The Jennings Randolph (JR) Program for International Peace awards nonresidential Peace Scholar Dissertation Scholarships to students at U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations on topics related to peace, conflict, and international security.
Each year the program awards approximately ten Peace Scholar Fellowships. Fellowships last for 10 months starting in September. Fellowships are open to citizens of any country.
Dissertation projects in all disciplines are welcome.
The class of 2009-2010 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellows and Jennings Randolph Peace Scholars met at USIP in Washington, D.C. in October, 2009 for an orientation program. This is the second year that Peace Scholars have been invited to Washington, D.C. for a two-day orientation program, part of our ongoing initiative to build more active ties among Senior Fellows, Peace Scholars, and USIP experts.
The program was organized around five themes central to the work of the incoming class of Senior Fellows and Peace Scholars: "New Understandings of Conflicts and Armed Groups"; "Economic Factors in Conflict Onset and Resolution"; "Conflict and Peacebuilding: Local Experiences and Institutions"; "International Law, Global Governance, and Economic Sanctions"; and "Cultural, Social and Religious Factors in Conflict."
The program also included a breakfast discussion for Peace Scholars on how their program can be developed to meet more professional needs beyond financial support for dissertation work; presentations on new projects and issue areas at USIP; a tour of Washington's war and peace monuments guided by educator Craig Jones; and a visit to the site of the new Headquarters building on the Mall. It concluded with an informal reception for USIP staff and Jennings Randolph alumni.
Links:
[1] http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/jennings-randolph-peace-scholarship-dissertation-program/peace-scholar-applicatio
[2] http://www.usip.org/files/Grants-Fellows/Fellows/2009-2010FellowshipOrientation Agenta.pdf