Fully Funded Knight-Hennessy Fellowship at Stanford University, 2024, USA
Application deadline: 11 October 2023
Program Overview
Knight-Hennessy scholars develop deep domain expertise in their Stanford graduate program, and build on this domain expertise through exposure to a wide range of disciplines and cultures within the Knight-Hennessy Scholars (KHS) community. Scholars participate in the King Global Leadership Program (KGLP), which includes workshops, lectures, projects, and experiences that strengthen transformational leadership capabilities. Through KGLP, scholars collaborate and prepare to address important challenges and opportunities facing the world, such as climate change, healthcare, government and policy, and education.
Leadership Development
Funded by a generous gift from Dorothy and Robert King, MBA ’60, the King Global Leadership Program (KGLP) provides a diverse menu of offerings that scholars tune to meet their academic schedules and leadership goals. The Kings’ contribution provides support for the leadership development programming for Knight-Hennessy Scholars.
Through KGLP, scholars strengthen their multicultural and multidisciplinary perspective and develop leadership skills and traits, including creative problem solving, decision making during uncertainty, effective collaboration, and how to communicate ideas in a compelling way.
Community
Denning House is the home for Knight-Hennessy Scholars. It serves as the convening hub for the community, enabling scholars to learn together and share ideas and experiences.
The pace and pressure of graduate studies is often intense. The KHS team and fellow scholars provide a community that affords support and encouragement along the way. KHS provides open office hours and frequent social gatherings so scholars can thrive through connection with others.
Funding
Knight-Hennessy scholars receive up to three years of funding to pursue graduate studies at Stanford. This includes the JD, MA, MBA, MD, MFA, MS, DMA, and PhD programs, as well as joint- and dual-degrees.
Knight-Hennessy Scholars has no restrictions based on age, college or university, field of study, or career aspiration. We encourage citizens and residents of all countries to apply. We do not require applicants to seek endorsements from colleges, universities, or other institutions.
Eligibility
There are two baseline eligibility requirements.
Requirement 1: Admission to Stanford
First, in addition to applying to Knight-Hennessy Scholars (KHS), you must apply to, be accepted by, and enroll in a full-time Stanford graduate degree program including, but not limited to, DMA, JD, MA, MBA, MD, MFA, MPP, MS, or PhD programs. You must meet at least one of the following four conditions:
- You are applying separately but concurrently to KHS and a full-time Stanford graduate degree program such that you will start both in the same year.
- You have already been offered and deferred admission to a full-time Stanford graduate degree program, and will apply to KHS such that you will start both in the same year.
- You are a current Stanford graduate student who will apply to add a second full-time Stanford graduate degree program, such that you will start both KHS and the new program in the same year.
- You are a current Stanford PhD student in your first year of enrollment, and will apply to KHS such that you will start KHS in your second year of PhD enrollment.
There are no quotas by discipline or program. Note that we will give priority consideration to those who will spend at least two years studying at Stanford.
Please note that a small number of Stanford graduate degree programs are not eligible for Knight-Hennessy Scholars:
- Applicants to the Honors Cooperative Program
- Applicants to the Master of Liberal Arts
- Applicants to the Doctor of Science of Law (JSD)
- Current Stanford students applying for coterminal graduate study
- Current Stanford PhD students adding an MA or MS degree in their current discipline
Requirement 2: Undergraduate Degree Date
Second, you must have earned, in January 2017 or later, a U.S. bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from a college or university of recognized standing.
| To apply to join the cohort in: | You must have earned your first bachelor’s degree by: |
|---|---|
| 2024 | January 2017 or later |
For applicants who served in the military after their undergraduate studies, we extend the eligibility window by two years in acknowledgement of longer service commitments; you must have earned your degree in January 2015 or later to enroll in 2024. Current college students are eligible if you will earn your first degree by September 2024. Within the eligibility window, we do not give preference based on recency of the degree.
Financial Support for Cost of Attendance
Knight-Hennessy scholars receive funding for up to three years for any graduate degree(s) at Stanford. This funding applies to the degree(s) to which scholars are preparing to enroll at the time of scholar selection.
During each of the first three years of graduate study, Knight-Hennessy scholars receive several types of funding:
- A fellowship applied directly to cover tuition and associated fees
- A stipend for living and academic expenses (such as room and board, books, academic supplies, instructional materials, local transportation, and reasonable personal expenses)
- A travel stipend intended to cover an economy-class ticket for one annual trip to and from Stanford
Additional funding specific to certain years:
- Newly enrolling scholars receive a one-time relocation stipend intended to offset some of the costs associated with relocation to the area and/or technology purchases.
- Scholars in their second and third years may apply for supplemental funds to support academic enrichment activities (e.g., conference travel).
Knight-Hennessy Scholars (KHS) provides funding for the degree program listed in the initial KHS admission letter. Scholars who wish to enroll in an additional graduate program may apply to KHS to receive additional funding up to the maximum of three years. This additional funding is not guaranteed.
If a scholar is admitted to a degree program that exceeds three years — such as an MD, PhD, or Stanford dual- or joint-degree program — then funding is based on the graduate degree program’s standard funding commitment. This varies by department and school, as indicated in the chart below. Please contact the graduate program with specific questions about their funding commitment.
| Degree program | Quarters of KHS tuition & stipend | Years of funding | Degree program funds |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA, MBA, MFA, MPP, MS, JSM, MLS, LLM | Up to six academic quarters | 1 – 2 | N/A |
| JD | Nine academic quarters | 1 – 3 | N/A |
| MD | up to 11 quarters (does not include summer quarter of year 1) | 1 – 3 | Years 4 and 5* |
| PhD, DMA | up to 12 quarters: nine academic quarters (Autumn, Winter, Spring) and three summers | 1 – 3 | Year 4 and beyond |
| JD/MBA | Nine academic quarters | 1 – 3 | Need-based: apply to the graduate school’s financial aid |
| Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP, MD/PhD) | Up to 12 quarters: nine academic quarters (Autumn, Winter, Spring) and three summers | 1 – 3 | Year 4 and beyond |
*For MD students:
- The Medical School will fund the remaining years, consistent with its standard funding commitment to MD students, which consists of tuition support and stipend.
What is Not Covered
- Fellowship stipends are taxable, but not subject to withholding (except for international students from a country without a tax treaty). Please carefully review the tax information at https://vpge.stanford.edu/fellowships-funding/policies#Taxes and be sure to budget accordingly for any tax responsibilities. Knight-Hennessy Scholars does not reimburse students for taxes.
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