2025 Graduate Medical Education (GME) Housing Lottery Information

Please see the following information and guidelines below:

• This housing lottery is for the benefit of the incoming GME house staff who submitted their application form at the GME department no later than May 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM PDT to be eligible to rent an apartment at Welch Road Apartments. Eligibility is subject to review by the GME office. 
• Eligible applicants will be registered in the lottery and will be assigned a Lottery Identification Number via email prior to the lottery drawing.
• Entry into the lottery does not guarantee an apartment. Welch Road Apartments will offer a limited number of apartments, subject to availability.
• The listing order of the lottery is determined via a third-party draw service.
• Results will be posted on the Welch Road Apartments website some time after May 2, 2025 once all lottery applicants have been sent a Lottery Identification Number via email.
• The apartments available to the lottery are based on currently vacant apartments or occupied apartments that are coming available.
• Winner(s) will be contacted by the Leasing Team at Welch Road Apartments via email for further instructions on completing the rental process.
• Welch Road Apartments will contact winner(s) after all eligible lottery applicants have received their Lottery Identification Number. Winners will be required to turn in all requested documents by any set deadlines provided via email.
• Winner(s) must make a decision on an apartment within 24 hours of the apartment offering and must send their response to the Welch Road Apartments Leasing Team as soon as possible.
  • If no response is received after 24 hours has lapsed, the next winner on the list will be contacted.
  • If the apartment is accepted, the winner has an additional 48 hours from the time of acceptance to turn in all paperwork and deposits.
• The GME Housing Lottery will close when no more apartments are available, or by June 2, 2025, whichever occurs earlier.
• Other Stanford housing opportunities may be available outside of Welch Road Apartments. Those who are interested in other Stanford Rental Communities and/or Welch Road Apartments can join the regular waiting list at any time here. While most apartments at Welch Road Apartments are held exclusively for the GME lottery between April to June of each year, Welch Road Apartments will resume regular leasing from the general waiting list after June 2, 2025. All other Stanford rental communities lease units to names on the regular waiting list year-round. For more information regarding other Stanford rental communities, please visit the property(s)' website(s) here: Stanford Rental Communities
• PLEASE NOTE: GME House Staff/Residents/Fellows are only eligible to stay at Welch Road Apartments for a maximum of their first medical residency OR fellowship appointment with SHC GME, but not both. Starting another program (residency, fellowship, or other employment) after the end of the initial training appointment is not sufficient to extend eligibility at Welch Road Apartments. Eligibility is reassessed annually by Stanford Health Care (SHC) Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Welch Road Apartments.
   

Results of the 2025 GME Housing Lottery will be posted here after the drawing has been completed. Please use your Lottery Identification Number to determine your position in the lottery.

For questions regarding the lottery, its results, the waiting list, or leasing at Welch Road Apartments, please contact welchroadapartments@stanford.edu.

For questions regarding your eligibility and the GME programs, please contact the GME team at gme@med.stanford.edu.