Campaign at a Glance
The Stanford Challenge
The Stanford Challenge is a campus-wide fundraising effort of unprecedented scope. Years in the planning, the campaign seeks to raise $4.3 billion by 2011 to support a wide variety of interdisciplinary initiatives organized around three broad themes:
| Seeking Solutions | |
| Initiative on Human Health | $500M |
| Initiative on the Environment and Sustainability | $250M |
| International Initiative | $250M |
| Multidisciplinary Research across the University | $400M |
| Educating Leaders | |
| Improving K-12 Education | $125M |
| Engaging the Arts and Creativity | $250M |
| Reinventing Graduate Education | $500M |
| Extending the Renaissance in Undergraduate Education | $300M |
| Sustaining a Foundation of Excellence | |
| Core Support | $1,325M |
| Annual Giving across the University | $400M |
Visit The Stanford Challenge website to learn more.
Stanford University Medical Center and The Stanford Challenge
Stanford School of Medicine and Stanford Hospital & Clinics are an integral part of The Stanford Challenge. Our shared priorities, which are described in more detail in the Funding Priorities section of this website, fall into 10 broad categories:
- Annual Giving
- Bioengineering
- Cancer
- Capital Projects
- Heart Disease
- Immunity, Transplantation, and Infection
- Medical and Biomedical Education
- Neurosciences
- Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
- Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
You may use our Online Giving feature to support our priority areas or any other Medical Center program. Pease Contact Us if you need assistance or more information


