CENFAD offers a number of fellowships and grants to assist scholars with research and professional development. The following is a comprehensive list of prizes that are available and their winners.
- Thomas J. Davis Fellowship in Diplomacy and Foreign Relations
- 2023-24: Joseph Johnson
- 2022-23: Ryan Langton
- 2021-22: Casey VanSise
- 2020-21: Joshua Stern
- 2019-20: Brandon Kinney
- 2018-19: Michael Fischer
- 2017-18: Eric Perinovic
- 2016-17: Brian McNamara
- 2015-16: Jesse Curtis
- 2014-15: Silke Zoller
- 2013-14: Carly Goodman
- 2012-13: David Guba, Jr.
- 2011-12: Kaete O’Connell
- 2010-11: Matthew Shannon
- 2009-10: Timothy Sayle
- 2008-09: Benjamin Brandenburg
- 2007-08: Kelly J. Shannon
- 2006-07: Eric Klinek
- 2005-06: David Zierler
- 2004-05: Wendy Wong
- 2003-04: Andrew McKevitt
- Sergeant Major William F. Berger Prize Endowed Fellowship for War and Society
- 2022-23: Grace Ann Parker
- 2021-22: Joseph Johnson
- 2020-21: Stanley Schwartz
- 2019-20: Rhiannon Amato
- September 2015 – Alexandre Caillot
- October 2014 – Thomas Reinstein
- September 2012 – Steven Elliott
- October 2011 – Seth Tannenbaum
- July 2010 – Meredith Hohe
- John Votaw Research Award
- 2022-23: Graydon Dennison
- 2021-22: Stanley Schwartz
- 2020-21: Mike Fischer
- 2019-20: Ariel Natalo-Lifton
- 2018-19: Alexandre Caillot
- 2017-18: Manna Duah
- 2016-17: Silke Zoller
- 2015-16: John Worsencroft
- 2014-15: Carly Goodman
- 2013-14: David Lee
- 2012-13: Timothy Sayle
- 2011-12: Martin Clemis
- 2010-11: Ryan Johnson
- 2009-10: Michael Dolski
- 2008-09: Eric Klinek
- 2007-08: Lynette Deem
- 2006-07: Richard Grippaldi
- 2005-06: David Ulbrich
- 2004-05: Matthew Muhlbauer
- 2003-04: John Bonin
- Jeffrey Bower Endowed Research Fellowship
- 2022-23: Anthony Guerrero
- 2021-22: Ryan Langton
- 2020-21: Ethan Cohen
- 2019-20: No Winner
- 2018-19: Eric Perinovic
- 2017-18: Kaete O’Connell
- 2016-17: Tyler Bamford
- 2015-16: Thomas Reinstein
- 2014-15: Larry Kessler
- 2013-14: EJ Catagnus
- 2012-13: Sarah Robey
- 2011-12: Aaron Sullivan
- 2010-11: Ben Brandenberg
- 2009-10: Claude Barnes and Michele Louro
- 2008-09: Andrew McKevitt
- 2007-08: Katherine Scott
- 2006-07: Britton MacDonald
- 2005-06: Uta Kresse
- 2004-05: Ginger Davis
- 2003-04: Bob Wintermute
- Marvin Wachman Fellowship in Force and Diplomacy
- 2022-23: Ethan Cohen, Graydon Dennison, Joseph Johnson, Brandon Kinney, Brian McNamara, Alexandra Southgate, Casey VanSise
- 2021-22: Ethan Cohen, Graydon Dennison, Ryan Langton, and Casey VanSise
- 2020-2021: Graydon Dennison, Mike Fischer, Mathias Fuelling, and Ryan Langton
- 2019-20: Alexandre Caillot, Mike Fischer and Josh Stern
- 2018-19: None
- 2017-18: Keith Riley
- 2016-17: Thomas Reinstein and John Worsencroft
- 2015-16: Tyler Bamford, Kaete O’Connell, and Silke Zoller
- 2014-15: David Guba, Jr.
- 2013-14: Carly Goodman and Sarah Robey
- 2012-13: Matt Shannon and David Lee
- 2011-12: Larry Kessler
- 2010-11: Carla Stephens
- 2009-10: Benjamin Brandenberg and Holger Lowendorf
- 2008-09: Kelly J. Shannon and Wendy Wong
- 2007-08: David Zierler
- 2006-07: Hieu Ho
- 2005-06: Ginger Davis
- 2004-05: Darren Bardell
- 2003-04: Laura Szumanski Steel
- The Richard Immerman Research Award
- 2023-24: Anthony Guerrero
- 2022-23: Brandon Kinney
- 2021-22: Ethan Cohen
- Edwin H. Sherman Family Prize for Undergraduate Scholarship in Force and Diplomacy
- 2022: Brian Wu, University of Toronto, “Negotiating Economic Vulnerability and Human Rights Diplomacy: The Role of Perceptions in Germany-China Relations
- 2021: No Winner
- 2020: Scott Hedberg, University of Kansas, “Failure to Influence: US Information Service – Vietnam, 1954-1957”
- 2019: No Winner
- 2018: Holden Zimmerman, University of Kansas, “Defensive Humanitarianism: Swiss Internment Camps in WWI”
- 2017: Charlotte Blatt, Dartmouth College, “Operational Success, Strategic Failure: Assessing the 2007 Iraq Troop Surge”
- 2016: Erica Ma, University of Pennsylvania, “A State Divided: The Decisive Impact of Third-Party Interventions on Secession Conflicts (1945-2011)”
- 2015: Nathan Hausman, United States Air Force Academy, “Competing Narratives: Comparing Perspectives on NATO Intervention in Kosovo”
- 2014: Alison Strongwater, Cornell University, “Modern Mercenaries: Threat or Savior?”
- 2014 Honorable Mention: Pamela Hoss, University College London, “French Fears over Power Shifts: the October War, the Catalyst for the Deterioration of Franco-American relations in 1973?”
- 2013: Jean-Robert Lalancette, McGill University, “From Decrepit Empire to Third World Champion: France’s Incredible Transition, 1958-1963”
- 2012: George Bogden, Yale University, “Refugees, Statecraft, and Legitimacy: Forced Migration and Foreign Policy after the First Persian Gulf War”
- 2011: Yongqing Douglas Yang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “The Panamanian Paradox: A President�s Struggle to Remove Manuel Noriega”
- 2010: Robert King, Harvard University, “Academic Scribblers: Policy Reports and the Making of American Strategy on Latin America, 1948-1980” 2009: Raymond Joseph Parrot, University of Virginia, “An Education for Occupation: Army Civil Affairs Training And Military Planning for Postwar Germany”
- 2008: Justin King, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Partners and Rivals: Political Economy and American Diplomacy, 1969-1974”
- 2007: Debbie Sharnak, Vassar College, “The Perception of Strategic Alliances: Carter’s Failure to Normalize Relations With Vietnam”
- 2006: Betsey Beasley, University of Georgia at Athens, “Damsels in Distress, Frustrated Old Women, and the Masculine Enterprise: Gendered Constructs in U.S. Relations with Vietnam, 1963-1968”