Brumley NextGen Graduate Fellows

How to Apply

Applications for the 2024-25 cohort are now closed! Applications for the 2025-26 cohort will open in January 2025. 

Selection results in an appointment for the upcoming academic year (with the possibility of renewal for Fellows who will have a subsequent year in residence in their graduate degree program). Please see below for eligibility and application information.

Eligibility:

  1. You must currently be enrolled as a graduate student in good standing at the University of Texas at Austin. All graduate-level programs (Master’s, Ph.D., JD) at the University of Texas at Austin are eligible, regardless of their area of study. Students in programs that are not typically perceived as linked to international affairs, such as business or the natural sciences, should not hesitate to apply.
  2. You must be enrolled as a full-time graduate student for both fall and spring semesters of the 2025-26 academic year, and you must be in residence in Austin during that time.
  3. You must have a GPA of at least 3.50.
  4. You must have demonstrated interest or experience in, and a desire to learn more about, international security and law along with one of the Strauss Center’s existing program areas. Examples include, but are not limited to:
    • Cybersecurity
    • U.S. Intelligence Activities
    • Terrorism and Counterterrorism
    • National Security Law
    • Security and Migration in Mexico and Central America
    • Asia Policy Program
    • Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability

Applications should include:

  1. A detailed cover letter that explains your academic and professional interests, your career plans, and why you are interested in participating in the intellectual life of the Strauss Center. Your cover letter must identify the particular Strauss Center research program(s) on which you wish to work.
  2. Résumé with your complete contact information, including preferred email address and phone number.
  3. Names and contact information for two references. At least one of these references should be a faculty member.
  4. Unofficial graduate school transcript. If offered acceptance into the program, you will need to supply an official graduate school transcript.

We will select a shortlist of finalists for interviews prior to making the final awards. Please contact Brittany Horton at [email protected] if you have any questions.

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