{"id":824,"date":"2026-08-14T16:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/knight-hennessy-scholars-stanford\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:30:20","slug":"knight-hennessy-scholars-stanford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/knight-hennessy-scholars-stanford\/","title":{"rendered":"Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford: Fully Funded PhD &amp; Graduate Study"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-masters","category-phd","category-united-states"],"acf":{"host_country":"United States","host_school":"Stanford University","closing_date":"20261006","study_type":["International Students"],"level_of_study":["phd","masters","professional degrees"],"study_area":["Any\/All fields of study"],"scholarship_value":"Fully funded &mdash; tuition, living stipend, annual travel and relocation support (up to 3 years)","description":"<p><strong>Quick answer:<\/strong> <strong>Knight-Hennessy Scholars (KHS)<\/strong> funds up to three years of <strong>any full-time Stanford graduate degree<\/strong> &mdash; PhD, MBA, MD, JD, MS, MA and more &mdash; covering tuition, a living stipend, an annual flight home and a relocation allowance. It is open to citizens of <strong>every country including Nigeria<\/strong>, with no quota, no age limit and no nomination needed.<\/p><p>For the 2027 cohort, the KHS application closes <strong>6 October 2026, 1:00 pm Pacific Time<\/strong>. You must also apply separately to your Stanford graduate programme &mdash; by that programme&rsquo;s own KHS-aligned deadline or <strong>1 December 2026<\/strong>, whichever comes first (MBA applicants must use Round 1). For PhD students, KHS fully funds years 1&ndash;3; after that your department&rsquo;s standard PhD funding takes over.<\/p>","eligibility":"<ul><li>Any nationality &mdash; Nigerians apply directly, same process as everyone else.<\/li><li>First bachelor&rsquo;s degree earned in <strong>January 2020 or later<\/strong> for the 2027 cohort (January 2018+ with military service); final-year undergraduates can apply.<\/li><li>Must gain admission to a full-time Stanford graduate programme in the same year &mdash; <strong>two separate applications<\/strong> (KHS + the degree programme).<\/li><li>A few Stanford programmes are excluded (e.g. Honors Cooperative, JSD, MLS) &mdash; check the KHS eligibility page.<\/li><\/ul>","official_scholarship_link":"https:\/\/knight-hennessy.stanford.edu\/","additional_info":"<p><strong>How to apply:<\/strong> submit the KHS application (essays, r&eacute;sum&eacute;, recommendations, video statement) at <a href=\"https:\/\/knight-hennessy.stanford.edu\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">knight-hennessy.stanford.edu<\/a> before 6 October 2026, and your Stanford degree application by its deadline. 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