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.

Liberty + Leadership Podcast

TFAS President Roger Ream and Hillsdale professor Bradley Birzer discuss “The Declaration of Independence: A Radical Experiment in Liberty.”

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The Latest at TFAS

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TFAS Announces Recipients of 2026-27 Inaugural Journalism Excellence Fellowships at The Boston Globe and The Washington Post

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is pleased to announce the first 2026-27 recipients of the Journalism Excellence Fellowship, marking the inaugural year of this prestigious program. The Fellows are Daniel Idfresne, who will be working with The Boston Globe…

Teaching Freedom, Building Leaders: Woodhouse Fellows Carry the Conservative Tradition Forward

Over the past nine months, 19 young professionals working in the nation’s capital explored the philosophical underpinnings of American political life through the 2025-26 TFAS Woodhouse Public Policy Fellowship. Fellows debated pressing policy questions, connected…

Nine College Students from North Carolina and Estonia Selected to Receive Prestigious DeJoy-Woś Scholarships

Louis DeJoy, North Carolina business leader and former U.S. Postmaster General, his wife, former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia Dr. Aldona Woś, and The Fund for American Studies (TFAS), have announced the recipients of the 2026 DeJoy-Woś Scholarships.…
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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.