The Stanford d.school Creativity in Research Scholars (CIRS) are a diverse set of Stanford PhD students across all disciplines. In addition to their primary research activities, these individuals are learning and applying design thinking to push the boundaries of their work and create entirely new applications and approaches to their research.

CIRS is a two quarter program to empower PhD students to integrate design thinking tools into their research culminating in a personal project. We will teach the students on how to employ different research mindsets and approaches to enable PhD students to explore their research in new creativity ways. This program is meant for doctoral students that are eager to use creative practices and collaboration to create impact. 

Learn more about the previous CIRS projects here. 

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