Council on Foreign Relations

Named Chairs, Centers, Fellowships, and Programs

Central to the mission of CFR is the work of the David Rockefeller Studies Program, CFR's in-house think tank. The Studies Program is defined by its unmatched range and depth of expertise. Named and endowed chairs and fellowships, by providing long-term support, help CFR to attract and retain the world’s leading scholars and to maintain an intellectually rigorous and independent research agenda.

Current Endowment Opportunities:

• $5 million will fully endow a chair, including a senior fellow, a research associate, and yearly programmatic expenses
• $3 million will endow a senior fellowship
• $1 million will endow a named annual symposium

There are a variety of ways to fund such a commitment, including planned gifts, which often provide tax or other income benefits to the donor. To learn about the ways you might consider creating an endowment at CFR, please contact Suzanne Helm, vice president of development, at shelm@cfr.org, or 212.434.9781.

Chairs:

• Ralph Bunche Chair in Africa Policy Studies
• Maurice R. Greenberg Chair/Director of Studies
• Maurice R. Greenberg Chair in China Studies
• George F. Kennan Chair in Russian and Eurasian Studies
• Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Chair in National Security Studies
• Henry A. Kissinger Chair in National Security and European Studies
• Peter G. Peterson Chair/Editor of Foreign Affairs
• Philip D. Reed Chair in Science and Technology
• Nelson and David Rockefeller Chair in Latin America Studies
• David M. Rubenstein Chair in Energy and the Environment
• Hasib J. Sabbagh Chair in Middle East Studies
• C.V. Starr Chair in Asia Studies
• General John W. Vessey Chair in Conflict Prevention
• Paul A. Volcker Chair in International Economics

Centers:

• Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

Fellowships:

• Douglas Dillon Fellowship
• Henry Kaufman Senior Fellowship
• Edward R. Murrow Press Fellowship
• Bernard Schwartz Senior Fellowship in Business and Foreign Policy
• Whitney H. Shepardson Fellowship
• Cyrus Vance Fellowship in Diplomatic Studies

Programs:

• Pieter A. Fisher Program in International Relations
• W. Averell Harriman Program in European Studies
• Walter Hochschild Program in International Economics
• Stephen M. Kellen Term Member Program
• Winston Lord Program on Asia
• John J. McCloy Program on International Relations
• C. Peter McColough Roundtable Series on International Economics
• Thomas J. Watson Meetings Program