Office of Community Engagement

The Office of Community Engagement seeks proposals from Stanford scholars on behalf of engagement partnerships with community organizations. Projects bring education and research to the region to further engagement and build healthy local communities. Learn more and apply by Oct. 1.

Stanford researchers are working with the City of Santa Cruz to improve assistance programs for residents who pay their water bills indirectly through rent.

Take the new STARS course Values, Principles and Best Practices for Community Engagement before partnering with community organizations. This 60-minute, self-paced course helps staff and faculty build mutually beneficial relationships between Stanford and community organizations. Learn more and enroll.

Have a creative idea to activate a campus space, create excitement, and deepen community among staff? Apply for a campus engagement mini-grant.

Through the Office of Community Engagement, Stanford is investing in 20 projects co-created by Stanford scholars and local nonprofits to address education, sustainability, health, and civic‑engagement challenges using interdisciplinary approaches and innovative technologies.

Recordings of President Levin’s Q&A, faculty lectures, and Provost Martinez’s closing remarks from Open Minds: Staff Edition are now available (Stanford login required).

Law Professor Daniel Ho and three Stanford-community partnerships in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties were honored in a ceremony on March 3.

Staff campus engagement mini-grants are back. You can apply for up to two $2,000 grants or one $3,000 grant this fiscal year to support staff engagement activities. Learn more and apply by Feb. 15.

Stanford researchers and local organizations are uncovering how small farms on university lands shaped the Bay Area’s flower industry from the 1890s onward.

In its first five years, Stanford’s Office of Community Engagement has forged partnerships across campus and the region, highlighting the university’s commitment to its neighbors.