The Stanford Sustainability Accelerator speeds the translation of research into scalable technology and policy solutions to address urgent global sustainability challenges.
About us
Converting sustainability challenges into opportunities
Building a sustainable, prosperous future requires innovations in policy, markets, business, and technology. Based in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, the Accelerator identifies, funds, and supports projects with transformative potential, positioning them to scale beyond Stanford within three years.
Flagships
The Accelerator selects project teams led by Stanford faculty and provides them with funding, mentorship, and connections to experts outside the university. Each project team joins a cohort working toward one or more ambitious sustainability targets, or “flagship destinations,” where the Accelerator has identified high potential for impact on a global scale.
Projects
The Accelerator currently supports over 90 interdisciplinary projects, helping teams de-risk ideas, secure advisors across and beyond campus, and connect with investors, practitioners, and other scaling partners.
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With energy costs up and electricity demand climbing, Stanford researchers are leading efforts to make clean power affordable and reliable for all while cutting the emissions that drive climate change. Their work ranges from deep underground heat to solar on farms, renewable fuels, and upgrades for the power grid and batteries.
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When Tiziana Vanorio began researching how to decarbonize cement, she saw it as a chemistry challenge. Now, she’s focused on reducing the financial risk associated with making cement production more sustainable.
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"Carbon removal is not a science experiment," says Jeff Brown, a managing director at the Accelerator. "We have the technology, and it's achievable and central to meeting our climate goals."
