Resources
For Students
Although this list is not comprehensive, we have compiled a number of exciting funding, exchange, and other opportunities for students. We are always available to talk through ideas and options with students. Stop by our office at 203-B Thomson Hall, or email us at cweseuc@uw.edu.
Check back often, as new opportunities will be added as we find them!
- High School Students
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Internships
- Conferences and Workshops
- Other Useful Resources
High School
- Euro Challenge
- The Euro Challenge is an exciting, national competition for high school students to work as a team to develop policy solutions to real world economic challenges.
- U.S. Department of State Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Abroad Program
- The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Abroad Program offers American high school students and recent graduates full scholarships to study for one academic year in countries with significant Muslim populations, including EU member state Bulgaria.
- Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange
- The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange is for motivated high school students who want to fully immerse themselves in German culture by living with a host family and attending a local high school. No previous language experience is required.
- American Foreign Service Association National High School Essay Contest
- National Security Language Initiative for Youth
- Summer and academic year immersion programs to promote critical language learning among American youth. Participants are immersed in the cultural life of the host country, getting formal and informal language practice and sparking a lifetime interest in foreign languages and cultures.
Undergraduate
- Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships
- These fellowships are provided by the U.S. Federal Government and offered by CES to encourage UW graduate, undergraduate, and professional students to study or conduct research in Arabic, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Swedish, or Turkish (French, German, and Spanish available for graduate students only).
- UW Study Abroad
- Explore some of the Europe-focused study abroad options offered by the University of Washington. CES sponsors a variety of programs every year.
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Grants are awarded to U.S. students and young professionals to study or conduct research at universities or institutions in EU Member States on EU policies, EU institutions, and the U.S.-EU agenda.
- European Summer School
- This program focuses on current challenges that the European Union faces and explores scenarios for its future developments. European Summer School is organized under the auspices of the European Commission Representation in the Czech Republic, in cooperation with Prague College and Charles University in Prague.
- DAAD Study Scholarship
- Undergraduates in their final year, or recent graduates in any discipline, may apply for the DAAD Study Scholarship for a full Master’s degree program at a German university or for study at a German university as part of a postgraduate or Master’s degree program completed in their home country.
- DAAD Summer Course Grant
- This program provides scholarships to attend a broad range of three- to four-week summer courses at German universities which focus mainly on German language and literacy, cultural, political, and economic aspects of modern and contemporary Germany. Extensive extracurricular programs complement and reinforce the core material.
- RISE Germany
- Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) offers undergraduate students from North American, British, and Irish universities the opportunity to complete a summer research internship at top German universities and research institutions. Students are matched with a host university or institute according to their area of interest.
- BRIC Go Global Scholarship
- This scholarship is awarded to a student who has the best understanding of the importance of language learning and its place in society. The winner receives a $1,000 scholarship that will be awarded directly to the student and can be used for tuition, books, language classes, and more.
Graduate
- Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships
- These fellowships are provided by the U.S. Federal Government and offered by CES to encourage UW graduate, undergraduate, and professional students to study or conduct research in Arabic, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Swedish, or Turkish (French, German, and Spanish available for graduate students only).
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Grants are awarded to U.S. students and young professionals to study or conduct research at universities or institutions in EU Member States on EU policies, EU institutions, and the U.S.-EU agenda.
- Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program
- This distinguished international initiative each year offers accomplished young Americans the opportunity to gain paid, high-level professional experience in Germany at leading institutions. Fellows attend professional seminars and receive intensive language training.
- DAAD Summer Course Grant
- This program provides scholarships to attend a broad range of three- to four-week summer courses at German universities which focus mainly on German language and literacy, cultural, political, and economic aspects of modern and contemporary Germany. Extensive extracurricular programs complement and reinforce the core material.
- Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships
- The Council for European Studies (CES) invites eligible graduate students in the humanities to apply for the 2020-21 Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships in European Studies. Each fellowship includes a $27,500 stipend, paid in six (6) bi-monthly installments over the course of the fellowship year, as well as assistance in securing reimbursements or waivers in eligible health insurance and candidacy fees.
- Joff Hanauer Endowment for Excellence in Western Civilization
- Applications are now open for six supplemental graduate fellowships in the amount of $5000 for the period September 16, 2020 – June 15, 2021, for graduate students whose work and research involves Western civilization, broadly defined. Hanauer Fellows will participate in a bi-monthly seminar led by Sabina Wilke, Joff Hanauer Distinguished Professor for Western Civilization. The goals of the program are to foster creative and critical work in the Western cultural tradition and to help prepare teachers from different disciplines who have well-reasoned convictions about the place of Western civilization in the curriculum of an American liberal arts institution. The seminar enables students from different disciplines to work together and understand the commonalities and differences in their disciplinary perspectives. The activities of the group will be determined, in part, by the specific fields and interests of the fellows. Fellows will be encouraged to remain connected with the program after the term of their fellowship.
- Postdoc call EUROSEM final
- A Jean Monnet Network grant on “The Politics of the European Semester: EU Coordination and Domestic Political Institutions” headed by Dr. Amy Verdun at the University of Victoria invites applications for a one year postdoctoral fellow for the academic year 2020-2021.
Internships
- Jackson School Office of Career Development
- UW Career and Internship Center
- Delegation of the European Union to the United States
- The Delegation of the European Union to the United States of America offers internships to young university graduates with no, or only limited (one year maximum), relevant professional experience, as well as to students in the final years of university where the traineeship is a complement to their academic training.
- European Parliament Liaison Office | Washington, D.C.
- Recent graduates are given the opportunity to monitor transnational politics in action, see global players in international affairs addressing global challenges across a range of policy areas, and to witness the interplay between decision-makers in the U.S. and lawmakers from the European Union. Internships last for three months in Washington D.C., with the option of a two-month extension in Brussels.
- European Commission
- Each year, the European Commission offers two 5-month, paid traineeships in administration or translation. Limited spaces are allocated to non EU-nationals.
- European Economic and Social Committee Traineeships
- Twice a year, the EESC offers traineeships for a period of five months to university graduates, including a number of spaces for graduates from non-EU countries. These traineeships provide an opportunity to acquire professional experience in one of the EESC’s units, and take place in Brussels.
- European Central Bank
- As a European Central Bank trainee you will gain insight into the ECB’s activities and contribute to the ECB’s mission. The tasks performed will vary according to the unit you join, but some examples include research, drawing up draft reports, compiling statistical data, performing operational tasks and participating in ad hoc studies.
- UW + Amazon Mentors Program
- Through a partnership with Amazon, the UW Career & Internship Center, and C21/College of Arts & Sciences, students will be matched with mentors at Amazon to explore the world of work through the lens of Seattle’s largest employer.
- DC Internships | The Fund for American Studies
- The Fund for American Studies provides a variety of internships focused on American democracy and our free market system in Washington D.C., Asia, Europe, and South America.
Conferences and Workshops
- West Coast Model EU
- The Model European Union is an annual simulation of a European Council Summit, bringing together undergraduate students from across the United States to address current issues.
- Graduate Student Workshop
- The workshop, now in its eighth year, provides a forum for US-based graduate students at the dissertation level to present research focused on the EU to faculty and peers.
- Claremont Undergraduate Conference on the EU
- The oldest and largest academic conference in the United States dedicated to undergraduate research on European Union topics, this conference is hosted by The European Union Center of California. Its aim is to enhance undergraduate training in and knowledge of the European Union and U.S.-European relations, and will allow students with expertise in different areas to interact with each other as well as faculty, foster intercampus cooperation, and recognize the excellent work by students.
Other Useful Resources
- European Union Governance & Policy Challenges – Online Training Resource
- Jackson School Student Association
- Jackson School Advising
- UW Libraries: Western European Studies | Theresa Mudrock, Librarian
- Center for Spanish Studies | A joint initiative of the University of Washington, the Education Office of the Embassy of Spain and the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
- Europa | The Official EU Website