For more than 35 years, Center for the Study of the Presidency Fellows have been coming to Washington to learn about leadership and governance, to share their outstanding research and scholarship, to develop as future leaders of character, and to be inspired to careers in public service. The Center Fellows Program is a unique non-resident educational initiative that offers 85 select undergraduate and graduate students from leading colleges and universities a year-long opportunity to study the U.S. Presidency, the public policymaking process, and our Chief Executive's relations with Congress, allies, the media, and the American public.
Fellows attend two conferences each academic year during the fall and spring. At these policy workshops, Fellows discuss national issues with scholars and are briefed by senior government officials and nationally recognized public policy experts.
This unique Fellowship requires that each student research, write, and present an original paper on an issue of the modern Presidency. Students have online access to the Center's award-winning Presidential Studies Quarterly and are eligible to participate in two essay contests and compete for publication in our annual anthology of the best Center Fellows' Papers.
The Center provides professional mentors drawn from the public policy community and government to help the Fellows define their proposals. Mentors also guide their fellows in writing and editing of a paper that is brought to publishing standards during the academic year.
Since its inception, the Center Fellows Program has developed leadership and scholarship skills in more than 1,000 students, providing 3 of the 32 Rhodes Scholars in 2006 as well as numerous Fulbright, Gates, Marshall, and other Scholarship and Fellowship winners. Alumni of the Fellows Program are Capitol Hill and White House staffers, award winning journalists, CEOs of corporations and non-profit organizations, senior military leaders, and university deans and vice-presidents.
Please click here if you would like to find out how you or your school can become involved with the Center Presidential Fellows program.
Information for 2008-2009 Fellows
Information for Campus Contacts about the 2008-2009 Fellows
A Dialogue on Presidential Challenges and Leadership: Papers of the 2007-2008 Center Fellows
Summary of the Spring Leadership Conference, March 27-29, 2008
Summary of the Fall Leadership Conference, October 25-27, 2007
A Dialogue on Presidential Challenges and Leadership: Papers of the 2006-2007 Center Fellows
Presidential Fellows Alumni Association
For more information on the Presidential Fellows Program, please contact Matt Purushotham, Project Director of the Presidential Fellows Program, at 202-872-9800 or via e-mail.
