Predoctoral Fellowship, 2025-2026

Description

The Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin seeks applications from current PhD candidates for its Predoctoral Fellowship Program.

 

Consistent with the Clements Center’s emphasis on history, strategy, and statecraft, applicants from all disciplines whose research bears directly on foreign and defense policy, intelligence, or international security are welcome to apply. While our Center tends to emphasize the discipline of history, or research with a strong historical component, we also highly encourage applications from PhD students in political science, political philosophy, public policy, language studies, area studies, and classics, whose research contributes to traditional political and military history or makes meaningful contributions to the practice of statecraft. This fellowship is designed specifically to help expedite dissertation completion, so applicants should be in the dissertation writing phase and within one or at most two years of anticipated dissertation submission. Successful applicants will spend their time as fellows working on their own research and writing projects, while taking advantage of the many academic and professional resources available at the Center and across the University of Texas-Austin. Additionally, Fellows will actively participate in the Clements Center’s programs and activities such as guest lectures and conferences. Additional, specific responsibilities will only occur through mutual agreement between the Fellow and the Clements Center leadership. Fellows accepted to the program will be offered a competitive stipend, full use of UT facilities, and office space at the Clements Center. Each appointment is for one year and in exceptional cases may be considered for renewal for a second year.

 

Applications open on October 7, 2024. Apply on the Clements Center’s website here. Applicants should submit a current C.V, cover letter, graduate school transcripts, a brief (no more than two-page, single-spaced) research statement, and three letters of recommendation. Applicants whose research addresses the Indo-Pacific region’s increasing role in U.S. foreign policy and security should indicate whether they want to be considered for the Predoctoral Fellowship at the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program. Applications are due no later than December 16, 2024 at 11 p.m. Central.

 

Please direct any questions to Emily Burch, Graduate Student Progam Coordinator, at emily.burch@austin.utexas.edu.

 

Qualifications

Applicants are required to be currently enrolled in a PhD program. 

Application Instructions

Applications are due by Monday, December 16, 2024 at midnight EST/11 pm CST. 

Applicants will need to submit a C.V., cover letter and a brief statement of proposed research.

Applicants are also required to submit three letters of recommendation and graduate school transcripts. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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