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 six evening seminars each Wednesday from June 4 to July 9 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. This year, HNF fellows will each receive $3,000 grants for in-person internships in Washington, DC.

Applications for summer 2025 are closed.

Fellows

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