Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Stanford University Stanford, United States · open to applicants worldwide
Multidisciplinary scholarship that funds graduate study in any Stanford degree program, combined with a leadership development curriculum. Scholars must apply to both KHS and their Stanford graduate program.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
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About
Also: funding for Stanford graduate degree; leadership curriculum; cross-disciplinary cohort.
Who can apply: Open to all nationalities; there is a cutoff on when the bachelor's degree was earned (see eligibility page).
Free to apply.
Annual; the 2027 cohort application is closed and the 2028 cohort application opens in June 2027.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: essays, cv, references, transcript, video.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “The KHS application to join the 2027 cohort is now closed.”
Who can apply
- Open to students, working professionals, researchers
- Open to all nationalities; there is a cutoff on when the bachelor's degree was earned (see eligibility page).
What you will need
- Personal statement / SOPOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- TranscriptOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Work samplesOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
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