Stanford Humanities Center
Fellowships for Stanford Undergraduates
The Hume Honors Fellowships are awarded to ten Stanford seniors working on an honors thesis in a humanities discipline. Students apply for the fellowship at the start of each academic year and are selected early in the fall quarter. Hume Honors fellows receive a stipend of $1,500 for research, have an individual desk in the Humanities Center undergraduate office, participate in a variety of group activities throughout the year, and present their honors thesis at a Symposium at the close of the academic year.
The Hume Honors Fellowships are awarded to ten Stanford seniors working on an honors thesis in a humanities discipline. Students apply for the fellowship at the start of each academic year and are selected early in the fall quarter. Hume Honors fellows receive a stipend of $1,500 for research, have an individual desk in the Humanities Center undergraduate office, participate in a variety of group activities throughout the year, and present their honors thesis at a Symposium at the close of the academic year.
- Eligibility
- Stanford senior in good standing, writing an honors thesis in a humanities discipline (can include the qualitative social sciences)
- Will be in residence at Stanford for all three quarters of the academic year
- Can commit to participating in a number of organized activities at the Humanities Center (approx. 1–3/quarter), including the end of year Symposium
- Application Process
- To apply for the fellowship a student should fill out this google form by Friday, October 16, 2026. This form calls for a statement describing the honor thesis, its key questions, methods, and arguments (150 words) and a statement describing why being at the Humanities Center would be beneficial to the applicant (150 words)
- A letter of recommendation from the faculty supervising the student’s honors thesis is required to accompany the application. Faculty recommenders should use this google form to submit recommendations by Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
For more information, contact Svetlana Turetskaya, International and Academic Programs Manager, by email or call (650) 690-0763.
The fellowship was one of the most impactful parts of my honors thesis experience. It gave me the time and the intellectual space to approach my project as a work of humanities scholarship, rather than just another requirement to check off.
