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Examples of the people and programs supported by The Stanford Challenge.

Stanford's Center for the Support of Excellence in Teaching

Supporting K-12 Teachers

Stanford's Center for the Support of Excellence in Teaching helps K-12 teachers help students. (2:19)

Stanford NeuroVentures

NeuroVentures at Stanford

Cracking the Neural Code, one project within Bio-X's NeuroVentures, promises profound advances in understanding the brain. (4:17)

Public Service

Public Service

The Haas Center helps students combine public service with coursework to become part of the solution. (2:43)

Discovery Science

Two examples of how breakthroughs in technology, medicine, and other fields depend on discoveries about the fundamental properties of nature. (2:42)

Need-Based Undergraduate Scholarships

Meet five students who know what scholarships can do (2:30)

The Future of Human Health

The Future of Human Health:
7 Very Short Talks

Seven of the university's most innovative faculty members deliver a highly engaging talk in just 10-20 minutes about his or her research.

Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowships

Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowships

Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowships give students new freedom to pursue real-world problems across academic boundaries. (3:31)

Stanford's East Palo Alto Academy: New Models for K-12 Reform

Stanford's East Palo Alto Academy:
New Models for K-12 Reform

Stanford's charter school serves disadvantaged students and develops best practices for American education. (4:07)

Graduate Fellowships

Graduate Fellowships in H&S

Graduate students in the humanities and sciences conduct research that will shape our future. (4:07)

Science and Engineering Quad

Science and Engineering Quad

The new Science and Engineering Quad brings together scholars from dozens of departments to turn basic discoveries into life-changing breakthroughs. (4:34)

Legal Clinics

Legal Clinics

Stanford's 10 legal clinics give students real-world experience with fundamental rights and vital public issues. (3:51)

Environmental Problem Solving

Environmental Problem Solving

The E-IPER program lets students combine multiple fields of study to tackle complex environmental challenges. (4:21)

Seeing the World Through Others' Eyes

Seeing the World
Through Other's Eyes

Watch film clips and meet student filmmakers from Stanford's award-winning Film and Media Studies Program. (4:42)

Students of the World

Students of the World

Stanford students discuss the financial challenges of getting to Stanford and the incredible experiences they've enjoyed with help from scholarship donors. (4:02)

Venture Education

Venture Education

Moving great ideas beyond labs and lecture halls, Stanford's Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship provides business skills for grad students. (4:40)

Getting the Feel of Surgery

Getting the Feel of Surgery

Stanford surgeons and computer scientists are working together to create a hands-on surgical simulator with an incredibly realistic sense of touch. (4:13)

Making Teaching More Affordable

Making Teaching More Affordable

Stanford reduces student loans for graduates who teach in underserved communities. (3:44)

The Art of Being Online

The Art of Being Online

Watch musicians at Stanford and Stockholm play together over the Internet using a sophisticated teleconferencing system. (10:09)



Hoover Tower and the Main Quad

Hoover Tower and the Main Quad

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