Explore: Student Programming

“This experience marked the culmination of my thesis fieldwork at a critical juncture in the sociopolitics of Italy.”

Abigail Campbell ’20 Political Science and Economics Travel and Research Grant to Rome, Italy

Student Programming

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH The Nanovic Institute for European Studies continued to fulfill its mission of outstanding student support through numerous grant offerings, most notably travel and research grants. This year, despite the disruption of coronavirus to summer programs, 25 undergraduates received travel and research grants and traveled to 16 different countries. The Institute supported innovative, timely projects addressing key issues that Europe and the world face today, including junior peace studies major Conal Fagan’s investigation into the provisions provided by international humanitarian and civil society organizations for disabled refugees, who comprise some of Europe’s most vulnerable, and junior environmental engineering student Kaitlyn Calhoun’s research into microplastics in the Aegean Sea and their impact on the local ecosystem and food chain. Lyla Senn, a first-year chemical engineering major, traveled to the Maltese countryside to study water recycling and sustainable farming. Brady Stiller, valedictorian of the class of 2020 and double major in theology and biology, used his Nanovic grant to examine the works of G.K. Chesterton at the London Global Gateway, a collection he helped the University acquire, ultimately adding valuable insights to his senior thesis.

2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR 97 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT GRANTS 19 Majors 45 GRADUATE STUDENT GRANTS 14 Departments 142 TOTAL STUDENT GRANTS FUNDED TO 16 COUNTRI ES

Students pictured (counterclockwise): Conal Fagan '21, Switzerland; Kaitlyn Calhoun '21, Greece; Lyla Senn '23, Malta; Brady Stiller '20, United Kingdom.