Roberts Fellowship

The Dwight D. Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts
Graduate Fellowship Program
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The Eisenhower Institute

The Eisenhower Institute is a nonpartisan organization dedicating to perpetuating Dwight  D. Eisenhower's legacy by fostering integrity and trust in the federal government, promoting broader understanding of democracy, and supporting leadership in public service. Through independent and collaborative programs, the Eisenhower Institute pursues this mission by: education; publications; conferences; scholarships; public policy studies; and recognition of the leadership contributions of individuals and organizations engaged in works carrying out the Eisenhower legacy.

Guidelines

Applicants

Applicants should be at an advanced stage of their doctorial candidacies, preferably at the point of preparing their dissertations. The Institute will consider, on written university recommendation in unique circumstances, applications of less advanced graduate students or of persons who have recently earned their doctorates and wish to pursue studies in the Institute's field of interest. Applicants are selected on merit and must be receiving their graduate degree from one of the following institutions: University of Chicago, Columbia University, Harvard University, Cornell University, Kansas University, Princeton University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Virginia, and Washington University at St. Louis, Stanford University, Vanderbilt University or The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Research Subject Parameters

The Eisenhower Institute seeks to support study and education dealing with the role of government in a free society, citizen public service, public policy, and improved understanding of America's role in world affairs. The Institute desires to encourage and assist promising young Americans to pursue studies and research in fields such as; history, government, economics, business administration, and international affairs, so they may provide informed leadership in the conduct of our national life.

Applications

The participating universities (noted above) will advertise and make known that the Dwight D.Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts graduate fellowship program is available to their students. Each university will screen, through its own reviews procedures, its applicants and forward no more than two highly qualified applicants to The Eisenhower Institute or consideration of a fellowship award. Each university has the option to rank applications if it so chooses.

Each application must include:

• The applicants curriculum vitae
• A statement describing the nature and scope of the dissertation, including a timetable for its complication
• A writing sample of 10-15 pages, preferably on a topic related to the dissertation
• A statement, not exceed 1,000 words, of the applicants career aspirations
• Two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the applicant's doctorial advisor, and
• Such other information as the participating university may require

Schedules

Applications must be received by mail or delivery (no facsimile or email transmissions will be acknowledged) to The Eisenhower Institute no later than the close of business on March 17, 2010. The Grants Committee of the Eisenhower Institute Board of Directors will then conduct its review and selection procedures. Notifications of fellowships granted for the 2009-10 program will be sent to the appropriate universities in April.

Funding and Reporting Requirements

Each fellowship award is for a stipend of $10 000 which will be paid to the universities, half in September, 2010 and the remainder in January, 2011. Each university may make its own arrangements for disbursing the funds to the Fellows. The Institute requires a brief progress report from the Fellow's doctorial advisor no later than December 31, 2010 in order for the second half of the stipend to be disbursed by the Institute.

Publications

The Institute requires receipt of the Fellow's dissertation once completed along with an acknowledgement of the Institute's support of the work.

Contact

Please contact, Jeffrey M. Blavatt, Director, via email at jblavatt@gettysburg.edu or by phone (202) 628-4444.