35th Annual TFAS Scholarship Awards Dinner

Please join The Fund for American Studies TFAS on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at The Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C., for a special celebration honoring today’s congressional and business leaders and supporting our future leaders – the 2025 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 Latest Episode

TFAS President Roger Ream, FTE Executive Director Ted Tucker and FTE Director of Operations and Teacher Programs Lisa Chang discuss building economic literacy.

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The Latest at TFAS

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June 3, 2025

Tradition and Renewal: Exploring Post-War Conservatism with the Woodhouse Public Policy Fellowship

 Over the past nine months, 20 outstanding young professionals from congressional offices, think tanks, nonprofits and news outlets participated in the 2024-25 Woodhouse Public Policy Fellowship.

May 30, 2025

Equipping Journalists: Highlights from TFAS’s Inaugural Media Fellowship

 The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) celebrates the successful completion of its inaugural Media Accelerator Fellowship. Over nine months in Washington, D.C., 15 early-career journalists worked closely with policy experts and veteran journalists, gaining the…

May 22, 2025

TFAS 2025 Washington Fellowship: Courageous Leaders Complete Transformative Semester in Washington, D.C.

 This spring, The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) welcomed a new cohort of highly motivated, civically engaged student leaders from across the country to the nation’s capital for the 2025 TFAS Washington Fellowship.
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TFAS Events

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July 9, 2025 6:00 pm

35th Annual TFAS Scholarship Awards Dinner

 Please join The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at The Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C., for a special celebration honoring today’s congressional and business leaders and supporting our future leaders – the 2025 TFAS…

November 11, 2025 6:00 pm

32nd Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner

 Please save the date for the 32nd Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner in New York City. Your support enables TFAS to develop the next generation of excellent journalists while honoring today’s leaders who are paving the way. DETAILS: Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025…
 
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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.