The U.S. Embassy in The Hague is pleased to accept applications for the 2023 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship. The program is scheduled to take place in-person from June 24 – July 22, 2023, and will be hosted by Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Are you between the ages 16-18, and interested in learning more …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 27 January, 2023 | Topics: Education, Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & the Netherlands
The U.S. Embassy The Hague is accepting applications for the 2022 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship. Are you a Dutch citizen or legal permanent resident who is interested in learning more about the United States, developing leadership skills, and strengthening the ties between the U.S. and the Netherlands? Were you born between June 26, 2003, and June 26, 2006 (i.e., be …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 4 February, 2022 | Topics: Education, embassy, Events, Featured Event, News, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship
At two events this week, Ambassador Pete Hoekstra celebrated the U.S. Department of State’s exchange programs with alumni who participated as long ago as the 1970s to as recently as earlier this year. From Fulbright to the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), and from the Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship (BFTF) to Women2Women (W2W), the Transatlantic …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 28 September, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Education, English Language Learning, Europe & Eurasia, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S.
Ambassador Pete Hoekstra delivered remarks and handed out awards at the annual Fulbright Award Ceremony in Leiden. Out of a pool of Dutch applicants, nine PhD candidates and eight graduate students were selected to participate in the internationally renowned program. Established in 1946, the Fulbright Scholar program is an American scholarship administered jointly with the …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 31 May, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Education, Events, Featured Event, News, Scholarships and Exchanges, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Fulbright
Deputy Consul General Pamela Hack met with TU Delft students Monday afternoon as part of the Consulate’s spring tour to highlight educational opportunities in the United States and explain the student visa application process. In addition to TU Delft, consular staff will meet with students in Amsterdam and Leiden this week. To learn more about applying for …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 4 May, 2018 | Topics: Scholarships and Exchanges, Visas | Tags: delft, tour
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you all for coming out tonight. Please allow me to give a special welcome to Executive Director Marcel Oomen, whose leadership of the Fulbright Center for more than 20 years has ensured the continuing success of the program. I’d like to also thank the members of the Fulbright Executive …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 27 September, 2017 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Education, Events, Featured Event, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Fulbright
On June 19, 2017, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Sherry Keneson-Hall attended the Fulbright Award Ceremony in the historic Academiegebouw of Utrecht University. Twenty-three Dutch students and scholars were honored as the latest Fulbright grantees. The Fulbright Program offers scholarships to highly motivated foreign students to study in the U.S. and about an equal number …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 29 June, 2017 | Topics: Culture, Education, Events, Featured Event, News, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Fulbright
The Inclusion Leaders Network (ILN) celebrated its 1st anniversary March 2 with a reception at the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence, hosted by Chargé d’Affaires Shawn Crowley. The Dutch ILN was co-founded in March 2016 by two exchange alumni, Mpanzu Bamega and Ahmed Larouz, as a local spin-off of The German Marshall Fund of the United States ‘ annual “Transatlantic Inclusion Leadership Network” (TILN) in Brussels. ILN has …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 3 March, 2017 | Topics: Alumni, Business, Chargé D’Affaires, Events, Scholarships and Exchanges, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: diversity, German Marshall Fund, IVLP, TILN