The Fellowship on Military History and Strategy

The Fellowship on Military History and Strategy (MHS) is a graduate-level course on the military and diplomatic history of WWII. Using battlefields across Europe as the classroom, MHS seeks to educate early- and mid-career American political and policy professionals about the strategic conduct and moral importance of the conflict.

The fellowships consists of:

• Six seminars in Washington D.C. on military strategy, military doctrine, and on the history of World War II.

• A visit to battlefields across Europe–including stops in London, Normandy and Munich–for staff rides and seminar-style discussions. Past itineraries have included visits to the Churchill war rooms and Omaha Beach.

• Discussions, dinners, and lunches with leading historians at historic sites across Europe.

TPIF will accept four cohorts for the 2025 fellowship with the staff ride dates for each cohort as follows:

• June 28th-July 6th
• August 2nd-August 10th
• September 20th-28th
• October 11th-October 19th

In addition to the fellowship, TPIF conducts staff rides in the US and offers crisis simulations and war games. These opportunities are open to all TPIF alumni and current fellows. Past domestic staff rides include Antietam, Gettysburg, and Yorktown.

IDEAL CANDIDATES

We seek professionally diverse and first-rate cohorts of highly committed junior to mid-level professionals (3-10 years of experience) already working full-time in policy-relevant institutions.

Apply for The Fellowship on Military History and Strategy

Applications for The Fellowship on Military History and Strategy are closed and will reopen in September 2025.