The disciplines represented by these students range from Government, History, and Economics, to Architecture, Communications, Music, and Art. Students will use IES funds to travel for research across the continent, from the United Kingdom, Spain, and France, to Germany, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Poland, Estonia, and Iceland.

Our largest award, the IES Luigi Einaudi Dissertation Fellowship, will fully fund one semester of field research for two graduate students: Rocio Salas-Lewin (Government), who will travel to Spain for research on her comparative politics project of citizen polarization and participation in Spain and Chile, and William Leigh Maines (History), who will spend a semester in the UK researching how sailors of Britain’s Royal Navy configured, experienced, and negotiated a uniquely naval version of Britain’s empire with the reform-minded Admiralty.

Find more information about the winners of our awards on our Recent Awardees page. We congratulate all IES awardees and wish them a productive summer and year ahead.

By Patricia Young, Senior Program Manager