Cohort of Knight-Hennessy Scholars 2023 (Full-time Masters and PhD Degrees are Covered)

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Overview:

• Full-time Masters and PhD degrees in any subject covered.
• Open to applicants from all countries without restrictions based on citizenship, age, field of study, or career aspiration.
• Provides stipend, academic expenses payment, and travel funding.

Inspiring Leaders:

• Cultivates and supports a multidisciplinary and multicultural community of graduate students at Stanford University.
• Prepares graduates to be visionary, courageous, and collaborative leaders addressing complex global challenges.

Stanford University:

• All scholars are Stanford University graduate students.
• Scholars join Knight-Hennessy Scholars while enrolling in a graduate degree program at any of Stanford's seven schools.

Leadership Development:

• Scholars participate in up to three years of programming complementing their graduate studies.
• Prepares scholars for leadership roles in academia, industry, government, nonprofits, and the community.

Knight-Hennessy Community:

• New cohort of scholars added each year, creating a diverse community across disciplines, nationalities, and backgrounds.
• Scholars learn together, collaborate on impactful projects, and form lifelong friendships.

Knight-Hennessy Funding:

• Scholars receive a fellowship for up to three years of tuition, based on the degree length.
• Provides stipend for living and academic expenses, and a travel stipend for one annual trip to and from Stanford.

Qualities of a Knight-Hennessy Scholar:

• Independence of Thought: Visionary thinkers, curious, open-minded, analytically adept, and eager for cross-cultural perspectives.
• Purposeful Leadership: Ethical, decisive, resilient, driven to achieve meaningful results, and motivate positive change at scale.
• Civic Mindset: Collaborative community members, humble, empathetic, trustworthy, and passionate about contributing to the greater good.

Host Institution(s):

Stanford University in USA

Level/Field(s) of study:

Full-time Masters and PhD degrees in any subject offered at Stanford (for example, but not limited to, DMA, JD, MA, MBA, MD, MFA, MPP, MS, or PhD) with some exceptions:

• 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

Number of Scholarships:

Not specified

Eligibility:

There are two baseline eligibility requirements.

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.

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 2024, you  must have earned a bachelor’s degree by January 2017 or later.

Application instructions:

To be considered for the scholarship, you must apply separately and concurrently to the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program and to your Stanford graduate degree program. The deadline for the Knight Hennesy Program is 11 October 2023, 1:00 pm Pacific Time. The deadline for applications to your Stanford graduate degree program varies by program.You must check your desired program’s website to confirm your program’s application deadline which is usually earlier.

It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.

Application Deadline:

• October 11th, 2023

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