Annual Strategy and Policy Fellows grant

Overview

The Smith Richardson Foundation sponsors an annual Strategy and Policy Fellows grant competition to support young scholars and policy thinkers on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history. The purpose of the program is to strengthen the U.S. community of scholars and researchers conducting policy analysis in these fields. 

The Foundation will award at least three research grants of $60,000 each to enable the recipients to research and write a book. Within the academic community, this program supports junior or adjunct faculty, research associates, and post-docs who are engaged in policy-relevant research and writing. 

Please note that the Fellowship program will only consider single-author book projects. The Fellowship program will not consider collaborative projects (e.g., edited or multi-authored books, conference volumes or reports, or a collection of previously published articles, chapters or essays.)

The applicant must: 

• Have a Ph.D. by the time of the application deadline. A professional terminal degree (e.g., J.D. or MBA) will not be accepted as a substitute. 
• Be affiliated with and sponsored by a U.S. organization (e.g., university or think tank). If applying from an organization outside the United States, that organization must have a properly incorporated U.S. 501(c)3 entity and a cover letter of sponsorship for the applicant must come from the U.S. 501(c)3 organization. 

Proposals should be emailed to the following address: [email protected] 
Project duration: one to two years 
Number of awards: 3