Grants & Fellowships
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By Barmak Pazhwak | February 2012
- Arab Society and Police Relations Initiative in Israel
January 2012 - DM&E for Peacebuilding
By Andrew Blum | December 2011 - Preventing Conflict through Participatory Urban Planning in the Niger Delta: CMAP
By Andrew Blum | September 2011 - Never too Young for Peace
By Raya Barazanji | September 2011 - Empowering Afghan Press for Transitional Justice
By Barmak Pazhwak | September 2011
Program Experts
The Annual Grant Competition
The Annual Grant program supports academic and applied research, the identification of promising models and effective practices, and the development of practioner resources, tools, and training programs related to conflict management, international peace and security and peacebuilding.
Read more about current grantees and how to apply!
The Priority Grant Competition
The Priority Grant program supports non-profit organizations working in or on Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Sudan, Arab World Political Transformation, and projects related to the theme of communication and peacebuilding.
Applications are accepted and awards are given throughout the year. | Read more!
The Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship program
Jennings Randolph (JR) Senior Fellowships are awarded to scholars, practitioners, policy analysts, and other experts for the opportunity to spend 10 months inresidence at the Institute, reflecting and writing on pressing international peace and security challenges. | Read more about current Senior Fellows and their activities.
The Senior Fellowship application for the fellowship program beginning in October 2013 is now open.
Read more about the application process.
The Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar Dissertation program
The Peace Scholar Dissertation fellowship isa non-residential scholarship awarded to students enrolled at U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations on topics related to peace, conflict, and international security. Each year the program awards approximately ten fellowships. Dissertation projects in all disciplines are welcome. | Read about the 2011-2012 Peace Scholars.
The 2012-2013 Peace Scholar application is now open. The application deadline will be at midnight (EST) on January 6, 2012. | Read more about the application process.
The Transatlantic Post-Doc Fellowship for International Relations and Security (TAPIR)
The TAPIR is open to candidates who have recently recieved their doctorate in social and political sciences or economics and whose research focuses on topics of international relations and/or international peace and security issues. Fellowships are granted for a duration of 24 months to prepare Fellows for a career in policy-oriented and international research at renowned think tanks and political consulting research institutes. Fellows spend three eight-month stays at institutions participating in the program - at least one on the Eastern and one on the Western side of the Atlantic. The TAPIR fellowship is administered by the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Germany. | Visit their website for more information about placements and applying.
Current TAPIR Fellow: Mateja Peter
Jennings Randolph Military Fellows
Each year, the JR program welcomes an army officer serving in a Senior Service College Fellowship capacity. Officers selected as fellows at USIP have extensive military experience and/or responsibility for civil-military relations.
Current Army Fellow: LTC Brian J. Stokes