The Fulbright Commission in Belgium is pleased to announce the list of 2013-2014 American Fulbright-Schuman grantees. The Fulbright-Schuman Program, administered by the Commission for Educational Exchange between the United States, Belgium and Luxembourg, is jointly financed by the U.S. State Department and the Directorate-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission.
3 Graduate Students, 2 Scholars, and 1 College of Europe Chair were selected from a pool of 34 competitive applicants split fairly evenly between the Student and Scholar categories. The following criteria were used as the basis for their selection:
• Credentials, professional standing, and accomplishments of the applicant
• Suitability of training, knowledge, skills and experience of the applicant to complete the proposed teaching and/or research
• Personal qualities of the applicant
• Quality and feasibility of the proposed project
• Potential impact of the project and, if applicable,
• Prior Fulbright scholar grants and/or prior experience in the country of application
• Letter of invitation from the host institution
For Americans, the Fulbright-Schuman program focuses on research and/or study on EU policy or U.S.-EU relations at accredited universities or independent research centers, preferably within two different EU locations.
The names of the 2013-2014 American Fulbright-Schuman Grantees:
| 2013-14 American Fulbright Schuman Students | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | U.S. Institution | EU Institution 1 | EU Institution 2 | Discipline | Project title |
| Drew Lerer | Yale University | European Environmental Bureau (Belgium) | Stockholm University (Sweden) | Public Health | Nanotechnology governance in the EU: Risk Management and Transatlantic Cooperation |
| Emilie Aguirre | Harvard University | University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) | The University of Warwick (Ireland) | Agriculture | Assessing the Impact of EU Agricultural Policy on Farming & Healthy Food in UK & Ireland |
| Lin Shi | University of Southern California | University of Liege (Belgium) | Erasmus University (Netherlands) | Economics | Towards Pension Reformation in the EU |
| 2013-14 American Fulbright Schuman Scholars | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | U.S. Institution | EU Institution 1 | EU Institution 2 | Discipline | Project title |
| Joseph Piro | Long Island University (NY) | Netherlands Ministry of Education (Netherlands) | Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (Sweden) | Teacher Training | The Bologna Process: Impact, Influence, and Implications |
| Michelle Frasher | Molloy College (NY) | University of Malta (Malta) | University of Gent (Belgium) | International Relations | Information Statecraft: The Politics and Practice of EU Data and Privacy Law in Transatlantic Counterterrorist Finance Operations |
| Marco Rimanelli | St. Leo University (FL) | College of Europe (Belgium) | College of Europe (Belgium) | Conflict Resolution | COLLEGE OF EUROPE CHAIR: NATO-E.U.-U.S.A.- Strategic Partners and Global Power Projection |