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Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

The Stuart L. Bernath Research Fellowship

The Bernath Dissertation Grant of $4,000 is intended to help doctoral candidates defray expenses encountered in the writing of their dissertations. The grant is awarded annually at the SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of the American Historical Association. Applicants must be actively working on dissertations dealing with some aspect of U.S. foreign relations […]

The Myrna F. Bernath Fellowship

The Myrna F. Bernath Fellowship was established by the Bernath family to promote scholarship in U.S. foreign relations history by women. The Myrna Bernath Fellowship of up to $5,000 is intended to defray the costs of scholarly research by women. Applications are welcomed from women at U.S. universities as well as women abroad who wish […]

The W. Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship

This $4,000 fellowship is intended to defray the costs of travel necessary to conduct research on a significant dissertation project. Applicants must be working on dissertations dealing with some aspect of U.S. foreign relations history. Membership in SHAFR is required.

Samuel F. Bemis Research Grants

The Samuel F. Bemis Research Grants are intended to promote dissertation research by graduate students. A limited number of grants of varying amounts (generally, up to $2,000) will be awarded annually to help defray the costs of domestic or international travel necessary to conduct research on significant scholarly projects. Applicants must be actively working on […]

The Michael J. Hogan Foreign Language Fellowship

The Hogan Fellowship of up to $4,000 is intended to promote research in foreign language sources by graduate students. Applicants must be graduate students researching some aspect of U.S. foreign relations history. Membership in SHAFR is required.

The Lawrence Gelfand – Armin Rappaport Dissertation Fellowship

The Gelfand-Rappaport Fellowship of up to $4,000 is intended to defray the costs of dissertation research travel. Applicants must be actively working on dissertations dealing with some aspect of U.S. foreign relations history. Membership in SHAFR is required.

Marilyn Blatt Young Dissertation Completion Fellowship

This $25,000 fellowship supports the completion of a dissertation on a topic in the field of U.S. foreign relations history or international history, broadly defined. Applicants must be current SHARF members.

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