Franklin Talent Exchange Partnership (FTEP) — A partnership program between the U.S. Department of State and private sector entities sharing an interest in advancing foreign policy priorities, offering a two-way exchange that brings in private-sector experts and sends State employees on assignment to partner organizations.
The ASG Rising Leaders Program — A year-long program under the aegis of the Aspen Strategy Group: participants attend the Aspen Security Forum, join tailored leadership seminars and discussions with foreign policy experts, and co-author policy papers, joining a lifetime alumni network.
The National Security Fellows Program (FDD) — A 12-month program supporting promising 30-40 year old professionals with networking, skill-building workshops, off-the-record dinners with senior officials, and roundtables with issue experts.
The Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship (CNAS) — A year-long, part-time professional development fellowship bringing together young professionals across sectors to learn leadership best practices, culminating in a week-long international study tour.
The National Security Institute Fellows (GMU) — National security practitioners and industry leaders drawing on experience across the intelligence community, government, private sector, and academia, contributing scholarship on legal and practical national security challenges.
The Strategy and Statecraft Fellowship (CSIS) — Monthly dinners on key topics in foreign policy, national security, and strategic thought featuring current and former senior officials, concluding with the Strategy and Statecraft Summit.
The Nuclear Scholars Initiative (CSIS) — Provides top graduate students and young professionals a venue to dialogue with senior experts on nuclear weapons issues across daylong monthly workshops over six months at CSIS.
The Emissary Program (MilitaryMentors) — Trains industry leaders through a six-month cohort-style leadership curriculum to serve as mentors ("eMMissaries"), increasing organizational awareness and seeking opportunities to influence and develop others.
Emerging as a Global Leader Experience (EaGLE) Program — Accelerates the careers of emerging leaders in national security and public service through immersive virtual workshops on design thinking, lean startup methods, and strengths-based leadership.
The Military Fellows Program (William & Mary PIPS) — Pairs research fellows with active-duty military officers who mentor and lend strategic expertise throughout the academic year, from identifying emerging international challenges in the fall to providing analytical feedback on policy recommendations in the spring.
National Security and Counterterrorism Fellowship (McCain Institute) — Brings together promising rising leaders in national security and counterterrorism across Five Eyes partner nations, preparing character-driven leaders for future leadership.
The McCain Global Leaders Program — A 10-month fellowship supporting 25 character-driven leaders per cohort from around the world who are advancing democracy, human rights, and freedom, providing training, resources, and access to global networks.
The USGLC (U.S. Global Leadership Coalition) — A year-long leadership training and engagement program for a diverse, bipartisan group of next-generation leaders, culminating in a seat on a USGLC State Advisory Committee.
The Presidential Leadership Scholars Program — Challenges Scholars to develop their leadership skills through deep reflection and meaningful engagement across differing perspectives, drawing on the resources of four presidential foundations.
The Great Leaders & Great Biographies Fellowship (Hertog Foundation) — Uses the rigorous study of great biography to investigate geopolitics, leadership, and human character, with guest scholars and national security leaders.
The CXO Fellows Program — A year-long virtual professional development program engaging the next generation of federal leaders in acquisition, financial management, human capital, IT, and data.
New America's Fellows Program — Invests in journalists, scholars, filmmakers, and policy analysts who generate bold ideas, providing a competitive one-year term with an intellectual home, community, and resources to pursue their projects.
The Wilson Center's Foreign Policy Fellowship Program (FPFP) — A six-week seminar series encouraging Fellows to debate key global issues with leading foreign policy thinkers, concluding with a bipartisan foreign policy roleplay scenario.
The Rising Experts Program (YPFP) — A roughly year-long writing initiative pairing young professionals with editors to build writing skills and a portfolio of published analysis and op-eds.
The Technology and National Security Fellowship (NSIN) — A one-year Department of Defense fellowship embedding recent advanced-degree graduates with key decision-makers in the Pentagon or on Capitol Hill to address technology and national security policy.
The Truman Project — A national security leadership network of over 2,000 members, admitted by competitive application across three cohorts: Fellows, Partners, and the Defense Council.
The National Security & Sino-American Technology Competition Fellowship (Hertog Foundation) — Educates the next generation of East Asia strategists and national security generalists on how technology shapes U.S.-China strategic rivalry.
The Public Interest Fellowship (TPIF) — Operates four programs, including a flagship two-year fellowship, identifying and developing future leaders devoted to liberty and the public interest across policy and journalism.
The National Defense Fellowship (NDF) — A joint program of the Alexander Hamilton Society and the Ronald Reagan Institute educating roughly 20 advanced students through a Peace Through Strength Boot Camp and the Reagan National Defense Forum.
Defense Ventures (Shift, with AFWERX) — An 8-week fellowship identifying emerging innovators from the Department of Defense and facilitating industry immersions at venture capital firms, incubators, and startups.
The German-American Young Leaders Conference — An intensive, interdisciplinary exchange on current transatlantic issues that builds professional and personal bridges across the Atlantic, featuring leading public figures as guest speakers.
The Heritage Foundation's George C. Marshall Fellows Program — Gives exceptional young professionals a comprehensive overview of national security principles and the practice of strategic leadership.
The Carnegie Ethics Fellowship — A two-year fellowship developing the next generation of ethical leaders from business, government, academia, and non-governmental organizations through values-driven, reflective leadership work.
Harold W. Rosenthal Fellowship in International Relations — Offers outstanding, civic-minded graduate students in international affairs a summer working to solve major national and global challenges.
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program — Full-time, six-to-nine-month fellowships in Washington, DC for recent college and graduate alumni to work with nonprofit, public-interest organizations addressing peace and security issues.
CSIS Fellowship: Enriching the Future of Foreign Policy — A semester-long fellowship for rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors from any academic background who want to prepare for a career in the policy field.
The Belfer Center National Security Fellowship (Harvard) — A 10-month research fellowship for U.S. military officers at the Lt. Col./Colonel rank and their civilian counterparts who show promise of rising to the most challenging leadership positions.
The Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy (AILA) at CSIS — An intensive week of seminars and experiential learning equipping aspiring global leaders to be effective and ethical changemakers.
The Executive Leaders Program (ELP, Naval Postgraduate School CHDS) — A non-degree, graduate-level program for senior homeland security and public safety leaders, developing critical thinking through a diverse, cross-functional cohort.
The International Strategy Forum (ISF, Schmidt Futures) — Chaired by Fareed Zakaria and Jared Cohen, seeks out non-traditional talent across boardrooms, newsrooms, labs, and policy councils, equipping rising leaders in technology and international affairs to tackle hard global problems.
The Irregular Warfare Initiative Nonresident Fellows Program — A network of academics, practitioners, and policy makers advancing research and discussion on irregular warfare, with opportunities to present research and travel.
The Robert and Marion Oster National Security Affairs Fellows (NSAF) Program (Hoover Institution) — Gives a high-ranking military or government official with extensive foreign policy experience an academic year at Hoover to conduct independent research and mentor students.
The Bochnowski Family Veteran Fellowship Program (VFP, Hoover Institution) — A nonresidential, year-long, project-based program for 10 military veterans accelerating solution-finding on public-sector challenges aligned with Hoover’s research priorities.
The International Affairs Fellowship (IAF, CFR) — Bridges the gap between the study and making of U.S. foreign policy: academics are placed in policy-oriented public service settings and government officials in scholarly settings.
David Rockefeller Fellows: North America (Trilateral Commission) — For applicants 35 or younger with strong potential for future leadership, joining the Commission’s annual meetings as full participants with costs of attendance covered.
The Artificial Intelligence Lab (Wilson Center) — A six-week seminar series introducing participants to foundational AI topics — machine learning, neural networks, autonomous systems, and AI’s implications for national security — led by top technologists and scholars.
