2026 Stanford Advanced Materials College Scholarship
2026 Stanford Advanced Materials College Scholarship
Following the successful exploration of the industrial prospects of rare metals in 2025, Stanford Advanced Materials (SAM) continues to focus on the practical application of advanced materials in key industries. As medical technology enters an era of precision and personalization, chemical materials are playing an increasingly critical role than ever before.
Scholarship Overview
As a trusted supplier of advanced materials for the medical, industrial, and energy sectors, SAM remains at the forefront of material innovation. In 2026, we turn our attention to the healthcare industry, with a particular emphasis on how chemical materials—such as hyaluronic acid and beryllium sheets—are driving breakthroughs in medical applications. We invite passionate students to explore how these chemical materials are reshaping the future of healthcare and to identify innovative solutions with transformative potential.
- Open to high school students, two-year community college students, four-year university students, and graduate students worldwide. Submissions must be in one of the following languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, or Korean.
- Submitted work must focus on the application of chemical materials in the medical industry.
- Projects that are original, technically feasible, and have the potential to impact the development of medical technology are strongly encouraged.
- The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate content is strictly prohibited. Any such content will lead to immediate disqualification.
Eligible countries/regions
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo Democratic Republic of
- Costa Rica
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- England
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea North
- Korea South
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Lucia
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Wales
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Eligible programmes
- AI Law & the Creative Economy
- AI in Education
- Academic Practice
- Accountancy & Finance
- Accounting & Mathematics
- Accounting & Statistics
- Adult Learning, Community Development & Youth Work Practice
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Advanced Imaging & Sensing
- Advanced Lymphoedema Management
- Advanced Nursing Science
- Advanced Practice in Health Care
- Advanced Practice in Veterinary Nursing
- Advanced Statistics
- Aeronautical Engineering
- Aeronautical Engineering (in partnership with Tianjin University)
- Aerospace Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering & Management
- Aerospace Systems
- Anatomy
- Ancient Cultures
- Ancient History
- Animal Nutrition
- Animal Welfare Science, Ethics & Law
- Applied Conservation Science
- Applied Linguistics
- Applied Neuropsychology
- Archaeology
- Archaeology
- Archives, Records, & Information Management
- Art History
- Art History: Dress & Textile Histories
- Art History: Technical Art History, Making & Meaning
- Artificial Intelligence
- Astronomy
- Astrophysics
- Astrophysics Graduate Diploma
- Behavioural Science
- Biochemistry
- Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering (in partnership with KMITL)
- Biomedical Engineering (in partnership with Tianjin University)
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biotechnology
- Biotechnology & Management
- Book & Paper Conservation
- Business & Management
- Business Analytics
- Business Economics
- Cancer Research & Precision Oncology
- Cancer Research (with specialism)
- Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease
- Celtic Civilisation
- Celtic Studies
- Central & East European Studies
- Central & East European, Russian & Eurasian Studies (International Master)
- Chemical Physics
- Chemistry
- Chemistry
- Chemistry (in partnership with BUCT)
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry with Work Placement
- Chemistry with Work Placement
- Childhood Practice
- Children's Literature & Literacies
- Children’s Literature, Media & Cultural Entrepreneurship (Erasmus Mundus International Master)
- Chinese
- City Planning
- City Planning
- City Planning & Real Estate Development
- Civil Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Civil Engineering & Management
- Civil Engineering (dual degree programme with Universitas Indonesia)
- Civil Engineering (joint degree with SIT)
- Civil Engineering with Architecture
- Classics & Ancient History
- Classics (Classical Civilisation)
- Climate & Environmental Science
- Climate Law & Justice
- Clinical Neuropsychology
- Clinical Neuropsychology Knowledge & Practice
- Clinical Neuropsychology Practice
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Clinical Psychology
- Clinical Trials
- Common Law
- Common Law (graduate entry)
- Communication, Culture & Technology
- Community Development
- Comparative Literature
- Comparative Literature
- Computational Geoscience
- Computational Geoscience (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- Computer Systems Engineering
- Computer Systems Engineering (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- Computing Science
- Computing Science
- Computing Science (faster route)
- Computing Science (in partnership with BUiD)
- Computing Science (in partnership with UPES)
- Computing Science (joint degree with SIT)
- Conservation Management of African Ecosystems
- Corporate & Financial Law
- Corporate Finance & Banking
- Creative Arts & Industries
- Creative Industries & Cultural Policy
- Creative Sound Design & Audiovisual Media
- Creative Writing
- Creative Writing
- Creative Writing (online)
- Criminology & Criminal Justice
- Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art) (in conjunction with The Glasgow School of Art)
- Cybersecurity
- Data Analytics
- Data Analytics
- Data Analytics for Economics & Finance
- Data Science
- Data Science for Ecology & Epidemiology
- Dentistry
- Design & Technology Education
- Digital Humanities
- Digital Media & Information Studies
- Digital Society
- Diploma in Professional Legal Practice
- Doctorate Clinical Dentistry (Endodontology)
- Early Modern History
- Earth Futures: Environments, Communities, Relationships
- Ecology & Environmental Biology
- Ecology & Environmental Monitoring (Dumfries Campus)
- Economic & Social History
- Economic Development
- Economics
- Economics
- Economics
- Economics, International Banking & Finance
- Education (Primary)
- Education (Primary) (Dumfries campus)
- Education (Secondary STEM Subjects) (Dumfries campus)
- Education (Secondary)
- Education Policies for Global Development (Erasmus Mundus International Master)
- Education in Museums & Heritage (Erasmus Mundus International Master)
- Education with Teaching Qualification (Primary)
- Education, Public Policy & Equity
- Educational Leadership & Management
- Educational Studies
- Educational Studies
- Electronic & Software Engineering
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering & Management
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering & Management (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering (dual degree programme with Universitas Indonesia)
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering (in partnership with Tianjin University)
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering with Communications (dual degree with UESTC)
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering with Information Engineering (dual degree with UESTC)
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering with Microelectronics (dual degree with UESTC)
- Electronics & Photonics Manufacturing
- Electronics with Music
- End of Life Studies
- Endodontology
- English Language & Linguistics
- English Language & Linguistics
- English Literature
- English Literature
- English Literature: American Modern Literature
- English Literature: Fantasy
- English Literature: Modernities - Literature, Culture, Theory
- Enhanced Practice in Education (Dumfries campus)
- Environment & Sustainable Development
- Environment, Culture & Communication (Dumfries campus)
- Environmental Geoscience
- Environmental Risk Management (Dumfries campus)
- Environmental Science & Sustainability (Dumfries campus)
- Environmental Science (Glasgow-Nankai Joint Graduate School)
- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases & Antimicrobial Resistance
- Film & Television Studies
- Film & Television Studies
- Film Curation
- Filmmaking & Media Arts
- Finance
- Finance & Management
- Finance & Mathematics
- Finance & Statistics
- Financial Economics
- Financial Engineering
- Financial Risk Management
- Financial Technology
- Food Security
- French
- Gaelic
- Gateway to Medical Studies
- Gender History
- Genetics
- Geography
- Geoinformation Technology & Cartography
- Geoinformation Technology & Cartography with Work Placement
- Geology
- Geomatics & Management
- Geospatial & Mapping Sciences
- Geospatial Data Science & AI
- German
- Global Communications
- Global Cultural Enterprise
- Global Development
- Global Economy
- Global Gender History
- Global Health Policy & Society
- Global History
- Global Markets, Local Creativities (Erasmus Mundus International Master)
- Global Mental Health
- Global Security
- Global Sustainable Development (Dumfries campus)
- Greek
- Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment
- Health Services Management
- Health-Professions Education / Health-Professions Education (with Research)
- Healthcare Chaplaincy
- History
- History
- History of Art
- Human Anatomy
- Human Biology & Physiology
- Human Computer Interaction
- Human Geography: Critical Research Encounters
- Human Nutrition
- Human Rights
- Human Rights & International Politics
- Immunology
- Immunology & Inflammatory Disease
- In Headship
- Inclusive Education: Research, Policy & Practice
- Inclusive Education: Research, Policy & Practice (online)
- Industrial Biotechnology
- Industrial Biotechnology (with Industry Training)
- Infant Mental Health
- Infection Biology (with specialisms)
- Information Technology
- Integrative Neuroscience
- Intellectual Property & the Digital Economy
- International Accounting & Financial Management
- International Business
- International Commercial Law
- International Competition Law & Policy
- International Economic Law
- International Finance
- International Financial Analysis
- International Human Resource Management & Development
- International Law
- International Law & Security
- International Management & Design Innovation
- International Relations
- International Relations
- International Relations (Glasgow-Nankai Joint Graduate School)
- International Strategic Marketing
- Into Headship
- Investment Banking & Finance
- Italian
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying with Work Placement
- Latin
- Law
- Law
- Liberal Arts
- Library & Information Studies
- MBA (Master of Business Administration)
- Machine Learning, Mathematics & Statistics
- Management
- Management
- Management & Sustainable Tourism (Dumfries campus)
- Management with Enterprise & Business Growth
- Management with Human Resources
- Management with Marketing
- Managing Art & Cultural Heritage in Global Markets (Erasmus Mundus International Master)
- Marine & Coastal Management (Dumfries campus)
- Marine & Freshwater Biology
- Master of Global Business
- Material Chemistry with Work Placement
- Material Culture & Artefact Studies
- Materials Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Mathematics & Statistics (in partnership with ZUEL)
- Mathematics (faster route)
- Mathematics / Applied Mathematics
- Mathematics/Statistics (faster route)
- Mechanical Design Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering & Management
- Mechanical Engineering (joint degree with SIT)
- Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautics
- Mechatronics
- Mechatronics
- MedTech Innovation
- Media Management
- Media, Communications & International Journalism
- Media, Culture & Society
- Medical Devices Engineering
- Medical Genetics & Genomics
- Medical Visualisation & Human Anatomy
- Medicine
- Medieval History
- Microbiology
- Ministry, Theology & Practice
- Modern History
- Molecular & Cellular Biology
- Molecular & Cellular Biology (with Biotechnology)
- Molecular & Cellular Biology (with Plant Science)
- Museum Education
- Museum Studies
- Music
- Music
- Music Industries
- Musicology
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
- Neuroscience
- Nuclear & Environmental Physics
- Nursing
- Nursing (jointly offered with Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT))
- One Health & Infectious Disease
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Oral Sciences
- Palliative Care
- Pharmacology
- Philosophy
- Philosophy
- Philosophy (Conversion)
- Philosophy of Mind & Psychology
- Philosophy of Mind & Psychology (Conversion)
- Philosophy: Knowledge & Society
- Physics / Theoretical Physics
- Physics / Theoretical Physics (faster route)
- Physics Graduate Diploma
- Physics with Astrophysics
- Physics with Astrophysics (faster route)
- Playwriting & Dramaturgy
- Political Communication
- Politics
- Portuguese
- Positive Behaviour Support
- Precision Medicine
- Primary Education with Teaching Qualification (Dumfries campus)
- Product Design Engineering
- Product Design Engineering
- Professional Practice with PGDE
- Psychological Science (conversion)
- Psychological Science, Research Methods of
- Psychological Studies (conversion)
- Psychology
- Psychology (conversion)
- Public Health
- Public Health (online)
- Public Policy
- Public Policy & Management
- Quantitative Methods
- Quantum Technology
- Real Estate
- Real Estate
- Religion & Global Challenges
- Religious Education by Distance Learning (CREDL)
- Reparatory Justice
- Robotics & AI
- Robotics & AI (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
- Russian
- Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
- Science Communications
- Science Public Engagement
- Scots Law
- Scots Law (graduate entry)
- Scottish History
- Scottish History
- Scottish Literature
- Security, Intelligence & Strategic Studies (Erasmus Mundus International Master)
- Sensor & Imaging Systems
- Social & Public Policy
- Social Science Research Methods
- Sociology
- Sociology
- Software Development
- Software Engineering
- Software Engineering (Graduate Apprenticeship)
- Software Engineering (faster route)
- Software Engineering (in partnership with KMITL)
- Software Engineering (in partnership with UPES)
- Space Science
- Spanish
- Speech, Language & Sociolinguistics
- Sport & Exercise Science
- Sport & Exercise Science & Medicine
- Sport & Exercise Science & Medicine
- Statistics
- Statistics
- Statistics (Double Degree with the University of Bologna)
- Statistics (faster route)
- Statistics (in partnership with ZUEL)
- Stem Cell Engineering for Regenerative Medicine
- Structural Engineering
- Structural Engineering (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- Sustainability & Corporate Governance
- Sustainable Energy
- Sustainable Energy (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- Sustainable Tourism & Global Challenges (Dumfries campus)
- Sustainable Water Environments
- Sustainable Water Environments (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Teaching
- Teaching
- Technology Law & Regulation
- Textile Conservation
- Theatre & Performance Practices
- Theatre Studies
- Theatre Studies
- Theology & Religious Studies
- Theoretical Physics
- Tourism & Heritage (Dumfries campus)
- Translation & Intercultural Communication
- Urban & Regional Planning (Glasgow-Nankai Joint Graduate School)
- Urban Analytics
- Urban Studies
- Urban Transport
- Veterinary Biosciences
- Veterinary Medicine & Surgery
- War Studies
- Wealth Management & Private Equity
- Zoology
Value
- $1,000 Scholarship: Awarded to the research proposal that best demonstrates innovation, clinical practicality, and potential impact on the medical industry.
- Showcase on SAM Website & Industry Exposure: The winning entry will be featured on the Stanford Advanced Materials website and may be shared with our network of partners in the medical industry.
How to apply
For more information and to apply please visit: 2026 Stanford Advanced Materials College Scholarship - Medical Materials
- Submission Deadline: September 1, 2026, 22:00 (U.S. Time)
- Winner Announcement: September 8, 2026