CCSRE Graduate Fellows Emerging Scholars Program: Nomination Information

This award offers tuition and a competitive annual stipend for three years. This stipend covers all four quarters of the three years. At the 8- to 10-unit level and provides an annual stipend of approximately $52,900 each year for three years. The stipend covers all four quarters of each fellowship year.

Prospective Emerging Scholars must be nominated by CCSRE-affiliated faculty during the PhD admission season. Note that the nomination form must be completed by the admitting department's graduate administrator, not by the nominating faculty member.

Nominations of students from all backgrounds are welcome. The criteria for selection for the Emerging Scholars Graduate Fellowships are race-neutral, and all evaluations will be undertaken in conformance with the Supreme Court's June 2023 decision in SFFA v. Harvard / UNC. 

Nominations are now closed.

Eligibility:

Nominees must be:

• Newly admitted Stanford doctoral students scheduled to matriculate in Autumn 2025
• Committed to pursuing research focused on race and ethnicity
• Nominated by a CCSRE-affiliated faculty member
• In residence at Stanford for the duration of the award (3 years)

Finalists selected by CCSRE will be evaluated by the Graduate Fellowships Faculty Advisory Committee (GFFAC), a University-wide faculty committee that reviews all VPGE-administered Stanford awards. GFFAC will announce their decisions in March. Successful candidates will be extended the award shortly thereafter in collaboration with VPGE and the admitting department.

Nomination Process:

To nominate a student, please review the instructions below:

CCSRE Emerging Scholars Nomination Instructions

Note that all nominations for the Emerging Scholars Program must be submitted by the department's graduate administrator, not by faculty, although nominations require a letter of support from a CCSRE Faculty Affiliate.

Required nomination materials:

1. Nomination statement from a CCSRE-affiliated faculty member.

    The nomination statement should describe:

   • the student's qualifications and their fit for the admitting department
   • the faculty members with whom the student is likely to work
   • the student's interests and plans for conducting research related to race and ethnicity
   • how the student will benefit from participating in CCSRE's program.

2. A copy of the nominee’s graduate application to Stanford, including transcript(s), references, and cover sheets. 

   This information will be furnished automatically by Slate, the platform used to support the nominations process.

Eligibility and responsibilities:

• Fellows may hold no other employment, assistantship, or fellowship  concurrently. Exceptions to this restriction must be approved by CCSRE and VPGE.
• Fellows are encouraged to enroll in the CSRE Graduate Fellows Seminar on Wednesday from noon-1:30 for the duration of the award. 
• Fellows are strongly encouraged to attend the Center’s Faculty Seminar Series and quarterly Faculty Fellows Chautauquas.
• Fellows must be in residence at Stanford for the duration of the award; they are expected to attend events and the biweekly seminars are held in person.
• Fellows should submit a report detailing their academic progress at the end of each academic year for the duration of the award.