Faculty Research Fellowships

Applications Now Open Until March 2, 2026

Clayman Institute Faculty Research Fellows, along with our Affiliated Faculty, collaborate at bi-monthly luncheon discussions, which are scheduled during the academic year. At these luncheons, fellows report on their own gender-based research to an interdisciplinary audience of scholars.

Meet our current faculty research fellows

Faculty Research Fellowship Details

We offer up to twelve Faculty Research Fellowships each academic year to members of the Academic Council and members of the Medical Center Line in the Stanford faculty, who are also Faculty Affiliates of the Clayman Institute.  We welcome fellowship applications from scholars in all disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, science and engineering, business, law, and medicine. The Clayman Institute welcomes and encourages the participation of applicants of all identities and backgrounds.

Application Requirements

Applications are submitted online and should include:

1. A curriculum vitae of no more than 2 pages.
2. A proposal of 1,000 words or less stating the purpose to which you plan to apply the funds.

Submit application materials to the claymanfellowship [at] stanford.edu (Clayman Fellowship Manager) starting now through March 2, 2026.

Faculty Research fellows conduct research on a wide variety of gender focused topics. Examples include:

• Christine Min Wotipka: "On gender parity in academic leadership roles"
• Kathryn Olivarius: "Syphilis at war: Protecting male shame at the expense of women in the 19th century"
• Adrian Daub: "How YouTube shaped perceptions surrounding the Depp v. Heard trial"
• Iris Gibbs: "How Stanford’s Black women medical faculty contended with “sticky floors” and “leaky pipelines”
• Michael Rosenfeld: “Training, demographics among factors contributing to decline in federal worker harassment cases"
• Soledad Artiz Prillaman:  "Men co-opt women’s political authority in gender quota elections"

Questions?

Please direct all questions to the claymanfellowship [at] stanford.edu (Clayman Fellowship Manager).