Marine Corps Heritage Foundation – Shepherd Dissertation Fellowship

In its mission to foster the study of U.S. and Marine Corps history, the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation provides graduate students $17,000 through two fellowships:  the General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. Memorial Dissertation Fellowship and the Lieutenant Colonel Lily H. Gridley Memorial Master’s Thesis Fellowship.

A single $10,000 dissertation fellowship per academic year, established to memorialize the twentieth Commandant of the Marine Corps, is awarded to a qualified graduate student working on a doctoral dissertation pertinent to Marine Corps history.

Area and Topics of Study
Topics in U.S. military and naval history, as well as history and history-based studies in the social and behavioral sciences, with a direct relationship to the history of the United States Marine Corps will be considered. Within this context, topics may encompass wars, institutions, organization and administration, policy, biography, civil affairs and civic action, civil military relations, weaponry and technology, manpower, training and education, strategy, tactics, and logistics, as well as diplomatic, political, economic, social, and intellectual trends affecting the Marine Corps during peace and war. The topic must have the approval of the applicant’s dissertation director and contribute to the study and understanding of Marine Corps history.