Stanford University is providing John S. Knight journalism fellowships for US and international applicants. US applicants for a Knight Fellowship must ideally have at least seven years of full-time professional experience and international applicants must ideally have at least five years. But less experienced applicants with outstanding achievements will also be considered. No college degree is required. Each year 20-plus journalists from all over the world come together for 10 months. The application deadline is December 1, 2015.
Study Subject(s): The program is focused on journalism innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership.
Course Level: This is a ten months fellowship program at Stanford University, USA.
Scholarship Provider: Stanford University
Scholarship can be taken at: USA
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( votes)Eligibility: US applicants for a Knight Fellowship ideally have at least seven years of full-time professional experience, international applicants ideally have at least five years. But we also consider less experienced applicants with outstanding achievements. No college degree is required. University consider applicants who fall into one or more of these categories:
-Full-time journalists
-Journalism entrepreneurs and innovators
-Journalism business and management executives
Scholarship Open for International Students: US or International applicants can apply for these John S. Knight Journalism fellowships.
Scholarship Description: 
A JSK Fellowship is a life-changing experience. Each year, we select 20 fellows from around the world and bring them together for 10 months at Stanford University, in the heart of Silicon Valley. Immersed in the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of this region, they are inspired to let go of old assumptions and learn new ways of thinking and working. They select fellows who identify and articulate a specific journalism challenge they want to explore in hopes of identifying potential solutions they will continue to work on beyond their time with us. We expect them to arrive in the program with more questions than answers and we seek people who are eager to experiment and to change course based on what they learn along the way. JSK Fellows learn from, and collaborate with, each other. Diversity of background, experience and viewpoints is a fundamental value of our program. They enthusiastically include spouses, partners and families in fellowship life.
Number of award(s): Each year 20 journalists from all over the world come together as JSK Fellows for 10 months of learning, collaborating, creating and fun. The university enthusiastically includes families in fellowship life.
Duration of award(s): Fellowships are offered for 10 months.
What does it cover? To help fellows get the most out of their year, they provide several financial benefits, including a stipend of $65,000. In addition to the stipend, we provide fellows with additional funds designed to help with specific costs, such as housing, health insurance, child care and expenses related to work on their journalism challenges. (The amounts of these supplemental funds a fellow receives are based in part on family size and range from $13,000 to more than $50,000.) Other benefits of a JSK Fellowship:
-Access to some of the world’s most innovative thinkers and organizations, from technology giants to hot new startups to Stanford’s 100-plus special institutes and centers.
-Opportunities to join classes taught by top-notch Stanford professors and instructors in a wide range of specialties. It is not uncommon for classes to be taught by people who also are working in the private sector.
-A rich intellectual and cultural campus life, including live theater, music and dance performances and special lectures and events.
-Fellowship social events where everyone can get to know one another. A number of these events also are open to fellows’ children.
-Spouses and partners are eligible to take classes and attend fellowship seminars just as the fellows do. Fellows’ children can attend excellent Palo Alto-area schools and are included in some special fellowship social activities.
-Exposure to the incredible diversity of world views, experiences and cultural traditions that about 20 fellows from all over the world bring to the program.
-New friendships, professional connections and entrepreneurial skills that will continue beyond your 10 months with us.
Selection Criteria: Not Known
Notification: Not Known
How to Apply: The mode of applying is online.
Scholarship Application Deadline: Deadline for International and U.S. Applicants is December 1, 2015.
