WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The European Union has selected nine top US think tanks and public policy institutes as beneficiaries of the biennial EU-US Policy Research and Debate grant competition. Their grant activities will encourage reflection and discussion on the EU-US relationship, address a growing transatlantic agenda for globalization, and take a fresh look at existing EU-US and international institutional frameworks.
Grant funds will facilitate the organization of conferences, workshops, symposia and working group meetings, bringing together some of the greatest minds from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss how the US and the EU can improve policy cooperation. The think tanks will receive grants totaling 1 million euros for the 2012-2013 period.
"These grants are of great value to the transatlantic relationship," said Ambassador Joao Vale de Almeida, Head of the European Union Delegation to the United States, in announcing the winners. "They highlight policy areas in which the EU and US can enhance their cooperation and facilitate important research and policy recommendations."
The 2012-2013 EU-US Policy Research and Debate grant competition winners are:
- Heinrich Boll Foundation, North America, The Climate Network: Revitalizing Transatlantic Relations for a Green Economy.
- Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins, School of Advanced International Studies, Redefining Atlanticism in a Globalizing World.
- Bertelsmann Foundation, North America, Congressional European Parliament Initiative.
- European Institute, The Transatlantic Challenge: Standing Together to Effectively Shape the Global Agenda.
- German Marshall Fund, The Brussels Forum.
- CNA (Institute for Public Research), The EU-US Energy and Climate Security Partnership.
- Brookings Institution, Transatlantic Responses to Critical Issues in European Security.
- Center for Strategic and International Studies, Transatlantic Cyber security Dialogue: Principles for a Secure Global Cyber Infrastructure.
- Migration Policy Institute, Immigration: Skills and Mobility in the Transatlantic Labor Market.
For more information on funding opportunities in the United States, please see:
http://www.eurunion.org/eu/Washington-Delegation-Grant-Programs.html
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SOURCE Delegation of the European Union to the United States
