Fully Funded Knight-Hennessy Stanford Scholarship
- Organization: Knight-Hennessy Scholars, Stanford University
- Type: Scholarship
- Location: Global
- Deadline: October 6, 2026
- Funding: Fully Funded
Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University pays for up to three years of graduate study at Stanford, covering tuition, a living stipend and one return trip to Stanford each year, for recent graduates and final-year students from any country. Scholars can take almost any full-time Stanford graduate degree, from a master's or MBA to a JD, MD or PhD, and join a leadership programme alongside a cohort of up to 100 new scholars a year. Applying means two applications: a free one to Knight-Hennessy, closing October 6, 2026 at 1:00 pm Pacific Time, and a separate application to your Stanford degree programme, which usually charges its own fee. **What you get:** - A fellowship that pays tuition and associated fees directly, for up to three years of graduate study at Stanford - A stipend for living and academic expenses, including room and board, books, supplies and local transport - A travel stipend meant to cover an economy-class ticket for one trip to and from Stanford each year - A one-time relocation stipend when you first enrol, towards moving or technology costs - In your second and third years, the chance to apply for supplemental funds for academic activities such as conference travel - For degrees longer than three years, such as an MD or PhD, the later years are funded under the degree programme's own standard funding commitment - The King Global Leadership Program: workshops, lectures, projects, retreats and a faculty-led global study trip, run alongside your degree - A place in a community of 682 scholars since 2018, from 85 countries, with a dedicated home on campus at Denning House **What you'll do:** - Study full time for a Stanford graduate degree in any of the university's seven schools, alongside scholars from other disciplines - Meet weekly for Storytelling, a communication skills practice, in your first year, and for Leading Yourself sessions with facilitators in your second - Pitch an idea at the autumn Ideas Festival and build a year-long, scholar-led KHeystone Project on an issue such as education inequity, climate change or healthcare access - Join electives, Curiosity Corner talks with faculty and quarterly McMurtry Leadership Lectures; past guest speakers include Melinda French Gates, Raj Chetty and Frances Arnold - Take one week-long, faculty-led Global Travel/Study trip during your time as a scholar; past destinations include Costa Rica, Norway, South Africa and Jordan - Attend quarterly weekend retreats, quarterly Town Halls and events that scholars run for each other **Key dates:** - Knight-Hennessy application opened June 1, 2026 - Stanford MBA Round 1, the only MBA round Knight-Hennessy accepts, closed September 9, 2026 at 4:00 pm Pacific Time - Stanford MD: AMCAS application due October 1, 2026 (11:59 pm Eastern) and the Stanford supplemental application due October 9, 2026 (11:59 pm Pacific) - Knight-Hennessy application closes October 6, 2026 at 1:00 pm Pacific Time - Stanford degree programme application due by that programme's deadline for Knight-Hennessy applicants, and no later than December 1, 2026 (Stanford Law JD: received and complete by December 1, 2026, 11:59 pm Pacific) - Video statement invitations sent on a rolling basis through January 2027 - Finalists notified January 27, 2027 - Online finalist interviews in mid-February 2027 - Immersion Weekend at Stanford, March 5 to 6, 2027 - Scholars notified March 16, 2027 **More information:** - Funding by degree length, including how MD and PhD years beyond three are paid and how a JD/MBA is treated, is set out on the Knight-Hennessy funding page - Stanford Graduate Admissions publishes its $125 application fee and its three fee waiver routes; the MBA, JD and MD run separate applications with their own fees and waiver rules - Knight-Hennessy runs live and recorded information sessions for prospective applicants, listed on its admission events page - Knight-Hennessy's policy on AI use allows AI tools only for brainstorming, organising your own ideas and light editing; AI-generated drafts or rewrites are not permitted
