The Frasure-Kruzel-Drew (FKD) Memorial Fellowship was a paid full-time, two-year career development opportunity sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) and administered by the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR) at James Madison University. Over the fellowship's 26 years, 41 fellows served in PM/WRA’s Washington, D.C. office and gained valuable experience in managing international security and humanitarian assistance-related programs. CISR is proud to have launched these 41 young leaders into meaningful public service careers.

The FKD Memorial Fellowship was established in 1999, originally to raise awareness among the American people about landmine contamination around the world and U.S. government efforts to address the problem. Since then, the fellowship has expanded with PM/WRA’s mission into other conventional weapons destruction activities including small arms and light weapons, stockpile destruction, and security. The fellowship is named in memory of Ambassador Robert C. Frasure, Dr. Joseph J. Kruzel and Colonel Samuel Nelson Drew who lost their lives in an August 1995 automobile accident in Bosnia and Herzegovina while on a diplomatic mission to negotiate peace. This fellowship was created in their honor to perpetuate their legacies of diplomacy, education, and public service.