The Society for Military History

Jobs and Fellowships

FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
The Linda Hall Library is now accepting applications for our 2026-27 fellowship program. These fellowships provide graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and independent scholars in the history of science and related humanities fields with financial support to explore the Library’s outstanding science and engineering collections. Fellows also participate in a dynamic intellectual community alongside in-house experts and scholars from other Kansas City cultural and educational institutions.

The Linda Hall Library holds nearly half a million monographs and more than 43,000 journal titles documenting the history of science and technology from the 15th century to the present. Its collections are exceptionally strong in the engineering disciplines, chemistry, and physics. In addition, the Library boasts extensive resources related to natural history, astronomy, earth science, environmental studies, aeronautics, life science, infrastructure studies, mathematics, and the history of the book.

The Library offers residential fellowships to support on-site research in Kansas City, as well as virtual fellowships for scholars working remotely using resources from the Library’s digital collections. Applicants may request up to four months of funding at a rate of $3,000 per month for doctoral students and $4,200 per month for postdoctoral researchers.

The Library is also offering several fellowships intended for specific groups of researchers:

• The History of Science and Medicine Fellowship, offered in partnership with the Clendening History of Medicine Library at the University of Kansas Medical Center, provides one month of residential funding ($3,000 per month) to a doctoral student whose research examines the intersecting histories of science and medicine.
• The Pearson Fellowship in Aerospace History provides up to two months of residential funding ($4,200 per month) to a postdoctoral scholar studying the history of aviation or spaceflight.
• The Presidential Fellowship in Bibliography provides up to four months of residential funding ($4,200 per month) to a postdoctoral scholar whose research focuses on the study of books and manuscripts as physical artifacts.

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
The Department of History, Humanities, & Languages at the University of Houston-Downtown invites applications for one tenure-track position in U.S. History at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning Fall 2026. The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability to teach U.S. History in the general Texas Core as well as publications in and/ or experience with teaching HIST 3329: U.S. Women’s History and similar upper-level courses.  The committee will consider any subfields, provided the applicant has taught or researched in Women's History.
 
The University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) is a public four-year university. UHD's dynamic campus is located on the northern edge of downtown Houston, overlooking historic Allen’s Landing and with easy access to thriving arts and museum districts. With dedicated faculty, small classes, and innovative course options, UHD offers excellent educational opportunities in a wide variety of degree programs. UHD is proud of its richly diverse student population. The faculty have created a collegial community, dedicated to nurturing talent, generating knowledge, and driving socioeconomic mobility for a just and sustainable future.
 
https://careers.uh.edu/jobs/assistant-professor-history-humanities-and-social-sciences-houston-texas-united-states

RESEARCH GRANTS
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon, Virginia welcomes applications from military historians researching broadly in Early American history, including subjects concerning war and society, wars for empire, and more. Research grants are for one, three, and six months, and include a generous stipend and housing on the estate. Applications are due by 31 December 2025. For more information, see https://www.mountvernon.org/library/fellowships/fellows-program.
 
To apply, visit: https://apply.interfolio.com/164972

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
The San Diego State University Department of History seeks to fill the USS Midway Chair in Modern US Military History, an open-rank and endowed position with expertise in modern U.S. military history. Candidates must demonstrate expertise in the period since 1900, with emphasis on 1940 onward. The History Department defines military history very broadly with a focus on American statecraft, the nation’s place in the world, and the impact of US wars on peoples and societies at home and abroad. The Department has established strengths in social, cultural, public, and global history, and seeks candidates whose work complements and engages with one or more these areas of excellence. The faculty appointed to this position is expected to collaborate with the Department's public history program and the Center for Public and Oral History. The appointed faculty member will teach courses at all levels, from lower-division undergraduate lectures to graduate seminars, with a 2–2 teaching load in the History Department. The USS Midway Chair will also be expected to engage in committee service in the department. Consistent with SDSU’s teacher-scholar faculty model, this position seeks candidates who demonstrate a commitment to excellence in both research and teaching. Successful applicants will be expected to pursue an active research agenda, including the pursuit of external funding and peer-reviewed publications, while also contributing to high-quality instruction, curriculum development, committee participation, and university service.

For complete details, please visit https://careers.sdsu.edu/en-us/job/552698/uss-midway-chair-in-modern-us-military-history. Application deadline is January 5, 2026.

FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
Call for Applications
The National WWII Museum Faculty Seminar in World War II History
A Program of the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy

The National WWII Museum invites applications for its Faculty Seminar in World War II History to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, from June 21-27, 2026. This weeklong intensive program is designed for college-level instructors or professors who desire a stronger historical background in the American experience in World War II. We encourage applicants from under-resourced, regional, and smaller universities, as well as the faculty at Minority Served Institutions (MSIs) and Historically Black Colleges (HBCUs). In addition, the program is open to Professional Military Education (PME) and Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) instructors.

This program is crafted for faculty whose academic expertise falls outside WWII history but who regularly teach and/or research the WWII era. This seminar is intended to develop the knowledge and understanding of the American experience of World War II for active college and university faculty who wish to teach, advocate for, or design history courses and content regarding this significant conflict.

The program consists of a series of content and pedagogical seminars led by the Museum’s expert faculty covering the war’s major themes, campaigns, outcomes, and legacies. Lodging for six nights, select meals, and course materials are provided. Travel costs to and from New Orleans are the responsibility of the attendee or their institution.

If you are unable to obtain financial assistance from your institution and would desire consideration for a travel grant, limited funds may be available on a case-by-case basis. Further information on such requests will be made available upon invitation to the program.

Applicants will be selected based upon their potential contributions to the teaching of WWII history and the impact they can make at their institutions. A selection committee will consider each applicant’s packet on its own merits.

Those interested are to submit their applications here: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/jenny-craig-institute-study-war-and-democracy/faculty-seminar-wwii-history

The deadline for applications is January 12, 2026, at 11:59 PM (CST).

All applicants will be informed of their status by February 16, 2026.

Interested applicants should submit:
1.     A completed application form
2.     Curriculum Vitae
3.     One letter of recommendation from a chair or colleague that addresses the applicant’s teaching abilities and skills

Any questions should be directed to taylor.lindner@nationalww2museum.org for more information.

RESEARCH AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT
General Omar N. Bradley Awards in Military History

Each year the General Omar Bradley Foundation offers $2000 research awards to up to ten Army officers engaged in research related to military history. Funds will be granted to those officers who are actively engaged in original, archival historical research (including digital humanities research and digital research in archival sources) and have the best developed plans for conducting significant historical work. Research should be in pursuit of a graduate degree or scholarly publication.

Who May Apply. U.S. Army officers who are actively engaged in the study of military history. Reserve officers may apply, but preference will be given to individuals on active duty. “Active engagement in the study of military history” includes research toward a master’s degree or doctorate in military history or research toward a scholarly article or monograph in military history, and can include digital humanities projects (the creation of databases, map collections, and the like).


he selection committee interprets “military history” in the broadest sense. Projects supported in 2024 included Crusading ideology and rhetoric outside the Mediterranean Crusades; the U.S. Army’s reactions to the First World War before 1917; the Russian Civil War battle of Tsaritsyn; U.S. armor in the Second World War; U.S. aid to China during the Second World War; the U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic in 1965; Tom Clancy and U.S. national security; the use of military power by the UN; the Signal Corps during the 1990s and 2000s; and the U.S. Army Asian Studies Detachment in Okinawa.

Officers who have been awarded a fellowship in the past may apply again. In such cases, the officer should indicate the receipt of the previous grant and how it was employed, including any publication (or degree thesis) to which it contributed.

How to Apply. Officers meeting the criteria above should apply to Professor Samuel Watson, Chair, Omar Nelson Bradley Awards Committee, electronically at samuel.watson@westpoint.edu, or Professor Samuel Watson, Chair, Omar Nelson Bradley Awards Committee, Department of History, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York 10996. The committee strongly prefers electronic applications. These may consist of a single PDF or several documents, but should be sent in a single email. Transcripts, ORBs, and OMPFs are not necessary.  Applications are due NLT January 1, 2026.

Letters of application should include:

• name, rank, e-mail address, surface address (we will need this to send your check if you are selected), phone number, and duty position of the applicant. 
• the objective of the proposed research, progress of research to date, any distinctive methodology to be used, a specific statement of needs for funding (for example, specific archives or collections to be examined, and costs expected to be incurred in doing so), and the proposed method of publishing or disseminating the results of the research. Note that microfilm, PDFs, or other downloads can be purchased with this funding.
• Additional materials that will assist the committee in evaluating the application may also be submitted:  letters of recommendation, preferably from scholars (for example, thesis or dissertation advisers, or other scholars who have read your scholarship) and writing samples (of no more than chapter or article length) are recommended. Curriculum vitae (for those working on a post-dissertation project) may be valuable. (You may also note any previous scholarly publications, or those under review or accepted for publication, in your application letter.)

• Name, rank, duty position, contact information (including surface address)
• Topic, scholarly value, and concrete objective (expected outcome—publication or degree)
• of the research
• Methodology (particularly if digital, quantitative, or oral history, or otherwise not the usual written form)
• Progress of research to date
• Itemized cost estimate
• Proposed method of disseminating research results (thesis, dissertation, article, chapter, essay in edited collection, etc.). Electronic publication is entirely acceptable, particularly for digital humanities projects, but funding is not designed to support blog posts or the like.

• Letters of Recommendation (preferably scholarly)
• Writing Samples or Manuscripts
• Curriculum Vitae (particularly for those working on a post-dissertation project) –

• Applications due no later than January 1, 2026
• Announcement of recipients in February.
• Funding normally arrives in March, as a check to you.

GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Charles Koch Foundation Foreign Policy Grants Team recently launched a new RFPs that will be of interest to SMH members. Their focus is primarily on supporting research with relevance to current U.S. foreign policy debates. All of these RFPs operate on a rolling basis and are open to scholars at all levels, including graduate students via their dissertation grants.

Foreign Policy - https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/foreign-policy-research-grants/

Ending Endless Wars in the Middle East - https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/ending-endless-wars-in-the-middle-east/

The Future of America’s Alliances - https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/the-future-of-americas-alliances/

Managing Relations with China - https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/managing-relations-with-china/

Trade Policy - https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/trade-policy-research/

U.S. Foreign Policy Dissertation Grants - https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/u-s-foreign-policy-dissertations/

While the Foundation anticipate these RFPs being open long-term, they do reassess their priorities on an annual basis. All open RFPs can always be found on this webpage: https://charleskochfoundation.org/partner-with-us/

SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
Charles A. and Loyola M. Murphy Endowed Scholarship for the Study of 10th Mountain Military History

Recently, the 10th Mountain Foundation partnered with the family of WWII veteran, Charles Murphy (86-I) to create our first endowed scholarship for graduate students in military history.

Applicants need not be 10th Mountain descendants, but they do need to be studying about the Division. and its related units.
This $5,000 scholarship granted once per recipient and celebrates the devotion to education that Charles Murphy and his wife Loyola brought following his return from Italy and his is 31 years of teaching and coaching.

https://10thmountainfoundation.org/programs-we-support/scholarship/undergraduate-scholarships/

FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
The Ronald Reagan Institute announces a new Postdoctoral Visiting Scholars Program for work that advances the political, economic, and national security ideas and values of President Ronald Reagan. Visiting Scholars will be selected based on the relevance of their research to these principles. Proposals will also be judged on the likelihood of completion of a book manuscript during the fellowship period. In addition to a stipend of $75,000, each scholar will receive an additional $5,000 for research related costs.

See https://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan-institute/scholarship/reagan-institute-visiting-fellows-program/

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