Roberts Fellowship

The Dwight D. Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts
Graduate Fellowship Program
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Dwight D. Eisenhower believed that democracy and citizen leadership characterize a strong nation. Leadership in a strong democracy requires citizens who can trust their government, understand and take personal responsibility, participate as leaders with a strong value system and personal integrity, and are informed and participate in their democracy. Eisenhower's vision of democracy requires a strong and free economy guided by fiscal responsibility, a commitment to education, a strong national defense, bi-partisanship in government, global involvement, open and free access to information and a free press.

The Eisenhower Institute is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to carrying Dwight Eisenhower's legacy into the 21st century by fostering integrity and trust in federal government, promoting broader understanding of America's role and responsibilities in world affairs and fostering leadership development and public service in America and its youth.

Through independent and collaborative programs, The Institute pursues this mission by: education; communication; publications and multi-media technology; policy conferences; and recognition of the leadership of individuals and organizations that carry the Eisenhower legacy forward.

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Research Subject Parameters

As a national living memorial to President Eisenhower, The Eisenhower Institute seeks to support study and education dealing with the role of government in a free society, the relationship between international and domestic issues, and improved understanding of world affairs.

Through its graduate fellowship programs, the Institute desires to encourage and assist promising young Americans to pursue studies and research in such fields as history, government, economics, business administration and international affairs so they may provide informed leadership in the conduct of our national life.

Applicants

Applicants should be at an advanced stage of their doctoral candidacies, preferably preparing their dissertations. The Institute will consider, on written university recommendation in unique circumstances, applications of less advanced graduate students or of persons who recently earned their PhD and are pursuing studies in the Institute's fields of interest. Applicants are awarded on merit.

Applications

Participating universities will advertise and make known that the Dwight D. Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts graduate fellowship program is available to their students. It will also screen, through its own review procedures, the applicants, forwarding to The Eisenhower Institute no more than two highly qualified applicants. A university has the option to rank the applications if it so chooses.

Each application should include:

1) The applicant's curriculum vitae;
2) A statement describing the nature and scope of the dissertation, including a timetable for its completion;
3) A writing sample of 10-15 pages, preferably on a topic related to the dissertation;
4) A 1,000 word statement of his or her career aspirations;
5) Two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the candidate's doctoral advisor;
6) If the university has any other requirements, they may also be incorporated.

Schedules

Applications must be received by mail (no faxes or e-mail will be acknowledged) at The Eisenhower Institute no later than February 28, 2008. The Eisenhower Institute's Grants Committee will then conduct its review and selection, followed by the notification to the universities of the decisions and announcement of the winners in April.

Funding and Reporting Requirements

The size of each annual award will range between $7,000 and $10,000. 50% of each award will be disbursed to the participating universities on June 30th, and the remaining 50% on December 31st. Each university may make its own arrangements for disbursing the funds to the fellows. The Institute requires a brief report from the fellow's advisor on each fellow's progress prior to December 31st in order for the second half of the award to be disbursed.

Publications

The Institute requires receipt of an overview/summary of the candidate's dissertation once completed. The Institute also requires a copy of any publication resulting from a fellow's research, as well as acknowledgment of its support within the publication(s).