Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program

The Knight-Hennessy Scholars program will annually identify a group of 100 high-achieving students from around the world with demonstrated leadership and civic commitment to receive full funding to pursue a wide-ranging graduate education at Stanford, with the goal of developing a new generation of global leaders. The Knight-Hennessy Scholars is the largest fully endowed scholars program in the world.

• Campus Deadline: August 
• External Deadline: September (enroll at Stanford the following years)

• May be of any nationality.
  
• Eligible applicants must be applying to enroll in a full-time graduate degree program at Stanford.
• Admitted to the department of choice at Stanford.
  

For Knight-Hennessy Scholars, they look primarily at three areas:

1. Independence of Thought

• First-step mental sharpness
• Seeks out knowledge and new experiences
• Full of original ideas
• Makes sense of ambiguous situations
• Can hold a contrarian or dissenting point of view

2. Purposeful Leadership

• Ambitious, in the best sense of the word
• Driven to improve self
• Willing to take risks
• Self-aware
• Persists and bounces back from adversity

3. Civic Mindset

• Personally humble and kind
• Inclusive
• Respects differences
• Concerned for and helpful to others
• Low ego

Applicants must apply simultaneously for admission to a specific department at Stanford and the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, at https://knight-hennessy.stanford.edu/.

A UB faculty committee will review the nominee’s application and determine if the student will be endorsed to the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship Program.