The EuroScholars program regularly receives new research projects that can be found in the database of the EuroScholars website.

Click on the following database links to get information on the research projects that are now available:

Terrorism studies are important because terrorism affects everybody from micro to macro level. To be able to live in a safe society it is therefore important to prevent the development of radical ideas and actions that could turn into actions of terrorism. The Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism (CTC) is an organization that is actively involved in the study of Terrorism and is situated in The Hague. Bob de Graaff was appointed as the first Professor of Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the Netherlands. It is the aim of the CTC to study terrorism and counterterrorism from an interdisciplinary point of view. The CTC wants to bring all the separate fields of research together and to increase the effectiveness of the government’s efforts to combat terrorism.The chair is a collaboration between the National Coordinator of Counterterrorism (NCTb) and Leiden University.

Now it is possible through the EuroScholars program to do research at the CTC and work on a challenging Terrorism project. Read more about Project Terrorism and Counterterrorism 

For law students, the option of going abroad is normally limited to bilateral exchanges such as the Erasmus or Socrates schemes. These schemes have historically been less attractive for law students from the USA due to the postgraduate and professional nature of the law degree (or J.D.) in the US. The Euroscholars schemes grant law students from the US the opportunity to engage in first hand academic research at prestigious European universities, working closely with expert academics in a given field. This opportunity therefore combines the desire of US law students to study abroad, with the needs of the European academic wanting more information on American law.

I arrived in August of 2008 in order to participate in the language and culture component of the EuroScholars program. That month-long intensive Dutch class coupled with the cultural activities it offered was a perfect introduction to the city and country where I would be living.

Dr. Curry-Sumner and I began working together in September. The first portion of my project was for me to gather research on interstate family support in the United States. That piece of the project involved intense research for two-and-a-half months before I was able to produce the first half of our working paper. We have been in close contact throughout the duration of the project and we have now moved on to meeting more frequently as the draft of the project takes shape. Ultimately we will co-author a joint paper to be published in a law journal or review.

My experience here in Utrecht has been extremely positive. Not only have I continued my Dutch language classes, I have joined a soccer club, and I have also enrolled in a master’s of law program at the University of Utrecht in Public International Law, which runs until February of 2010. I hope to stay in the Netherlands for an indefinite period of time living, working, and continuing to learn about Dutch culture. It is my hope and expectation that the EuroScholars experience and my LL.M. degree from Utrecht will allow me to stand out from others with legal backgrounds when it is time to search for a job. 

On November 7, 2008, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the results of the first ERC Advanced Grants competition. The prestigious ERC Advanced Grant, of up to € 3.5 million for 5 years, is targeted at outstanding, established research leaders, who will perform their research in any EU member state or associated country.

A total of 2167 proposals were received in 4 domains: Physical Science and Engineering; Life Sciences; Social Sciences and Humanities and Interdisciplinary Research. The top 275 grantees represent 26 nationalities and will be working in host institutions in 23 different countries. The total budget for these 275 grants will amount up to € 542 million.

Among the participating EuroScholars universities 11 out of 12 institutions were awarded a total of 25 grants, which is 9% of the total number of grants awarded. In the domain of Physical Science 11 grants were awarded, 7 in Life Sciences, 6 in Social Sciences and Humanities and 1 in the Interdisciplinary Research. One institution, Geneva, received 4 grants; Utrecht, Lund and Karolinska each were awarded 3 grants; Leuven, Leiden, Munich, Heidelberg and Zurich each received 2 grants and Amsterdam 1.
Geneva received an additional grant in the field of Systems Biology, with the neighboring Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne. Read more>