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National Security Fellows Call for Applications

Request for Applications 

National Security Fellows Program 

The Batten School’s National Security Policy Center (NSPC) invites applications for the 2022 – 2023 National Security Fellows program. These fellowships are designed for Ph.D. candidates within the broadly defined fields of international security and defense policy. The program prepares fellows for success in both academic and non-academic careers.

  • Two fellows each semester will be relieved of their teaching obligation to provide time for policy-relevant research and engagement with NSPC programming and projects.
  • Each fellow will receive a designated workspace in the NSPC offices for the duration of their doctoral programs.
  • Fellows will have access to ongoing NSPC policy projects and researchers. Each fellow will engage with the NSPC directors to develop research and career objectives.  

We welcome applications from students in the humanities, social sciences, and hard sciences. This could be an opportunity for those in the humanities to apply critical thinking and writing skills to current policy problems and explore a potential career in government service. Students from the hard sciences will bring their skills to bear on real-world issues in defense innovation, emerging technologies, and non-traditional domains. Social scientists will hone their skills across various research methodologies and current global issues. Regardless of discipline, our National Security Fellows will gain the tools, real-world experience, and policy relevance to broaden the impact of their research and expand their career opportunities. 

We will select up to four fellows for AY 2022-23: two for the fall 2022 semester and two for spring 2023. The deadline for proposals is Monday, April 4th, 2022. Applicants should submit a one-page statement of work and a CV to Professor Philip Potter at pbp2s@virginia.edu. All applications will be acknowledged by email.