Grad Grow Learning Opportunities

Stay up to date with arts related events and opportunities at Stanford through this weekly student-focused digest. Through this newsletter from Stanford Arts, you will hear about events and activities, as well as grants, fellowships, and internships. 

If you are a doctoral student engaged with research on women and/or gender, you may be eligible to apply for a Graduate Dissertation Fellowship (GDF) through the Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Several GDFs are awarded per academic year to outstanding doctoral students and include a stipend as well as research funding. The fellowship provides financial support to students as they complete their dissertations while also encouraging interdisciplinary connections. Check out the Clayman Institute's website for more information and application instructions.   

In addition to dissertation fellowships, the Clayman Institute offers a number of opportunities to support graduate students working on gender or gender related topics. The three Clayman Institute prizes honor the next generation of gender research scholars and afford leading graduate students the opportunity to present their research in a number of forums. Some prizes require a faculty nomination.

Stanford offers several programs and funding sources that support the university in achieving a diverse and successful graduate student body. As part of these diversity initiatives, the VPGE funds student-led projects that promote diversity, through the Student Projects for Intellectual Community Enhancement (SPICE), Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Funds (DIF), and Diversity Dissertation Research Opportunity (DDRO) programs. Additionally, the VPGE also offers competitive fellowships for students from diverse backgrounds. 

Stanford offers many diversity-related initiatives and a wide range of resources to support an inclusive community. The Resource Directory within the Diversity Works website allows you to easily search Stanford's many diversity-related resources.

From the d.school, this empathy planner tool can be used to help you see problems and experiences from different perspectives. Empathy is the foundation for a strong, human centered point of view, and a great design project demands a rich empathy experience. Useful for people engaged in class design or teaching, as well as those doing design or person centered research.