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DARE Doctoral Fellowships

Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence

Overview

A printer friendly version of DARE overview (pdf) is available.

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 third cohort is April 7, 2010. In all, 36 students will be DARE Fellows.

DARE Cohort 1

DARE Cohort 2

DARE Doctoral Fellowships include:

Stipend and TGR tuition. An annual stipend ($8,000 per quarter in 2009-2010) 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 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. May be eligible to compete for a small number of one-year acting assistant professor appointments in a relevant Stanford department.

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How To Apply

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

2010 Application Materials will be available in February

The application deadline for the third cohort is April 7, 2010 at 5 pm. All materials, including letter of support and assessment from the primary advisor, must be submitted electronically. The information below was released in Winter 2009, and generally describes the application process.