A five-year study, funded by the Templeton Religion Trust. We will examine the character and leadership development of cadets across the four-year training program to better understand which experiences at USMA are most salient for promoting character and leadership. In turn, we will examine whether attributes of character and leadership predict performance outcomes among current USMA cadets, as well as in their roles as U.S. Army officers. We will use this information to help USMA maximize its efforts to promote character and leadership, as well as to inform other service academies, universities, and other institutions about best practices in developing leaders of character..