The Hamilton National Fellowship (HNF) provides grants to students and recent graduates with summer internships in Washington, D.C., in the fields of human rights, foreign affairs, national defense, and economic policy. As part of the fellowship, students are required to participate in eight evening seminars each Monday from June 1 to July 20 on American Grand Strategy, take part in a staff ride to a historic battlefield, and attend briefings with distinguished practitioners on career opportunities in foreign policy and national security. Each student receives a $3,000 grant made possible through the visionary leadership and steadfast support of Board Member Emeritus Laurence Zuriff. 

Each summer, one exceptional student will be named the Laurence Zuriff Summer Fellow, recognizing the participant who most fully embodies the values of AHS and reflects the vision, integrity, and leadership that characterize Laurence Zuriff’s enduring impact on the organization.

Applications for summer 2026 are now closed. You do not have the have your summer internship confirmed in order to apply, but your internship must be secured by the time your fellowship funds are awarded in the last week of April.

Fellows

2026 Fellows

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Sally Brown

University of Florida '27

The Fund for American Studies

Noah Canada

Dartmouth College '28

Department of State

Marina Chernin

Georgetown University '27

Boeing Defense and Aerospace

Thianna Chisholm

Williams College '27

Hudson Institute

Ashley Dowdney

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill '26

The Dispatch

Malcolm Furman

Brown University '27

Teneo

Celia Lawlor

Duke University '28

U.S. Federal Government

Daniel Liu

Indiana University '27

Office of U.S. Senator Jim Banks

Derek Marrero

Cornell University '27

U.S. Federal Government

Benjamin Masia

Columbia University '28

U.S. Federal Government

Isabella Meisten

University of South Carolina '27

Capital CNCT

Amelia Melo

Georgetown University

Department of the Treasury

Carter Morton

University of Connecticut '27

Export-Import Bank of the U.S.

Tessa Peterson

Southern Methodist University '27

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Charles Schell

Cornell University '27

Department of War

Margo Schellinger

University of Notre Dame '27

Department of War

Benjamin Starr

Brandeis University '27

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Diego Victoria

Yale University '27

U.S. Federal Government

Naveen Wineland

Gettysburg College '27

Office of Nadia Schadlow

Brian Yoo

University of California, Berkeley '27

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

2025 Fellows

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Simona Balagula

Georgetown University '27

Jewish Institute for the National Security of America

Gray Bittker

Brown University '27

The Vandenberg Coalition

Simon Cian

Indiana University '27

Office of U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty

Rachel Friedman

Emory University '25

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Alex Greene

Yale University '26

U.S. Federal Government

Pranav Kaginele

Johns Hopkins University '26

Garanaut Global

Timothy Lee

Claremont McKenna College '26

The Vandenberg Coalition

Natalia Lopez

University of Florida '26

U.S. House Committee on Strategic Competition between US and CCP

Celeste Lynch

Wake Forest University '26

National War College

Luke Miller

College of William and Mary '27

Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Danielle Miller

Baylor University '26

American Enterprise Institute

McKinley Paltzik

Harvard University '27

Vogel Group

Karina Pan

Rice University '25

American Enterprise Institute

Oleksandra Pashkina

George Washington University '25

Embassy of Ukraine in the United States

Liam Reaser

University of Michigan '26

U.S. Department of Defense

Alexander Richter

University of California, Berkeley '27

U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence

Katie Rouse

Boston University '26

Boeing

Arianna Villarreal

Southern Methodist University '26

Office of U.S. Representative Tony Gonzalez

Zachary Welch

Wheaton College '25

Hertog Political Studies

Khalil Winzer-Wilks

Howard University '26

Arcanum Global

2024 Fellows

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Ethan Chiu

Yale University '26

U.S. Federal Government

Samantha DeCosta

University of California at Berkeley '25

U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party

Olivia Eads

Johns Hopkins University '27

American Enterprise Institute

Rob Gioia

University of Michigan '27

The Vandenberg Coalition

Emma Hamilton

University of Texas, Austin '27

Office of U.S. Representative Marc Veasey

Theo Illarionov

Brown University '27

U.S. Federal Government

Alexander Joel

Dartmouth University '25

U.S. Department of Treasury

John Keating

College of William and Mary '25

Hudson Institute

William Ledesma

Vanderbilt University '25

U.S. Department of Justice

Erin Osbourne

Hillsdale College '25

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Pranav Pattatathunadu

Yale University '25

U.S. Department of State

Junwon Park

College of William and Mary '25

U.S. Federal Government

Jaden Steward

Princeton University '25

Heritage Foundation

Matthew Tweden

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill '25

Patomak Global Partners

Noah Van Horne

Georgetown University '25

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Alexandra Wong

Princeton University '25

Boeing

Jacob Willner

Yeshiva University '25

Hudson Institute

Grace Yetter

Rice University '25

American Foreign Policy Council

Evelyn Yu

Columbia University '25

U.S. Federal Government