36th Annual TFAS Scholarship Awards Dinner

Please join The Fund for American Studies on Wednesday, July 15, at The Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., for a special celebration honoring today’s congressional and business leaders and supporting our future leaders – the 2026 TFAS students.

Developing Courageous Leaders Since 1967

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The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is an educational nonprofit that is developing courageous leaders inspired and equipped to protect and advance the ideas of individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic freedom in their communities and throughout the world.

By offering a portfolio of more than 30 academic programs, fellowships and seminars, the TFAS Journey helps cultivate future leaders from high school, all the way through to their university studies and professional careers.

TFAS builds the intellectual rigor and sustained relationships over time that result in deep impact and long-term change. After more than 50 years of programs, the evidence of TFAS’s success is clear. TFAS alumni are the leaders our nation needs right now and in the decades to come.

Today, there are nearly 53,000 TFAS alumni making a difference in their communities and throughout the world by upholding the values essential to the preservation and success of a free society.

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Developing Courageous Citizens: Highlights from the 2026 TFAS Annual Conference

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Washington Fellows Explore Civics and America’s Founding through new TFAS Civic Leadership Seminar

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) recently hosted its spring Washington Fellows for a new TFAS Civic Leadership Seminar, an interactive educational program for college students to participate in an in-depth exploration of the American Founding. Fellows discussed…

Beyond the Campus: Student Journalists Bridge the Gap to National Newsrooms

Representing 24 schools from across the country, more than 45 aspiring journalists recently met in Dallas for the inaugural TFAS Student Journalism Honors Conference. The TFAS Student Journalism Association—a program of the TFAS Center for Excellence in Journalism—presented…

TFAS and The Wall Street Journal Announce Three Recipients of the 2026 Joseph Rago Memorial Fellowships for Excellence in Journalism

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) and The Wall Street Journal are pleased to announce Moira Gleason ’25, Anatoly Grablevsky and Adam Pack ’26, as the three recipients of the 2026 Joseph Rago Memorial Fellowships for Excellence in Journalism. This class…
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TFAS Events

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36th Annual TFAS Scholarship Awards Dinner

Please join TFAS on July 15 at The Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., for a special celebration honoring today’s congressional and business leaders and supporting our future leaders – the 2026 TFAS students.

POSTPONED: Newport Beach Forum With Keynote with Daniel Hannan, Lord of Kingsclere

Event Postponed: New Date To Be Announced

33rd Annual TFAS Journalism Forum + Awards Dinner

Save the date for The Fund for American Studies 33rd Annual TFAS Journalism Forum + Awards Dinner in New York City on Nov. 10.

LIVE. LEARN. INTERN. in Washington, DC!

TFAS programs include academic credit from George Mason University, an internship placement and furnished housing in the heart of Washington, D.C. Students participate in a variety of exclusive guest lectures, site briefings as well as professional development and networking events.

TFAS students leave Washington with 250+ hours of professional experience, an expanded network of contacts, and a greater understanding of the variety of career opportunities.