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Philip Merrill Fellowship The American Academy of Diplomacy, in collaboration with the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC, annually grants the Philip Merrill Fellowship, awarded to a student who submits the best essay on the practice of American diplomacy. The Academy is a private, non-profit society of men and women who, during their careers in government, played major roles in the conduct of American diplomacy. Its members, now retired from government (including all living former Secretaries of State), work to enhance the quality of that diplomacy and build better public appreciation for its critical role in the pursuit of American interests abroad. The fellowship will provide 50% toward SAIS tuition for each of the two academic years. *(Specific amount for 2012-2013 academic year will be announced shortly) Application Procedures: Applicants must submit an essay, 1,500 words or less, to the SAIS Admissions Office on the following prompt: Since 2012 is a crucial election year, American diplomacy will inevitably be partly conditioned by politics with respect to certain major foreign policy challenges. How might the political campaign affect the Administration's diplomacy involving one of the following issues, and how could such constraints be minimized? (a) Promotion of Palestinian-Israeli peacemaking; Please use a title page with the title "Philip Merrill Fellowship Essay Contest" and include the applicant's name, address, phone number, and email address. Also put on the title page the total word count for the essay. All pages in the essay should be numbered. Questions regarding the fellowship may be addressed to the SAIS Admissions Office (admissions.sais@jhu.edu) or to the Academy at academy@academyofdiplomacy.org Application Deadline: Previous Recipients: The 2011 Philip Merrill Fellowship was awarded to Shelley Ranii, who wrote about the Obama adminitration's current struggle to aid the reformation of a failing global economy and ensure internet security in a digital age. Read Shelley Ranii's essay. The 2010 Philip Merrill Fellowship was awarded to Theodore Bunzel, who wrote about the challenges the Obama administration will face in repairing and further deepening diplomatic relationships with the key Asian powers (China, Japan and India), and quelling any destabilizing Russian resurgence in Eurasia. Read Theodore Bunzel's essay. The 2009 Philip Merrill Fellowship was awarded to Stephen Doyle, who wrote about the challenges the Obama administration will face in making diplomatic progress in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as with Iran. Read Stephen Doyle's essay. The 2008 Philip Merrill Fellowship was awarded to Andrew Zvirdzdin. The 2007 Philip Merrill Fellowship was awarded to Renee M. Gardner who wrote about the failure of the U.S. to utilize effective diplomacy in securing approval for staging American troops through Turkey to Iraq in 2003. Read the winning 2007 Merrill essay by Renee Gardner. The 2006 Philip Merrill Fellowship was awarded to David Hoehner who wrote about the successful practice of American diplomacy. The 2005 Philip Merrill Fellowship was awarded to Michael Cognato who wrote about the three most important challenges in foreign policy and diplomacy the new U.S. presidential administration will face. To read his essay, click here. The 2004 Philip Merrill Fellowship was awarded to Karen Stanco who wrote about the unilateralism in American foreign policy from the perspective of "American Unilateralism." |
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