QSR and Weiland Health Initiative created the Umbrella Assistance Fund to help support students to cover the costs of mental health counseling (out of pocket or co-pays), gender affirmative medical services (hormones/surgery costs), legal services associated with changing gender markers, and other legal documentation.
More About the Umbrella Assistance Fund
All enrolled students at Stanford are eligible, including postdocs. Grants Up to $500 Per Student Per Academic Year Can be awarded. Visit this page to learn more, browse our FAQs, and ask questions.
We created The Umbrella Assistance Fund in Fall 2019 as a systemic way to address and support students lived experience of being Non Binary/Trans/LGB/Queer and to acknowledge the specific financial hurdles students encounter and burdens they bear when navigating systems of inequity at Stanford and beyond. We strive to be rooted in transparency and equity, to not act as gatekeepers, and to trust students' processes, transitions, and lived realities.
All enrolled students at Stanford are eligible, including postdocs. Exceptions can be made for students on health-related leaves of absence. No prior involvement in or affiliation with Weiland, CAPS, Vaden, or QSR is required. Our intention is for these funds to be used to support students to access services and other resources not available on campus.
