PROGRAM DATES: May 6 to 27, 2026 INFO SESSION: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 (3:00PM to 4:00PM) in Flawn Academic Center (FAC), Room 430 APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, November 7, 2025, 11:59PM (Central) UT-Austin’s Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project is now accepting applications from UT undergraduate…
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The Strauss-Clements Intelligence Studies Project at The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to congratulate the winners of the 11th annual Inman Award competition that recognizes outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security. The…
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The Strauss-Clements Intelligence Studies Project hosted the sixth Texas Intelligence Academy (TIA) from May 11 to 20, 2025 in the National Capital Area. The TIA 2025 cohort comprised 15 UT-Austin undergraduate students. Students participated in lectures, exercises, and discussions with current and former…
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Beau Chapman, a UT undergraduate student and participant in ISP’s Texas Intelligence Academy, was awarded the Association of Former Intelligence Officers’ (AFIO) Edmund W. Kelly scholarship. AFIO grants scholarships to students interested in pursuing careers in national security and intelligence. Beau is an…
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The Strauss-Clements Intelligence Studies Project of The University of Texas at Austin announces the 11th annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security. The winner of the “Inman Award” will receive a cash prize of $5,000,…
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At a ceremony held in Austin, TX on January 27, 2025, LBJ School Dean JR DeShazo installed Professor of Practice and Intelligence Studies Project Senior Fellow James “Paul” Pope as the Lloyd Hackler Chair in Ethical Leadership. The Hackler Chair has been vacant since…
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- Bobby R. Inman, former Director of the National Security Agency and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
"There has been far too little focus in the academic world on the Intelligence Community and the critical role it plays in our country's national security. The Intelligence Studies Project will position the University of Texas at Austin to be a leading academic center on U.S. intelligence."
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- Robert M. Gates, former Secretary of Defense and Director of Central Intelligence
"The Intelligence Studies Project at UT Austin - anchored by the Inman Chair - will allow new generations of young people to learn from and about Admiral Inman, and to learn about intelligence: its many disciplines and dimensions, its structure, how it operates, its strengths and weaknesses, how it is used, and how it can be improved."