisions for the social-ecological future of the region.
Indian Local Elections Study
Assistant Professor Soledad Prillaman, H&S - Political Science Department
India has institutionalized the largest electoral gender quota policy in the world, yet evidence from across the globe shows that electoral quotas are unmet 77% of the time. The ID2 Lab is assembling the most comprehensive database of its kind to understand who becomes politicians in the presence or absence of quota-reserved government seats for women in India.
Identifying geochemical controls of greenhouse gas emissions in tropical peatlands
Assistant Professor Alison Hoyt, co-mentor Clarice Perryman, postdoc, Doerr - Earth System Science
Tropical peatlands are globally significant carbon stores and large sources of greenhouse gas emissions. This lab-focused project seeks to understand the factors that control greenhouse gas emissions across these diverse ecosystems.
Integrating survivor perspectives into social support systems for victims of labor trafficking
Professor Grant Miller, co-mentor Kimberly Babiarz, SoM - Health Policy
The Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab seeks a summer research assistant for a Brazil-based project to create new more accessible technologies to help workers experiencing labor trafficking. The research assistant will have the opportunity to conduct field research that will directly impact the lives of trafficking survivors, and help to create first-of-it-kind survivor-centric tools for post-trafficking social support delivery.
Exploring Plastics, Pathogens, and Contaminants in Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Farming: A Preliminary Literature Review, Case Data Analysis, and Impact Assessment
Professor Desiree LaBeaud, co-mentor Amelia Meyer, LaBeaud Lab Program Manager, SoM - Pediatrics Department
Black soldier fly farming is a nature-based solution to the waste crisis. This project will measure the impact of a new community BSF farm in Kenya focused on environmental contaminants and financial improvements.
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Infectious diseases, environment, global health, and climate change
Assistant Professor Jade Benjamin-Chung, SoM - Epidemiology and Population Health
We are seeking a research assistant to contribute to studies on on evidence-based global health interventions. The research assistant can contribute to different ongoing activities within the lab based on their interests. Current projects focus on housing health impacts, malaria prevention optimization, and climate resilience metrics.
New Models of Vocational Education in Brazil
Professor Eric Bettinger, GSE - Social Sciences, Humanities and Interdisciplinary Policy Studies in Education (SHIPS)
Vocational schools in Brazil may provide new models for the world. This research seeks to understand both how they work and their impacts. Goals are to meet in-person or virtually with schools. If possible, we will acquire data to evaluate effectiveness.
Economic Development and Social Stratification in the Arab Gulf States
Professor Lisa Blaydes, H&S - Political Science Department
The Arab Gulf state collectively account for a total GDP of over $3.5 trillion and loom large in the global economy with regard to the transnational flow of people, capital, and commodities. About 60 million people live in the six states, about half of whom are expatriate workers. This project seeks to understand more about forms of social stratification during periods of dynamic modernization.
Sustainable Development in Education Policies Worldwide
Associate Professor Patricia Bromley, Doerr - Social Science Division
Passionate about sustainability and global education? Join the World Education Reform Database (WERD) research team to explore how countries address education for sustainable development. Gain experience analyzing real-world data (no prior experience needed) and uncover global trends shaping a sustainable future.
Secondary analysis of global data on the association of clinical signs of illness with mortality of young infants
Professor Gary Darmstadt, SoM - Pediatrics Department
Analyze a novel WHO global dataset to define associations of clinical signs of illness with mortality of young infants and inform global guidelines for identification and care of sick young infants.
Building Sustainable Livelihoods: Refugee Entrepreneurship Training and Microfinance in Uganda
Associate Professor Chuck Eesley, SoE - Management Science & Engineering Department
Can entrepreneurship and microfinance empower refugee founders? This project evaluates how training, mentorship, and access to capital impact refugee entrepreneurs in Uganda, providing insights for sustainable economic solutions in displacement settings.
How Nonviolence Works: Evidence from India's Independence Struggle
Associate Professor Saumitra Jha, GSB - Political Economy
We provide the first systematic empirical evidence on factors that successfully mobilized one of the world’s first non-violent mass movements in favor of democratic self-government, using novel data from an unlikely venue for such collective action: poor, ethnically-diverse South Asia.