Faculty & Staff

Undergraduate Stipend Request

A stipend is a payment to an enrolled or continuing student meant to support personal scholarly activities such as an undergraduate research project or experiential learning opportunities such as an unpaid internship. The payment should be intended to help the student defray living or travel expenses to enable participation in the scholarly activities or experiential learning opportunities. Stipends are not used to pay for services rendered which primarily benefit the University or its programs or as compensation for employment. See Admin Guide Policy 10.1.1 for more information.  Hourly pay, regardless of the duration of the position, should be processed via payroll.

The Financial Aid Office processes stipends requested by departments that align with this description, or for assistance in paying one-time charges that have not been covered by financial aid such as program fees, early housing arrival fees and other similar charges.  Awards and Graduation Honors for undergraduates (i.e., prizes) may also be requested for direct deposit in the student’s personal bank account through this process.

Potential Impact on Financial Aid

To comply with US Department of Education regulations, student payments, awards, prizes, and gifts that are made available to the student because they are a Stanford student, must be reported to the Financial Aid Office and may potentially impact eligibility for other aid awarded, particularly if disbursed during a period of enrollment. Athletic Scholarship recipients are also potentially impacted. See the Student Stipend Policy for a more detailed discussion of the potential impacts.

Instructions

  • If the student is a current student-athlete, please contact the Compliance Services Office at stanfordcompliance@stanford.edu prior to submitting a stipend request.
  • Instruct your student(s) to sign up for direct deposit in Axess.
  • Stipend amount must be in whole dollars.
  • List all PTAs to be used to pay student.
  • If you are submitting multiple stipend requests for one student, please submit each stipend request individually.
  • Indicate if student is non-matriculated.
  • Changes to, or questions about, previous requests must be submitted to
    UG-stipends@lists.stanford.edu.
UG Stipend Request Form

Stipend requests for multiple students

Updated on October 18, 2023 6:10 AM