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Grant Highlights
- Diversity, Peace and Tolerance in Pakistan's Media
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Public Radio International's In-Depth Reporting on Security Issues in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Making a Difference in Kirkuk: One Policeman at a Time
- 2010 Annual Grant Competition Award Recipients
- Recent Priority Grant Competition Awards
Fellows in the News
- Peace Scholar Melissa McAdam (10-11) has published an article, "Taking Soft Power Seriously" in the winter issue of Comparative Strategy (Vol 29, No. 5) coauthored with Matthew Kroenig (Georgetown) and Steve Weber (UC Berkeley).
- Peace Scholar Jonathan Pearl published an OpEd in the Huffington Post, "A Way Forward for Nuclear Arms Control."
- Former Senior Visiting Scholar Jayantha Dhanapala published an OpEd in the online publication In-Depth News (IDN), "Two Cheers for New START."
- Senior Fellow John Prendergast (96-97) presented a trip report on the current situation in Sudan in advance of southern Sudan's indendence referendum at the Council on Foreign Relations with George Clooney. Watch the report.
- Army Fellow Guy T. Consentino (07-08) has been nominated by President Obama for appointment to the rank of brigadier general. Cosentino is currently serving as senior military assistant, under secretary of defense (policy), Washington, D.C.
Program Experts
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Senior Program Officer, Grant and Fellowships Program
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Senior Program Officer, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program
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Leadership
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Senior Vice President, Grant Program and Special Adviser, Muslim World Initiative
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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.
Applications are due October 3, 2011. | 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, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Sudan, and starting October 1, 2010 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.JPG)
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.
Please note: the deadline for Senior Fellowship applications for the program beginning in October 2012 has been extended. The new deadline is: Midnight Eastern Standard Time, Monday, October 17, 2011.
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 2010-2011 Peace Scholars.
The 2011-2012 Peace Scholar application has closed. Information about the 2012-2013 Competition will be available shortly. The application deadline will be in January 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 Fellows: Claudia Hofmann and Judith Vorrath
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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.