Undergraduate Research Opportunities

The Ecopreneurial Research for Accelerating Market Pathfinding (EcoRAMP) program offers an experiential learning opportunity for Stanford undergraduates to work with a research team on an active Sustainability Accelerator project. Throughout the engagement, the student will learn about both the development of sustainable solutions and the approaches for their externalization for real-world impact. At the end of the quarter, the student will deliver a short presentation highlighting their key learnings. This program is funded by Stanford Ecopreneurship and the Stanford Sustainability Accelerator.

Term: The student will work 10 hours per week for a minimum of one quarter. There is a possibility of extension to subsequent quarters based on project needs, approval from project lead, and funding availability.

Stipend: The student will receive a $2000 stipend for the quarter. Please note: stipends, prizes, or awards to students who are receiving other forms of financial aid for any purpose are a form of financial assistance and may require adjustment to your scholarship eligibility, and /or adjustment to your overall cost of attendance. The stipend is considered "resources" if you are receiving need-based financial aid and it will be treated like an outside scholarship. The stipend can/will replace your Student Responsibility (SR) first, then any amount exceeded your SR will reduce the need-based scholarship. For more information, please visit https://financialaid.stanford.edu/undergrad/policy/stipend.html. Please contact the Financial Aid office prior to applying to ensure you are fully informed before making any decisions about your experiential learning opportunity.

Eligibility: Stanford Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors who are in good academic standing are eligible for this position. Please note: co-terms who are in their first 4 years or 12 quarters of attendance and have not conferred their undergraduate degree are considered undergraduate students and are eligible for this position. Currently the EcoRAMP program is not available for students on a Leave of Absence.

Application Process:

Review the Available Positions Below
Submit an Application for the position(s) you are interested in. Students can apply for up to 3 EcoRAMP positions per quarter by submitting a separate application for each position. The application requires 1) your resume and 2) a cover letter describing why you're interested in the project and what you would hope to learn from the role.

For any questions about the EcoRAMP program, reach out to Elena Garidis (egaridis@stanford.edu)

The applications for Fall quarter has closed. New opportunities for the Winter quarter will be posted by December.

For historical reference, here were the opportunities for the Fall quarter:

Climate Adaptation
1. [CA-0154-Anand-1] Cooling Solutions Study
2. [CA-0114-Constantino-1] Developing a public data good: climate adaptation and resilience observatory
3. [CA-0127-Markus-1] Identifying cultural defaults for climate adaptation among diverse communities
4. [CA-0143-White-1] Increasing disaster preparedness and risk communication equity through a community-centered approach
5. [CA-0122-Hsiang-1] Quantifying climate vulnerability and adaptation potential for decision making using satellite imagery and machine learning

Greenhouse Gas Removal
1. [GHG-0014-Maher-1] (option 1) Biochar trait mapping, (option 2) Meaning through metadata: aligning emissions data ontology for accurate and interoperable greenhouse gas management
2. [GHG-0013-Micheli-1] Co-designing an mCDR Test-Bed in the Northeast Pacific Ocean to advance MRV frameworks
3. [GHG-0005-Lobell-1] Developing satellite AI Models and data products for agroforestry value chains
4. [GHG-0001-Majumdar-1] Mitigating methane emissions from wastewater systems
5. [GHG-0024-Jackson-1] Old-growth relics as a model for forest restoration and natural climate solutions
6. [GHG-0030-Zare-1] Removal of Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere by Using the Air-Water Interface of Microdroplets or Microbubbles
7. [GHG-0007-Kanan-2] Supercharged rocks, a dual-impact fertilizer and carbon removal solution

Grid
1. [EG-062-Onori-2] Fast and accurate state-of-charge estimation for lithium iron phosphate batteries for battery energy storage systems
2. [EG-121-Dauskardt-2] Market analysis for perovskite solar energy manufacturing

Planetary Intelligence
1. [PI-0130-Meister-1] Estimation of nano/microplastic pollution in humans through high-resolution, high-throughput spectroscopy
2. [PI-0176-Suckale-1] Harnessing the data revolution to mitigate flood impacts on vulnerable communities in Sub-Saharan Africa
3. [PI-0120-Hollberg-2] Open path laser spectroscopy for low-cost monitoring and modeling of methane
4. [PI-0132-Tarpeh-1] Reconciling surveillance of the planet’s nitrogen cycle via a multiplex electrochemical sensing platform
5. [PI-0112-Rajagopal-2] ReliAdapt: AI-driven power reliability assessment and end user adaptation platform for sustainable energy transitions

Water
1. [WTR-0037-Mauter-1] Building Decision Support for Decarbonized, Affordable Water Supply
2. [WTR-0129-Konings-1] Developing satellite AI models for smallholder farmer drought resilience and climate adaptation
3. [WTR-0057-Okamura-1] Enabling low-cost water infrastructure monitoring and repair with soft-growing robots