Deadline: 6-Oct-22
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is seeking applications for the Peace Scholar Fellowship program that awards non-residential fellowships to PhD candidates enrolled in U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations on topics broadly related to conflict management, peacebuilding and relevant security studies.
This program partners with the Minerva Research Initiative to support additional fellowships relating to topics on peace and security studies. Currently, the program awards up to 18 scholarships per year, and awards support both research and writing stages of work on dissertations.
Benefits
- Peace Scholars receive stipends of up to $20,000 for the academic year, paid directly to the individual in three tranches.
- USIP funds up to 18 Peace Scholars for a 10-month, non-residential fellowship.
Eligibility Criteria
- The competition is open to Ph.D. candidates enrolled in U.S. universities who have successfully completed all of the required classwork and any required comprehensive exams.
- Peace Scholar fellows carry out their fellowship work at their universities or other sites appropriate to their research. Peace Scholars are expected to devote full attention to their work and provide the following:
- Participate in the annual Peace Scholar Workshop each fall;
- Submit quarterly dissertation progress reports to be signed by the dissertation advisor;
- Submit updates for the USIP Peace Scholar newsletter;
- Participate in virtual roundtable discussions;
- Submit a copy of the completed dissertation to USIP;
- Submit copies of any other publications, including articles and books, resulting from the fellowship.
For more information, visit https://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/fellowships/peace-scholar-fellowship-program#