DARE Doctoral Fellowships

Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence

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Overview

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The DARE Doctoral Fellowship Program awards two-year fellowships to:

  • Stanford doctoral students in their final two years
  • who want to investigate and prepare for academic careers
  • whose presence will help diversify the professoriate.

Stanford’s commitment to diversity is broadly conceived to include, but is not limited to:

  • underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities;
  • first-generation college students;
  • women in fields such as natural science and engineering;
  • gay, lesbian and transgendered students;
  • disabled students;
  • others whose backgrounds and experiences would diversify the professoriate in their academic fields.

The objectives are to better prepare students from diverse backgrounds for academic careers and to have them, at the same time, enrich the educational experiences of others. Thus, the program expands the academic “pipeline” in two ways.

DARE is a four-year pilot program for three cohorts of students on two-year fellowships. Twelve new Fellows will be selected each year. The first cohort of DARE Fellows was selected in spring 2008. Application deadline for the second cohort is April 8, 2009. In all, 36 students will be DARE Fellows.

DARE Doctoral Fellowships include:

Stipend and TGR tuition. An annual stipend of $31,200 ($7,800 per quarter) and TGR tuition for two 4-quarter academic years beginning Autumn quarter.

Structured seminars and professional development modules to investigate and prepare for academic careers.

Mentorship with a tenured Stanford faculty member in addition to the dissertation advisor.

Project to enhance the diversity of Stanford’s graduate student population, and to enrich the educational experience of the student community.

Recruiting trip to talk about Fellows' research and encourage promising undergraduates to apply to graduate school.

Acting Assistant Professor appointments. Eligible to compete for four one-year acting assistant professor appointments in a relevant Stanford department.

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To Apply

Applications are sought from Stanford doctoral students from all fields, departments and programs.

2009 Application Materials

The application materials for 2009 will be available in January, 2009. We expect them to be similar to 2008 materials. The application deadline for the second cohort is April 8, 2009.

2008 Application Materials

Application Information Sessions

Prospective applicants are encouraged to attend one of the one-hour-long sessions to learn about:

  • goals of the program
  • expectations for DARE Fellows
  • application process
  • selection criteria

The schedule of information sessions for the 2009 DARE Fellowships will be announced in January, 2009.

2008 Information Sessions

Date Time Room Building

Wednesday,
March 12

4 p.m. Hartley Conference Center Mitchell Earth Sciences Bldg
Monday,
March 17 		1 p.m. S362 Clark Center
Tuesday,
March 25 		12 noon Garden Terrace Room (Room 426, top floor) English Dept, Bldg 460
Thursday,
April 3 		7 p.m. Nairobi Room Graduate Community Center (GCC)

 

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