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Sustainability Undergraduate Research in Geoscience and Engineering (SURGE) Scholar

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
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Are you interested in climate change research? Using the latest technology to monitor crop yields in Tanzania? Creating computer simulations of tsunamis?

The Sustainability Undergraduate Research in Geoscience and Engineering (SURGE) program provides undergraduates a mentored research experience at Stanford University. Students from any U.S. institution interested in Earth and environmental sciences, energy, ocean sciences, or civil and environmental engineering are invited to the Stanford campus to gain skills in research, science communication, and professional and personal development for eight-weeks in the summer. 

The SURGE 2024 program dates are June 21 to August 17. If you’re a STEM major starting to explore fields related to Sustainability, we invite you to apply to SURGE! We especially encourage students who are underrepresented in the sciences and/or are seeking a formal research experience for the first time to participate. 

 

Each SURGE scholar is matched with a faculty member from the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and has the opportunity to work in a research group or laboratory. The scholar is assigned an interesting and challenging project from a broad range of Earth science and engineering topics within the eight-week summer period.

SURGE also includes workshops on applying to graduate school and understanding geoscience and engineering careers. The program culminates with a research symposium at Stanford, where scholars present results from their summer projects to faculty, mentors, and colleagues. SURGE is a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site funded by the National Science Foundation and the Doerr School. 

 

Benefits

  • $4,800 stipend with additional benefits amounting to $13,000 value
  • Paid round trip travel expenses from home to Stanford
  • Paid University housing and meal plan
  • Mentored research training
  • Coding bootcamp course
  • Academic seminars and professional development
  • Community building activities in the beautiful Bay Area