By Kathleen J. Sullivan

Karen Hong, a third-year medical student at Stanford Medical School, and Geo Saba, a senior majoring in political science, have been awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships.

Two Stanford students have been awarded 2015 Gates Cambridge Scholarships for graduate studies at the University of Cambridge in England.

Geo Saba, a senior majoring in political science with honors in international security studies, and Karen Hong, a third-year student at Stanford Medical School, are among the 40 American students awarded scholarships, the Gates Cambridge Trust announced Wednesday.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation established the Gates Cambridge Scholarships in 2000 with a $210 million endowment to enable outstanding graduate students from outside the United Kingdom to pursue full-time graduate studies in any subject at Cambridge University. The scholarships cover the full cost of studying at the storied university.

Geo Saba, 22, of San Mateo, Calif., is a senior majoring in political science with honors in international security studies.

At Cambridge, he plans to pursue a master's degree in international relations and politics.

"Receiving the Gates Cambridge scholarship could not have occurred without the many faculty and fellow students who have shaped my interests, challenged my thinking, opened doors of opportunity and supported me as I embark on a career in public service," Saba said.

Saba is a member of the Class of 2015 Interschool Honors Program in International Security Studies at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford. His honors thesis is entitled, The Power of the National Security Advisor in Presidential Decision-Making.

Currently, Saba is serving as a research assistant to former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is a professor of political economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a professor of political science and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.

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