Projects

Novel approaches. Ambitious scope.

Each Accelerator project team joins a cohort working toward one or more ambitious sustainability targets, or “flagship destinations,” where the Accelerator has identified high potential for global impact. Our portfolio includes teams working to drive policy change or launch for-profit companies, non-profit organizations, licensed technologies, and more. Collectively, these projects will have a meaningful and measurable sustainability impact.

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Cohort: Food and agriculture

A blue food transformation for the Pacific

Cohort: Biological solutions

A fermentation strategy to eliminate deforestation in Taxol production

Cohort: Electricity and grid systems

A smart design-based system for efficient and adaptive air conditioning

Projects

The Accelerator spins sustainability solutions out of Stanford and into the world to benefit people and the planet. Spinouts can take any form, so long as they have a pathway to impact at scale and deliver progress on sustainability targets.

A blue food transformation for the Pacific

A fermentation strategy to eliminate deforestation in Taxol production

A smart design-based system for efficient and adaptive air conditioning

Accelerating the translation of open-air spray-plasma manufactured large-area perovskite solar modules

Advancing measurements of ocean biodiversity and ecosystem health through silicon nanophotonics for scalable multi-omic detection

Agroforestry as a scalable carbon removal technology

AI for effective soil moisture management: Boosting agricultural water efficiency in India’s drylands

Atmospheric methane removal using free radicals

Beef and dairy subsidies in the United States: A preliminary cost estimate

Biomining rare-earth elements to upgrade unconventional ores for electricity technologies

Boosting plants’ natural insect defense without compromising yield

Bringing carbon to market: A case study of enhanced weathering

Building decision support for decarbonized and affordable water distribution systems

Converting waste methane into a scalable business opportunity that advances sustainable food security

Designing battery circularity: Co-design of pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy processes

Developing a public data good: Climate adaptation and resilience observatory

Developing adaptation strategies for coastal woodlot communities in the mid-Atlantic region facing saltwater intrusion and sea level rise

Development of NiTi alloys for energy-efficient elastocaloric applications through nanostructural analysis

Digitally designed, micro-architected carbon- and ceramic-based materials for sustainable systems

Dual harvest: Optimizing agrivoltaic systems for crop productivity and soil carbon sequestration

Elastic energy storage proof of concept and scalability

Electrification of steam cracking reactors with high-frequency inductive heating

Elucidating the multiphysical properties of mycelium biocomposite foams for scalable, energy-efficient thermal insulation

Emissions reduction through changes in institutional food procurement and consumption

Enabling coastal climate adaptation for food security and marine biodiversity conservation

Engineering carbonic anhydrase for industrial carbon sequestration

Estimation of nano/microplastic pollution in humans through high-resolution, high-throughput spectroscopy

Exploration of a role for Stanford in the climate risk and resilience insurance ecosystem

Farming for blue carbon: Assessing seaweed cultivation for CO2 removal

Fast and accurate state-of-charge estimation for lithium iron phosphate batteries for battery energy storage systems

Feasibility study of an evaporative cooling (with water recovery) for energy-efficient and sustainable operation of edge data centers

Fungal fermentation for upcycling waste into climate-smart, nutrient-dense, and delicious foods

Global groundwater sustainability: Scaling and transferring innovative solutions from California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act to other parts of the world

Global worming: The natural path to greenhouse gas removal

Harnessing plasma-activated water for microbial synergy and sustainable crop resilience

Harnessing the data revolution to mitigate flood impacts on vulnerable communities in sub-Saharan Africa

Harnessing the power of geophysical imaging to recharge California's groundwater

Hierarchical microgrid for advanced power system resilience and reliability

Inclusive, AI-driven use of Deliberative Polling® for public support of climate adaptation measures

Increasing disaster preparedness and risk communication equity through a community-centered approach

Integrated rice-fish farming to fight schistosomiasis, improve food security, and promote economic growth in Africa

Interventions to counter extreme heat: Development, implementation, evaluation, and creation of a sustainability roadmap in climate-vulnerable informal settlement communities

Leaves as a scalable source of highly functional protein ingredients for plant-based meat, fish, and dairy foods

Making sustainable plastics more competitive by improving their performance

Making zero-carbon cement at scale

Methane emission estimation and detection from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) with computer vision

ML-driven optimization for the 'Unit Commitment' problem in power systems

Ocean carbon capture and alkalinity enhancement

Ocean data commons: Making coastal and ocean data insights accessible

Open path laser spectroscopy for low-cost monitoring and modeling of methane

Optical sensing of hydrogen and hydrocarbon blends in pipelines

Optimizing affordable paths to utility wildfire safety across the U.S. and beyond

Phlego cement: Sustainable innovation, seamless integration

Piloting partnerships: Uniting the world of ocean alkalinity enhancement

Planetary health intelligence: Integrating AI, drones, and satellites for real-time dengue risk mapping in Costa Rica

Planning adaptation with non-traditional waters (PLAN Water)

Quantifying climate vulnerability and adaptation potential for decision-making using satellite imagery and machine learning

Reactive capture and conversion of nitrous oxide emissions

Reconciling surveillance of the planet’s nitrogen cycle via a multiplex electrochemical sensing platform

Refining a technology to reduce black carbon emissions from South Asian brick kilns

Reimagining the financing paradigm for technology innovation in climate adaptation

ReliAdapt: AI-driven power reliability assessment and end-user adaptation platform for sustainable energy transitions

Rescuing wind turbine blades and uptime

Resolving air pollution policy conflicts to scale prescribed fire for climate adaptation and air quality

Risk-proofing scale: New frameworks and technology for natural climate solutions

Satellite monitoring of subsidence to inform adaptive flood risk management

Scalable solutions for alternative protein products from fungi powered by AI

Scaling low-cost measurements of soil CO2 emissions

Seeing the light: Designing a new regime of measurement, reporting, and verification sensitivity

Sinking carbon, saving seas: Marine CDR that’s economical, ecological, and efficient

SmokeCast: Developing planetary intelligence to forecast wildfire smoke chemical toxicity

Socioculturally resonant, people-centered solutions for wildfire prevention and governance

Solutions to heat-related kidney injury among outdoor laborers

Stanford’s role de-risking zero-emissions steel production

Stream gauges for safe and equitable freshwater

Supercharged rock: CO2 removal that adds value

Supplementing conventional drinking water with distributed sources of purified municipal wastewater (direct potable reuse)

Sustainable water supplies to meet urban, agricultural and ecosystem needs: Scaling groundwater recharge solutions in California