Previous Grant Recipients

Previous grant recipients

Giovanna Violi

Giovanna Violi, PhD candidate, Department of History, FIU

Winner 2024 (FIU)

“Black Martinican Girlhood across the Atlantic: Educational Migration from Martinique to France in the 20th Century”

Ernesto Fiocchetto

Ernesto Fiocchetto, PhD candidate, Politics & International Relations, FIU

Winner: 2024 (FIU)

"LGBTIQ + Human Trafficking: EU Policy and the Impact on South American LGBTIQ + forced Migrants"

Dilara Hekimci

Dilara Hekimci, PhD candidate, Politics & International Relations, FIU

Winner: 2022 (FIU)

“The Opposition Strategies towards Populism in Turkey and Hungary”

Ernesto Fiocchetto

Ernesto Fiocchetto, PhD candidate, Politics & International Relations, FIU

Winner: 2021 (FIU)

"LGBTIQ + Asylum Seekers in Europe and the Role of Faith Actors"

Zeynep Kilicoglu

Zeynep Kilicoglu, PhD candidate, Politics & International Relations, FIU

Winner: 2020 (FIU)

"Actors vs Bodies: Construction of Women Refugees by Humanitarian Actors in Western Europe" (UK & France)

Nevena Trajkov

Nevena Trajkov, PhD candidate, Politics & International Relations, FIU

Winner: 2019 (FIU)

"The Paradox of Accommodation: Minority groups and risks to the consolidation of the state (Spain/Macedonia)"

Craig Lang

Craig Lang, PhD Candidate, Department of Politics & International Relations, FIU

Winner 2016 (FIU)


"Research on Kosovo and the rules of law"

Fiacre Bienvenu

Fiacre Bienvenu, PhD Candidate, Department of Politics & International Relations, FIU

Winner 2015 (FIU)

“EU-Africa relations via the medium of civil society”

Jeffrey Maslanik

Jeffrey Maslanik, PhD Candidate, Department of Politics & International Relations, FIU

Winner 2015 (FIU)

“Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Implementation and Sociopolitical Adaptation in Sweden - A Lens for EU Integration”

Palina Prysmakova

Palina Prysmakova, PhD Candidate, Department of Public Administration, FIU

Winner: 2014 (FIU)

"Public Services Motivation in Public and Nonprofit Service Providers: The Cases of Belarus and Poland"

Murat Altuglu

Murat Altuglu, Department of Politics and International Relations, FIU

Winner: 2013 (FIU)

"How elite recruitment is affected by institutional rules".

Maria Aparicio-Torres

Maria Aparicio-Torres, Department of Modern Languages, FIU

Winner: 2013 (FIU)

"European Higher Education reform and its impact in Spain".

Bilal Ciplak

Bilal Ciplak, Department of Politics and International Relations, FIU

Winner: 2012 (FIU)

"Democracy, Promotion in Turkey: Comparing Europe with the US".

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Nicole A. Warmington

Nicole A. Warmington, Department of Politics and International Relations, FIU

Winner: 2012 (FIU)

"The Caribbean Court of Justice: An Investigation of the Impact of Elites and Institutions on its Creation and Present Structures as it relates to Original Juridiction".

Cynthia Malakasis

Cynthia Malakasis, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, FIU

Winner: 2010/2011 (FIU)

"Nationalism and Immigration in Greece".

Engin Erdem

Engin Erdem, Department of Politics and International Relations, FIU

Winner: 2008/2009 (FIU)

"European Integration and Democratic Consolidation: Spain, Poland and Turkey in Comparative Perspective".

Jayesh D'Souza

Jayesh D'Souza, School of Public Administration, FIU

Winner: 2007/2008 (FIU)

"Measuring the Effectiveness in Financial Crime Prevention in the European Union".

Francesco Ortoleva

Francesco Ortoleva, Department of International Relations and Geography, FIU

Winner: 2007/2008 (FIU)

"From Normative Power to Great Power Politics: Change in European Union Foreign Policy".

Dusan Ugrina

Dusan Ugrina, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Winner: 2006/2007 (FIU)

"Identities in Flux: Bosnian Guest Workers in Berlin".

Zuzana Hlavacova

Zuzana Hlavacova, Department of International Relations and Geography, FIU

Winner: 2006/2007 (FIU)

"European Union Enlargement and the Development of Democratic Institutions".

Maria Ilcheva

Maria Ilcheva, Department of Political Science, FIU

Winner: 2005/2006 (FIU)

"The Dynamics of EU influence on Majority Decision-Making and Minority Demands in the New Member States".

Gonul Tol

Gonul Tol, Department of Political Science, FIU

Winner: 2005/2006 (FIU)

"The Rise of Islamism among the Turkish Immigrants: A Comparison of the German and the Dutch Cases and Implications for the EU and Turkish Membership."

Gaye Gungor

Gaye Gungor, Department of Political Science, FIU

Winner: 2004/2005 (FIU)

"The European Parliament after the Big Bank Enlargement: Membership Shocks, Legislative Institutions, and Institutional Change"