Jobs and Fellowships
In 2026, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation will host either one research fellow for a one or two week session, or two fellows for one week sessions. Each fellowship provides $1,250 (per one week session) to support the cost of travel and per diem expenses for researchers to use the Foundation’s John “Jack” Ackerly III Memorial Library at the Foundation’s headquarters in New Market, Virginia, for a period of at least five consecutive days per session.
The fellowships are open to graduate students, academics, teachers, museum professionals, and independent scholars whose research interests may benefit from the Foundation’s holdings, collections and historic sites.
The Foundation’s library collections include approximately 5,000 Civil War books, including complete sets of The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, the Roster of Union Soldiers 1861-1865, the Confederate State Rosters, The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the Virginia Regimental Series, the Confederate Veteran, the Southern Historical Society Papers, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, and many more.
The collection also includes more than 3,000 catalogued Civil War periodicals and magazines, and a growing collection of primary documents and archival materials. The extensive collection of original artifacts at the Foundation’s historic sites and museums at New Market, Winchester and Port Republic are also available for review and examination. Fellows will have access to multiple Civil War battlefields throughout the Valley that are owned, preserved and interpreted by the Foundation.
Fellowships will be awarded to applicants focusing on the American Civil War era in the Shenandoah Valley, broadly conceived, and whose topics match the Foundation’s collections. The Library’s holdings can be accessed at https://www.shenandoahatwar.org/library-database.
Recipients will be required to complete their fellowship research within a period of one year from the date of the award. Fellows will be asked to make an evening presentation to the public during residence and to summarize their research project and findings in writing. These findings will be submitted to the Foundation’s Education Committee.
Awardees while in residence at the Library will be provided with lodging, a photocopy allowance, technical support, and collection orientation.
Applicants should send a resume or C.V., a cover letter describing their research project and how the Library and the Foundation’s related holdings and collections would benefit their work to the Foundation by December 1, 2026.
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation
Education Committee
PO Box 897
New Market, VA 22844
For more information, contact the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation at 540-740-4545 or email info@svbf.net
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
The Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University invites applications for the inaugural Husein and LeAnna Cumber Family Professorship. This search is for an outstanding senior scholar in the field of national and/or international security whose work engages major scholarly debates as well as contemporary policy issues.
We intend to appoint a senior scholar at the level of tenured full professor. The successful candidate will hold a doctorate in a relevant field, such as political science, history, public policy, or law.
The Cumber Family Professor will teach courses in their field of expertise and contribute to the Sanford School’s core teaching in its undergraduate and graduate programs in public policy and public affairs. Candidates who can contribute to the Sanford School's Master of National Security Policy (MNSP), a hybrid mid-career degree program, are particularly encouraged to apply. More information on the MNSP can be found at https://sanford.duke.edu/academics/masters-programs/master-national-security-policy/
The Sanford School includes a full-time faculty of almost 70 and offers an undergraduate major, three masters programs, and a Ph.D. program. Current faculty members have degrees in a variety of disciplines including: demography, economics, history, law, medicine, philosophy, political science, psychology/social psychology, public policy, public health/health policy, and sociology. The faculty also includes Professors of the Practice drawn from the policy and related practitioner worlds. The School houses several interdisciplinary research centers and offers degree-related programs and opportunities in Washington, China, Scotland, India, London and Geneva. More information on the Sanford School can be found at https://sanford.duke.edu.
Candidates should submit a letter of application that addresses their teaching experience, research record and current agenda, and relevant policy experience. Letters should also make clear why they would be interested in joining the Sanford School of Public Policy. The letter, along with a CV and the names of three references (letters from whom will be solicited at the campus-visit stage), should be submitted to Jennifer Siegel, Chair of the Cumber Family Professorship committee, via the following website: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32105
Applications received by 24 August 2026 will be assured full consideration.
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Professor of Strategy and Wargaming
The Air War College Department of Strategy invites applications for the Professor of Strategy and Wargaming position beginning summer 2026. AWC is a resident master's degree program for senior military/civilian leaders from the U.S. and partner nations. The selectee would develop wargame scenarios and related curriculum, train faculty and student facilitators, manage wargame materials, support wargame efforts in electives and the capstone exercise, while serving as part of the Department of Strategy doing appropriate teaching, research, and service. The department receives financial support for research, conference attendance, and professional development. The initial appointment may be up for 3 years and is renewable. Starting salary is between $100,558-$131,266 annually. The position should be considered equivalent to tenure-track. For further details on the position and application instructions, use the USAJOBS advertisement linked below: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/870093600
Applications are being accepted through June 23rd.
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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