Outreach Programs
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Program on International & Cross-Cultural Education
The Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) develops K-14 multidisciplinary curriculum materials on international themes that are available to teachers around the world, offers teacher professional development seminars on campus, and provides distance learning education. SPICE has produced over 100 supplementary curriculum units on Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the global environment, and international political economy.
Volunteer Opportunities for Stanford Students
Want to help K-12 students to learn about math, science, & engineering? Stanford students are encouraged to volunteer to tutor students in local schools, help them with science fair projects, become engaged in Boys & Girls Club programs, and other activites that will inspire them about the wonders of science.
Summer Research Program for Teachers
Stanford’s Summer Research Program for Teachers offers eight-week research fellowships for about 20 middle and high school teachers in the Bay Area. Teachers work in Stanford faculty members' labs four days a week, and meet once a week as a group for math, science, and engineering lectures by Stanford faculty, lab tours, and seminars on teaching.
Earth Sciences High School Internship Program
At the School of Earth Sciences, high school students spend 8-12 weeks in the summer working in different laboratories, primarily in the Geological and Environmental Sciences department. The students work on research projects and are supervised directly by graduate students, post docs and lab managers.
Geokids for First Graders
First graders from local public schools come on a field trip to Stanford, where they are introduced to the “work of a geologist” with hands-on educational activities focusing on minerals, rocks, fossils, and soil.
Journalist Workshops at the Environmental Molecular Science Institute
These 1-2 day workshops provide science journalists with background knowledge to better understand nano- to macro-scale processes that govern the fate and effect of important environmental contaminants such as arsenic and mercury. Check the program's website to find out more about the next workshop.
Research Internship at Stanford Linear Accelerator
SLAC has an exciting program offering summer internships for undergraduates, and for more than thirty years has offered 20-25 students an eight-week paid internship at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in Menlo Park, California.
Teacher Workshop at the Environmental Molecular Science Institute
The Environmental Molecular Science Institute in Stanford's School of Earth Sciences offers four-day summer workshops for high school science teachers that use innovative scientific findings of the Institute to help teachers design relevant curricula for their biology, chemistry, and earth science classes. See the Program's website for information about the next upcoming summer workshop.
Space Weather Monitor Program
The Space Weather Monitor program is an education project to build and distribute inexpensive ionospheric monitors to students around the world. The monitors detect solar flares and other ionospheric disturbances.
EPGY On-Line High School
EPGY is a three-year high school that offers a diploma. During the academic year, the OHS offers online courses designed for academically gifted students, and two- and three-week residential programs at Stanford over the summer.
EPGY On-Line Classes for Gifted K-12 Students
Stanford's EPGY offers on-line, self-paced classes in math, physics, computer programming, English, and music theory to students ages 5 to 18 with very high academic abilities.
EPGY Summer Institutes: High School Program
EPGY Summer Institutes are 3- or 4-week residential programs for gifted and highly motivated high school students. Students live on campus over the summer and focus on a course of study.
EPGY Summer Institutes: Middle School Program
The EPGY Summer Institutes Middle School Program consists of three two-week sessions for gifted students going on to 6th or 7th grade. Students live on campus, experiencing academic enrichment, a taste of college life at Stanford, and the opportunity to meet others with similar interests and abilities.
Research Internship at CPIMA
The Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA) provides qualified undergraduates in chemical engineering, chemistry, biochemistry, materials science, bioengineering, physics and related fields with a ten week summer research opportunity through its Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program.
Research Internship in the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
The Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF) participates in the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) Research Experience for Undergraduates each summer which provides approximately 60 undergraduate students with ten-week internships working on mentored research projects at NNIN facilities.
Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program
Stanford is a partner in the Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP). This program, principally for underserved and underrepresented students, offers undergraduates the opportunity to work for eight to ten weeks under the guidance of a faculty or research mentor at participating Alliance institutions.
Summer Institute for Middle School Teachers
This one-week Institute (usually offered in June) teaches middle school teachers about nanotechnology research and the underlying physical concepts that apply to the science classes they teach. Daily sessions focus on inquiry-based modules providing teachers with materials that explicitly address California’s 8 th grade physical science content standards. Participants receive stipends and Continuing Studies Credits.
Public Lectures and Events
Stanford offers many free lectures for the general public on science and engineering topics that are delivered by Stanford's top researchers in terms understandable to the lay public. Examples include the SLAC Lecture Series, Summer Science Lecture Series, and "Brainstorms." See the "Lectures & Public Events" page on this site for more information.
Stanford Summer School
Stanford Summer School offers visiting high school students, undergraduates, graduate students, and adults a full range of 8 - 10 week classes during the summer in the Humanities, Sciences, Math, Engineering and Athletics. Tuition is charged and credit earned by students may be eligible for transfer to another college or university.
Folding@Home
Folding@Home is a research project in Stanford's Department of Chemistry attempting to understand how proteins fold and misfold, and the health consequences of misfolded proteins. It requires massive amounts of computing power which is achieved in part by people from around the world who download and run software on their home computers to create a distributed computing endeavor that is equal to one of the largest supercomputers in the world. You can participate by downloading the software on your own computer from http://folding.stanford.edu/
Stanford University Mathematics Camp
The Stanford University Math Camp, SUMaC is designed for high school students who will be juniors and seniors in the fall, who have exceptional interest and ability in mathematics. SUMaC is for those who seek to be challenged in mathematics and those who would enjoy four weeks of intensive, in-depth, mathematical pursuits. SUMaC provides an environment that fosters social and intellectual development centered on the study and enjoyment of mathematics.
Cancer Biology High School Summer Research Program
The Cancer Biology High School Summer Research Program is a 6-week summer program in which local high school students, from diverse backgrounds, will be invited to learn how to do basic research while working closely with Stanford faculty, students, and researchers on a research project.
Stanford Medical Youth Science Program
Stanford Medical Youth Science Program offers five weeks of intensive life science training each summer for low income and under-represented high school students from northern and central California. Participants live together in a Stanford dorm, attend science classes, complete laboratory projects, work with doctors and other health professionals, and learn about college entrance requirements, application procedures and financial aid. Program is free to the students; selection is based on an application process.
SIMR - Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program
SIMR - Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program is for highly motivated Bay Area high school students interested in the field of biology. This eight week program enables the selected students to take part in research, attend introductory lectures by selected faculty, and gain exposure to clinical medicine.
Med School 101
Med School 101 is a one-day annual program at Stanford's School of Medicine offered each spring to local high school students to introduce them to the field of medicine. The day includes presentations about different areas of medical research and findings, a panel discussion by Stanford medical students, lunch, and even a graduation ceremony. Interested local high schools should contact Stanford's School of Medicine Office of Communication & Public Affairs.
Summer Research Internship Program for High School Students
An 8-week research internship program for low-income, high school students from populations under-represented in math, science, engineering, and computer science.
Stanford Summer Research Program/Amgen Scholars Program
The Stanford Summer Research Program in Biomedical Sciences/Amgen Scholars Program is an eight-week residential internship program. It offers undergraduates from across the country who want to prepare for and enter Ph.D. programs in biomedical sciences a unique opportunity for advanced research experience within a world-class university.
Global Climate Change Workshop
Global climate change is a scientific, social, and political issue that is as prevalent in news headlines as it is in your classroom. This workshop will include lectures from Stanford faculty interwoven with hands-on multidisciplinary activities for middle and high school science classrooms.
