After 17 years, Stanford DARE fellowship to close: Is compliance with federal law coming at too high a cost?

Stanford University will discontinue its long-running Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Doctoral Fellowship Programme by the end of this year. The decision, which comes amid University-wide budget cuts and changes in federal policy, marks the end of a 17-year initiative aimed at increasing diversity within academia. According to a statement obtained by The Stanford Daily, the DARE programme will be replaced with a new graduate fellowship launching in Autumn 2026. The transition was confirmed in a May email sent to faculty and administrators by Ken Goodson, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs, and Anika Green, DARE Director and Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate Education. Programme established to diversify academia Established in 2008, DA