Resources for Thesis Writers

The Software and Services for Data Science, located in the Bing Wing of Green Library, provides assistance to Stanford students, staff and faculty in survey design and data entry, the selection and use of statistical software, and the acquisition of numerical data. They can be helpful in determining the best method to collect and analyze data for your thesis. 

If you want to conduct interviews or surveys in your research, you must first contact the Administrative Panel of Human Subjects in Non-Medical Research and follow their procedures for obtaining approval of your proposed study. 

The Community Engaged Scholars Program is a program of the Haas Center for Public Service. CESP helps students to prepare an honors thesis, capstone project, or MA thesis that connects public service with students’ academic work and research interests. Students admitted to the program participate in CESP concurrently with the honors, capstone, or MA program in their major academic department or program.".

The Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (VPUE) gives several types of research grants for undergraduate students. Major grants (awarded once a year) cover full-time summer independent research; small grants can cover smaller periods of time or other research-related expenses. The VPUE also provides conference grants and the Chappell Lougee grant for students doing research in the summer after sophomore year.

Bing Summer Honors College provides selected students the opportunity to get a head start on their honors theses under the supervision of faculty members from their major departments and programs. All participants receive free room and board on campus during Honors College.

The Hume Writing Center provides writing workshops and thesis writing "boot camps" as well as individual consultations.