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Strategy & Policy Fellows Grant Program

Smith Richardson Foundation Inc

Funding Amount

US $60,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Strategy & Policy Fellows Grant Program

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Smith Richardson Foundation
Amount: US $60,000
Last Updated: March 09, 2025

Summary

The Smith Richardson Foundation's Strategy & Policy Fellows Grant Program supports emerging scholars and policy thinkers in American foreign policy and international relations. Annually, it offers three grants of $60,000 each for single-author book projects. This initiative aims to enhance the U.S. academic community's capacity for policy analysis by funding junior faculty, research associates, and post-docs engaged in relevant research, thus fostering the next generation of policy leaders.

Overview

The Smith Richardson Foundation sponsors an annual Strategy and Policy Fellows grant competition to support young scholars and policy thinkers on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history. The purpose of the program is to strengthen the U.S. community of scholars and researchers conducting policy analysis in these fields. The Foundation will award at least three research grants of $60,000 each to enable the recipients to research and write a book. Within the academic community, this program supports junior or adjunct faculty, research associates, and post-docs who are engaged in policy-relevant research and writing. Within the think tank community, the program supports members of the rising generation of policy thinkers who are focused on U.S. strategic and foreign policy issues.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants must be an employee or affiliate of either an academic institution or a think tank.Please note that the Fellowship program will only consider single-author book projects.

Ineligibility

It will not consider collaborative projects (e.g., edited or multi-authored books, conference volumes or reports, or a collection of previously published articles, chapters or essays.)

What Smith Richardson Foundation Inc actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024

Grants in 2024
282
Total given
$22.92M
Median grant
$50K
Range
$1,000–$400K
  • By dollars: District of Columbia 46%, California 10%, Virginia 7%. Top recipient cities: Washington, DC; New York, NY; Greensboro, NC.
  • 100% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 29% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • American Foreign Policy Council · Washington, DC

    General operating support

    $400K

  • Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc · Washington, DC

    General operating support

    $400K

  • Stanford University · Stanford, CA

    General operating support

    $374K

  • Institute for the Study of War Inc · Washington, DC

    General operating support

    $322K

  • Center for Strategic and International Studies Inc · Washington, DC

    General operating support

    $300K

IRS Form 990-PF, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

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Fields of Work

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