The Society for Military History

Jobs and Fellowships

FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
Call for Applications
Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection
Hellenic Research Fellowship Program 2025-2026

Thanks to generous ongoing funding, the university library is pleased to offer the continuation of the Hellenic Research Fellowship Program (HRFP) for a 13th year. The HRFP, the only residential fellowship program west of the Mississippi in Hellenic studies, provides opportunities for visiting scholars and writers-in-residence to spend time in Sacramento, CA, conducting research and crafting their creative works using the resources of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection. The HRFP provides a limited number of fellowships in the form of reimbursement to help offset transportation and living expenses incurred in connection with the awards. The fellowship application deadline is April 11, 2025. No late applications will be considered. See below for full program information and application instructions.

Consisting of the holdings of the former Speros Basil Vryonis Center for the Study of Hellenism, the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, part of the Donald & Beverly Gerth Special Collections and University Archives, is a research collection of international significance for the campus and Sacramento regional communities, as well as for scholars around the globe. Currently numbering over 83,000 volumes and 500 linear feet of personal papers and institutional archives, it comprises a large circulating book collection, journal holdings, electronic resources, non-print media, rare books, archival materials, art, and artifacts. With its focus on the Hellenic world, the collection contains materials from antiquity to the present across the social sciences and humanities relating to Greece, its neighboring countries, and the surrounding region. There is a broad representation of languages in the collection, with a rich assortment of primary source materials. For further information about the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, visit https://library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos.

For the full Hellenic Research Fellowship Program description, application instructions, and list of previous fellows, see: https://library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos-hellenic-collection/hrfp. Questions about the Program can be directed to George I. Paganelis, Curator, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection (paganelis@csus.edu).

FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
CMH Dissertation Fellowships: General Information

Purpose
To support scholarly research and writing among qualified civilian graduate students preparing dissertations in the history of warfare, the Center offers two Dissertation Fellowships each year. They are designed to support dissertations that explore the material culture of the Army or the more general areas of military history in all its many aspects.  Students specializing in history, archives, and museums are welcomed to apply. These fellowships carry a $15,000 stipend and access to the Center's facilities and technical expertise.

Area and Topics of Study
For purposes of this program, the history of war on land is broadly defined, including such areas as biography, military campaigns, military organization and administration, policy, strategy, tactics, weaponry, technology, training, logistics, and the evolution of civil-military relations. In the selection of proposals for funding, preference is given to topics on the history of the U.S. Army. Topics submitted should complement rather than duplicate the Center's existing projects.

Eligibility
Requirements Applicants who wish to become Fellows must be civilian citizens of the United States unaffiliated with the U.S. government; that is, they must not be military personnel, not in federal service as civilian employees, and not under contract to the U.S. government. They must demonstrate their professional potential by submitting the following:
(1) Official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate schools attended
(2) A proposed plan of research
(3) One letter of recommendation from their academic director that includes a statement approving the dissertation topic
(4) One letter of recommendation from an individual who can attest to their qualifications for the fellowship
(5) A writing sample of approximately 25 pages. (Please submit an entire piece rather than a fragment.)
(6) Application Document.  Please download here. (PDF download - 116KB)

IMPORTANT: Applicants must have completed by 1 September 2025 all requirements for the Ph.D. degree, except for the dissertation.

Requirements
At the beginning of the Fellowship Year, Fellows will meet virtually with the Chief of Military History, the Chief Historian, and the Executive Secretary of the Dissertation Fellowship Program. At some point during the Fellowship year, in consultation with the Center, the Fellow will present in an appropriate form and forum, an oral presentation on his or her work in progress. The Fellow will also prepare a brief written report at the conclusion of his or her fellowship year. The Center requires deposit in its library of one copy of the complete bound dissertation.

Stipends and Payments
The stipend of $15,000 for the fellowship is provided in one payment at the start of the academic year. From this sum, the recipient must meet travel and all other expenses in connection with the fellowship. The payment of the stipend is made directly to the Fellow upon receipt of certification from the parent academic institution that he or she is a candidate for the Ph.D. degree and is authorized to become a Visiting Research Fellow.

Role of CMH
The Center of Military History also undertakes to support the Fellow's scholarly activities in the Washington area by making its collections accessible and its specialists available, insofar as official duties permit. Fellows receive desk space at the U.S. Army Center of Military History, if available, and are assisted in gaining access to archival and library sources within the Washington area as well as at the U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Review of the dissertation by the Center is at the discretion of the Center and the candidate's sponsoring institution, but responsibility for the control and approval of the dissertation remains with the academic institution and its faculty.

Application Submission
Questions concerning the application should be sent to: katelyn.k.tietzen-wisdom.civ@army.mil

Applications and all supporting documents for the Dissertation Fellowships must be postmarked no later than 18 March 2025; none is accepted when mailed after that date. The applicant is responsible for ensuring that all required documentation is mailed before the closing date.

Completed applications should be mailed to:
U.S. Army Center of Military History
c/o Dissertation Fellowship Committee
102 4th Avenue, Building 35
Fort McNair, DC 20319-5060

Completed applications can also be emailed to: katelyn.k.tietzen-wisdom.civ@army.mil

Evaluation and Selection
The Center of Military History conducts its evaluation of applicants on the basis of academic achievement, faculty recommendations, demonstrated writing ability, the relevance of the topic to U.S. Army history, and the nature and location of the proposed research. The awards are made on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicapping condition, marital status, or political affiliation. The Center notifies all applicants of the competition's outcome by a short notice or letter not later than 25 April 2025.

FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
Fellowship Title: Military Collection Research Summer 2025 Fellowship

Fellowship Location: History Colorado Center, Denver, CO (This position is in-person and not available for remote work.)

Stipend: $5,000. The stipend is not salary or compensation. The stipend is meant to support study and research during the tenure of the appointment and will be issued in three installments: 45% at the start, 45% at the end, and 10% upon submission of the findings report post completion of the fellowship.

History Colorado is committed to anti-racism practices across its institution and outlined in these grounding virtues. As such, we encourage members of Black, Indigenous, Latino Hispanic, People of Color, LGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities communities to apply for this internship.

Apply By: March 15, 2025

Desired Schedule: Apx. one month. 160 hours, worked between June and August 2024.

Broad Scope of Position: The Military Collection Research Fellowship supports scholars who wish to pursue research and study centered on the Colorado Military History Collection. The Colorado Military History Collection is significant because it includes artifacts, books, manuscripts, pamphlets, maps, newspapers, photographs, and ephemera relevant to the history of Colorado and Western military service. This collection covers a vast number of subjects including the 10th Mountain Division, U.S.S. Colorado, Colorado National Guard, Spanish-American War, The Frontier Army, Military Forts, U.S. Air Force, World War I, World War II, and German POWs.

Outcomes: In the first month, the fellow will create one social media post and will present one program at History Colorado on their research experience. Within six months following the residency period, the fellow will submit a final report on their research findings.

Desired Academic Field Study: The fellowship intends to support serious scholarly work that makes use of the Colorado Military History Collection and adds to scholarship in a field related to the collection’s content. We are seeking current or recent graduate students and PhD candidates in American History, Military History, Political Science, Public History, or related degree programs.

To Apply for this Position: All application materials must be submitted in the order below in one PDF file. Please include the following materials:

• Project abstract (maximum length: 150 words)
• Curriculum Vitae
• Project description indicating the scope of your research and the existing scholarship with which you engage (maximum length: 1000 words)
• Summary of the parts of the Colorado Military History collection you plan to consult during your residency and how they are pertinent to your project (maximum length: 500 words)
• List of other museum or archival collections in Colorado you may consult during your residency
• Strongly suggested that fellow visits at least 1 other institution during the funding period)

• List of potential conference(s) at which you would present your finished work

GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Charles Koch Foundation Foreign Policy Grants Team recently launched a new RFPs that will be of interest to SMH members. Their focus is primarily on supporting research with relevance to current U.S. foreign policy debates. All of these RFPs operate on a rolling basis and are open to scholars at all levels, including graduate students via their dissertation grants.

Foreign Policy - https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/foreign-policy-research-grants/

Ending Endless Wars in the Middle East - https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/ending-endless-wars-in-the-middle-east/

The Future of America’s Alliances - https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/the-future-of-americas-alliances/

Managing Relations with China - https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/managing-relations-with-china/

Trade Policy - https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/trade-policy-research/

U.S. Foreign Policy Dissertation Grants - https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/u-s-foreign-policy-dissertations/

While the Foundation anticipate these RFPs being open long-term, they do reassess their priorities on an annual basis. All open RFPs can always be found on this webpage: https://charleskochfoundation.org/partner-with-us/

SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
Charles A. and Loyola M. Murphy Endowed Scholarship for the Study of 10th Mountain Military History

Recently, the 10th Mountain Foundation partnered with the family of WWII veteran, Charles Murphy (86-I) to create our first endowed scholarship for graduate students in military history.

Applicants need not be 10th Mountain descendants, but they do need to be studying about the Division. and its related units.
This $5,000 scholarship granted once per recipient and celebrates the devotion to education that Charles Murphy and his wife Loyola brought following his return from Italy and his is 31 years of teaching and coaching.

https://10thmountainfoundation.org/programs-we-support/scholarship/undergraduate-scholarships/

FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
The Ronald Reagan Institute announces a new Postdoctoral Visiting Scholars Program for work that advances the political, economic, and national security ideas and values of President Ronald Reagan. Visiting Scholars will be selected based on the relevance of their research to these principles. Proposals will also be judged on the likelihood of completion of a book manuscript during the fellowship period. In addition to a stipend of $75,000, each scholar will receive an additional $5,000 for research related costs.

See https://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan-institute/scholarship/reagan-institute-visiting-fellows-program/

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