James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions

Name

James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions

Legal name

James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions

Website

https://jmp.princeton.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

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Product category

Academic Research and Civic Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Educational Support Services (6117), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

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Services-Educational Services (8200)

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Great Books/Core Curriculum Liberal Arts Colleges (EDAHACAM)

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Public Research Universities with Major Extension & Outreach Missions (EDAHAAAG)

Keywords

• Constitutional law studies
• Political philosophy research
• Academic fellowship programs
• Civic education
• Scholarly publications

Headquarters

HQ city

Princeton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

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B2C

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Revenue model

1. Private Donations and Foundation Support: The program relies entirely on financial support from private donors and foundations. Contributions are tax-deductible and made payable to Trustees of Princeton University with designation for the James Madison Program. The program also receives institutional support through Princeton University's Department of Politics.

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Core offering

The James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions is an academic program within Princeton University's Department of Politics that offers visiting and postdoctoral research fellowships, an Undergraduate Fellows Forum, senior thesis prizes, sponsored courses, summer residential seminars, public lectures and conferences, and digital educational content including EdX online courses, the Madison's Notes podcast, and the Great American Political Speeches archive. The program promotes rigorous scholarly examination of American constitutional law, political philosophy, and Western political thought.

Product overview

The James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions is an academic program at Princeton University's Department of Politics, offering a portfolio of fellowship programs (Visiting Fellows, Postdoctoral Research Associates, Undergraduate Fellows Forum), scholarly initiatives (Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship, Initiative on Freedom of Thought), educational programs (AIIP Track, Sponsored Courses, Summer Programs), and public engagement platforms (EdX Online Courses, Madison's Notes Podcast, Great American Political Speeches). The program implements a comprehensive approach combining residential scholarship, academic curriculum support, public lectures, conferences, and digital educational content to advance understanding of American constitutional law and political thought.

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• Visiting Fellows Program Annual fellowship program inviting scholars with established records and recent doctorate recipients to conduct research in constitutional law, political philosophy, and related fields at Princeton University.
• Postdoctoral Research Associates Program Fully funded 12-month postdoctoral appointments for early-career scholars to devote full time to research in constitutional law and political thought at Princeton University.
• Undergraduate Fellows Forum Academic forum providing Princeton undergraduates opportunities to pursue interests in politics, history, law, and political thought through private meetings with distinguished guests and scholars-in-residence.
• James Madison Society International community of scholars committed to civic education and appreciation of moral foundations of democratic governance, including former visiting fellows and postdoctoral researchers.
• Stephen Whelan '68 Senior Thesis Prize Endowed University prize awarded annually to a Princeton senior for excellence in constitutional law or political thought thesis.
• Program in American Ideas and Institutions (AIIP Track) Departmental track within the Politics department for students to further understand the three branches of federal government and the values, ideas, and theories underlying them.
• Sponsored Courses Funded courses related to constitutional studies and political thought, including American statesmanship courses funded by the William Garwood family.
• Summer Programs One-week residential seminars including the James Madison Seminar on Principles of American Politics, Symposium in Athens, Convivium at Oxford, and Statesmanship in American History for teachers, with a $350 program fee.
• Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship Initiative dedicated to understanding and critiquing statesmanship in modern democratic societies, studying the Anglo-American political tradition from classical past through present.
• Initiative on Freedom of Thought, Inquiry, and Expression

Quantifiable outcome

• Five Madison Society members won the 2026 Heritage Foundation Freedom and Opportunity Academic Prize
• +2 more outcomes

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles and HistoryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Jack Miller Center supports the Statesmanship in American History summer seminar for high school teachers. This is a funding support relationship for professional development programming focused on teaching American founding principles and political statecraft.
• edX (Princeton Online Partnership)coreTechnology or IntegrationThrough partnership with edX, Princeton Online offers free courses taught by Director Robert P. George including Constitutional Interpretation and Civil Liberties. This enables global distribution of the program's educational content to anyone with internet access.
• Princeton University Department of PoliticscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe James Madison Program is sponsored by and operates within the Department of Politics at Princeton University. The program enriches the intellectual life of Princeton students and faculty through research and public discussion on American constitutional principles. Faculty Associates come from various Princeton departments including Near Eastern Studies, History, Philosophy, Physics, Sociology, and Engineering.

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Broad incumbents

• Hoover Institution: Stanford-based public policy research center that, like JMP, is housed within a major research university and produces scholarship on American political institutions, governance, and constitutional questions from a generally free-market orientation.
• Claremont Institute: Think tank devoted to the study of the American founding and constitutional principles; overlaps with JMP in intellectual focus on constitutional law, political philosophy, and civic education, but operates as an independent institution rather than within a university.
• Federalist Society: Conservative and libertarian legal organization that, like JMP, advances scholarship and public discussion of constitutional law, though it operates as a national membership organization rather than a university-housed academic program.
• Heritage Foundation: Conservative public policy think tank that funds and recognizes scholars advancing constitutional and free-market scholarship; connected to JMP through the Heritage Freedom and Opportunity Academic Prize won by multiple Madison Society members.
• American Enterprise Institute: Public policy think tank that, like JMP, produces scholarship on constitutional law, political philosophy, and American institutions, though it operates as a standalone Washington, D.C.-based think tank rather than within a university.

Direct peers

• Witherspoon Institute: Princeton-area public policy institute focused on moral and political philosophy; a former core partner of JMP, having sponsored the James Madison Seminar on the Moral Foundations of Law for over a decade, making it a directly comparable peer in the moral-foundations-of-law niche.
• Harvard Program on Constitutional Government: University-based academic program at Harvard Law School focused on scholarship in constitutional law and political thought; the closest direct peer given its similar function of supporting scholarly research and hosting fellows in constitutional studies at an elite university.
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute: Educational organization promoting the Western intellectual tradition and American founding principles among college students; comparable to JMP in mission, audience (university students and faculty), and emphasis on civics and constitutional education.
• Alexander Hamilton Center at Hamilton College: Liberal arts college-based center for the study of Western political thought and American founding principles; one of the closest direct peers given its university-housed model, focus on constitutional studies, and similar undergraduate programming approach.

Emerging players

• Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier: Constitution education center located at James Madison's historic home, focused on civic education about Madison and the Constitution; comparable to JMP in subject matter focus on the Madison-era founding and constitutional principles.

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