VPGE-Administered Stanford Fellowships

VPGE administers seven fellowship programs for doctoral students. The fellows are either selected from nominations received from faculty and departments or from applications made by students. Deadlines for nominations or applications are listed below. For further information, contact vpge@stanford.edu.

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Fellowship Number Awarded Annually Eligibility Duration

2008-09 Stipend
&
Other Benefits

 Nomination (N) or Application (A)
ARCS 10 Continuing students in ARCS approved science & engineering fields 1 yr $26,880
None		 N: April
CONACYT varies Newly admitted students who are Mexican Nationals 5 yr Tuition plus health insurance allowance Spring
CSRE 2 Newly admitted students planning research in CSRE areas 3 yr $31,200
Tuition		 N: Feb. 27
DARE 12 Advanced doctoral students planning academic careers 2 yr $31,200
TGR Fees		 A: April 8
Lieberman 9 Advanced doctoral students representing all schools 1 yr $31,200
TGR Fees		 N: April
SGF 130  Newly admitted or continuing students in science and engineering 3 yrs (new); 2-3 yrs (continuing) $31,200
Tuition		 N: March (newly admitted); May (continuing)
SIGF 12 Continuing students conducting inter-disciplinary research 3 yrs $31,200
Tuition		 A: April 6

Last updated 1/23/08

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ARCS Scholars

The ARCS Scholar Award recognizes outstanding students who have a record of past achievement and who show exceptional promise of making a significant contribution to the scientific and technological strength of the nation. Each year, the Northern California Chapter of the ARCS Foundation allocates an award to Stanford, which we use to support as many PhD students as we can. The candidates selected must:

  • Be citizens of the United States, without regard to race, gender, or religion
  • Be enrolled full-time in the natural sciences, mathematics, or engineering (see list of departments below)
  • Have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher
  • Have a proven need for financial assistance to complete the educational program in progress

School Deans nominate the candidates from eligible departments: Aeronautics & Astronautics, Applied Physics, Biological Sciences, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Energy Resources Engineering, Geological & Environmental Sciences, Geophysics, Management Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, and Physics.

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CONACYT-Stanford Fellowships

Stanford University partners with the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Technologia (CONACYT) in Mexico to fund CONACYT – Stanford Graduate Fellows.

The agreement provides for the support of Mexican nationals who are admitted for doctoral study by Stanford Ph.D.- -granting programs. Nominations for applicants to engineering programs in which prospective students are admitted first to the M.S. program (e.g., Electrical Engineering) will be considered.

Departments that choose to participate offer the commitment at the link below to newly admitted doctoral students, contingent upon the nominee’s application and approval for the award by CONACYT.

For further information, contact vpge@stanford.edu

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Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Graduate Fellowships (CSRE)

The CSRE graduate fellowships are for new doctoral students interested in the study of the meanings, processes, and consequences of race, ethnicity, and culture. CSRE-GFs are three-year awards for outstanding doctoral students newly admitted by a department or program. Prospective Fellows are nominated by the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) Affiliated Faculty during the admissions season. The fellowship provides the opportunity to meet on a regular basis with the faculty members, scholars, undergraduates, and graduate students who comprise the interdisciplinary community at CCSRE. The first fellowships were awarded for the 2008-09 academic year.

Nominees must be:

  • interested in pursuing research projects on how race, ethnicity, and culture shape society and individual experience;
  • outstanding applicants newly admitted by a department or program that offers doctoral degrees;
  • matriculating in Autumn 2009.

Between two and four awards will be approved by the Graduate Fellowships Faculty Advisory Committee (GFFAC), a University-wide faculty committee that reviews VPGE-Administered Stanford fellowships. GFFAC decisions will be made on March 12, 2009. Offers of the CSRE-GF to recipients will be coordinated between CCSRE, VPGE, and the admitting department shortly thereafter.

Further information about CSRE-GFs or nomination materials are available from Dorothy Steele, Executive Director of CCSRE at 723-2244 or dmsteele@stanford.edu.

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Diversifying Academia Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Fellowship program

The DARE fellowships are for advanced doctoral students who plan to pursue academic careers, and whose presence will help diversify the professoriate. The main objectives are to better prepare students from diverse backgrounds for academic careers and to have them, in turn, serve as mentors to others.The first fellowships were awarded for the 2008-09 academic year.

Twelve two-year awards will be made in spring 2009.

See additional information and application materials.

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Lieberman Fellows

Lieberman fellowships are for doctoral students in the later stages of their programs. Nine are awarded every year: one each in the schools of education, earth sciences, medicine, and engineering; law and business alternate nominating years; and the school of humanities and sciences awards three.

The award honors Jerry Lieberman, who served Stanford as provost or acting provost during the tenures of three Stanford presidents. Lieberman was vice provost and dean of graduate studies and research from 1977-1985. In 1985 he was presented the Kenneth M. Cuthbertson Award for exceptional service to Stanford. He was cited for, among other accomplishments, his "tireless efforts on behalf of Stanford's graduate students." He joined the Stanford faculty in 1953 in statistics and industrial engineering. At the time of his death, in 1999, he was professor emeritus of operations research and statistics.

Nominations are for doctoral students whose personal and professional traits that resemble Lieberman’s. Through their research accomplishments, teaching, and university service, awardees must have demonstrated the potential for becoming academic leaders.

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