September 15, 2016 The Commission for Educational Exchange between Belgium, Luxembourg, and the U.S. is pleased to announce that the Fulbright award competition for Belgium, Luxembourg, and Schuman for academic year 2017-2018 will open on September 15th, 2016 and closes at noon on December 1st, 2016. The Fulbright Program is the flagship scholarship program promoting […]
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The text below is a press release from the U.S. Mission to the EU which was released on July 11, 2016. The original text can be found here. Innovation Grants support research at the intersection of technology and policy Ambassador Anthony L. Gardner announced July 11 the successful completion of the first phase of fundraising […]
Alexandra-Maria Bocşe, Fellow on Transatlantic Relations at Harvard University and Fulbright-Schuman Grantee, gave on 6 May 2016 a talk at the Belfer Library, Harvard Kennedy School on ‘The U.S. and European energy security: recent developments’. She argued that the 2014 Ukrainian crisis generated a renewed U.S. interest in European security in general and European energy […]
For the first time there is a Lithuanian name on the list of the recipients of the prestigious Fulbright-Schuman scholarship. Žygimantas Juška fought two years for this scholarship. He says that he relies on the hard work, not the success for which others are waiting naively. After his law studies in Vilnius, Ž. Juška went […]
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Fulbright afterthoughts
Departure is review. We sort through and pack our belongings. We flip through photographs, re-read e-mails and wonder what to write on postcards we meant to send since arrival. I have done all of the above before leaving the United States. Now it is time to reflect on the impressive people I have met during […]
Coming across the Atlantic with a family requires creativity, the endurance to fill out a big pile of forms, and a truckload of patience. But based on my so-far very short experience in the States, it is definitely worth it. In this blog post, I want to share a few things that our family has […]