The learning landscape stands at a pivotal moment, driven by breakthroughs in technology, data, and a deepening understanding of how people learn.
Mobilizing Stanford’s excellence across disciplines, collaborative culture, and spirit of innovation, the Stanford Accelerator for Learning is leading this transformation, leveraging cutting-edge interdisciplinary advancements to bridge research and practice and usher in a new epoch in education.
The Accelerator Circle
Your philanthropic support can help us fund emerging research by Stanford faculty, students, and partners, and the integration of that knowledge into transformative solutions for learners.
The Accelerator Circle brings together a community of impactful contributors. Join our work in accelerating learning solutions by making a catalytic annual or multi-year pledge.
To honor our contributors’ commitment to advancing the future of learning, we invite you into a dynamic community of ideas and impact. Accelerator Circle members receive curated insights through our bi-weekly newsletter, invitations to Accelerator events, and updates on the work of our seed grant recipients. A special opportunity — the Director’s Circle — offers an annual virtual gathering featuring emerging research and breakthrough innovations from across the Stanford ecosystem.
For more information on contributing to the Accelerator Circle, contact Darcy H. Deming at darcy.deming@stanford.edu or by phone at (650) 531-6034.
About the Accelerator
Housed at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, the Accelerator is a Stanford-wide initiative that operates at the intersection of interdisciplinary research, innovation, and practice. With support from a vibrant network of university champions, global partners, and philanthropic allies, we drive a bold portfolio of nimble and daring programs and platforms across three strategic pillars.
Empowering Stanford’s Talent
The Accelerator enables faculty, students, and researchers across all seven Stanford schools to drive innovation in collaboration with practitioners. Through grant opportunities and dedicated expert support from the Accelerator Studio, the Accelerator helps transform promising ideas into powerful solutions grounded in research and informed by real-world needs. The Education Entrepreneurship Hub nurtures a new generation of leaders building for equity, access, and impact.
Driving Portfolios of Excellence
The Accelerator focuses its efforts on six interdisciplinary areas that we believe are most in need of new discoveries, evidence, and solutions, and where Stanford is in a unique position to make the biggest difference. Mobilizing Stanford’s excellence across disciplines and collaborative culture, the Accelerator’s six initiatives serve as engines of innovation led by influential faculty leaders.
Leveraging Strategic Networks
The Accelerator activates Stanford’s convening power to bring together diverse stakeholders across sectors, disciplines, and geographies. Through cross-sector partnerships, signature convenings, and translational programs like the AI Research Repository and the AI Tinkery, we bridge research and practice to scale what works — ensuring ideas reach classrooms, communities, and countries.
Together, we can fuel a future-ready learning ecosystem — one that supports diverse learners, empowers educators, and translates research into lasting, real-world impact.