U.S. RECIPIENTS OF EU GRANTS

The EU offers three major grant programs in the United States: the EU Centers of Excellence, Transatlantic Research and Debates Program, and Getting to Know Europe grants.

1. EU Centers of Excellence

EU Centers of Excellence advance the study of the EU, the understanding of its institutions and policies and EU-US relations through teaching programs, scholarly research and outreach activities extended by the Centers to their local and regional communities.

• University of Colorado, Boulder
• Florida International University and the University of Miami
• University of Illinois, Champaign
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
• University of Texas, Austin
• University of Washington-Seattle
• Washington DC Consortium (American University, George Mason University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, The Johns Hopkins University)

 2. Transatlantic Research and Debate

Transatlantic Research and Debate grant activities focus on a number of different topics, in particular deepening of the transatlantic economy via the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, strengthening the political dialogue and initiatives on foreign policy, and pursuing common approaches to issues of common concern (energy security, sustainable energy transition, climate change and its security aspects, sustainable transportation, and the green economy.

Current Grantees 2014-2015

• Atlantic Council
• Bertelsmann Foundation (Washington)
• Brookings
• CAN
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Center for Climate Strategies
• Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Center for Transatlantic Relations (SAIS) School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University
• European Institute
• George Washington University
• Lugar Center
• Mc Cain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University
• Middle East Institute
• New American Foundation
• Transatlantic Business Council
• Transatlantic Energy and Climate Network (Heinrich Böll Foundation, Washington DC)
• University of Arkansas

 3. Getting to Know Europe

Through its Getting to Know Europe grant competition, the European Commission awards funding to US-based non-governmental, non-profit organizations for programs to promote a greater knowledge of the EU within local and regional communities around the US.

Recipients

• Boston University
• Bay Area Council Economic Institute (BACEI)
• Brigham Young University (BYU)
• City University of New York (CUNY)
• University of Florida
• Friends of Goethe Institute (FOGI)
• University of Nebraska, Omaha (UNO)
• New York University (NYU)
• Old Dominion University (ODU)
• Rutgers University
• Smith Middle School
• World Affairs Council of Atlanta
• World Affairs Council of Houston
• World Trade Center San Diego