ePluribus Stanford Post-Graduation Fellowship

Fellowship Overview

ePluribus Stanford is excited to offer a postgraduate fellowship in support of an outstanding undergraduate student who is graduating in Spring 2026 and interested in pursuing professional and personal growth in the areas of constructive dialogue and civic engagement. This yearlong, on-campus fellowship offers the participant a unique opportunity to shape Stanford’s civic and dialogue programming, help build a curious and courageous campus culture, and strengthen their own knowledge and skills in constructive dialogue and engaged citizenship. 

The fellow will work closely with the Executive Director Karina Kloos, receive regular mentorship from Faculty Co-Directors Professors Norman Spaulding and Dan Edelstein, and coordinate with campus partners leading relevant curricular and co-curricular programming. Fellowship responsibilities may include: 

• Leading the Frosh Civic Leaders Fellowship, a yearlong student experience aimed at cultivating civic, dialogic, and leadership skills and practices among first-year students.
• Supporting ideation, outreach, and logistics for all other ePluribus programming, including other fellowships, workshops, speaker forums, grants, and awards.
• Liaising with student leaders and campus partners on civic and dialogue programming.
• Learning from other campus efforts, including maintaining a research inventory of other universities’ civic and dialogue initiatives and impact metrics to guide new program developments, and participating in select conferences.

This is a one-year, in-person, post-graduation fellowship at Stanford University with a $62,000 stipend. 

Fellowship Components

Mentorship

Mentorship is a core element of the ePluribus Stanford Fellowship. Director Karina Kloos will serve as the fellow’s primary mentor, directly supervising ongoing projects and supporting professional and personal growth. The fellow will receive substantive and engaging assignments, broad exposure to the inner workings of ePluribus Stanford, and meaningful connections across campus communities working on constructive dialogue. Director Kloos will meet with the fellow weekly, support day-to-day functions, and provide special opportunities such as travel to conferences or attendance of special events. 

Learning Plan

By the end of the fellowship’s first month, the fellow and Director Kloos will jointly craft a learning plan, which outlines the skills, knowledge, and values that the fellow hopes to develop during the fellowship. The purpose of this document is to help the fellow articulate, prioritize, and gain support for what they want to learn during the fellowship and provide concrete ways to monitor progress. It also offers a framework for reflection and sets common expectations for mentor and fellow. The learning plan will dovetail with a set of work priorities and project responsibilities to emphasize the fellowship’s reciprocal nature. A template and instructions will be provided to the fellow. Learning plans can be revised as needed during the fellowship. 

Reflection & Assessment Meetings

Midway through the fellowship, the mentor and fellow will devote time to reflect on progress towards dedicated projects, personal and professional development, and learning goals. At the end of the fellowship, the mentor and fellow will each complete an online evaluation; the fellow will complete their end-of-fellowship reflection; and then meet to debrief the fellowship experience together. The debrief will consist of: (a) reflecting on strengths and areas of growth for both the mentor and fellow, (b) identifying concrete ways to support the fellow transition into their next role, and (c) exploring potential changes to the fellowship to improve the experience for future fellows. 

Fellowship Description

Critical inquiry, inclusive and constructive dialogue within and across groups, and a civic culture that promotes citizenship and sustains liberal democracy are central to the mission set out in Stanford’s Founding Grant. 

ePluribus Stanford is a Presidential and Provostial Initiative designed to expand, amplify, and reconstitute a shared commitment to these goals across the university. A centerpiece of the initiative is teaching the constitutive skills for critical inquiry, constructive engagement, and effective bridge building and leadership in intellectual and civic life. Drawing on expertise from across the University’s multiple existing programs, and building innovative, new programming to supplement these efforts, the initiative functions as a center of gravity of academic life (curricular, co-curricular, and residential). Core activities of the initiative include: