In 2000 the following persons received an RSC Research Grant for their projects:

  • Arnoud van Steendam (University of Ghent, Belgium), “Lyndon B. Johnson and the Vietnam War” (M.A.);
  • Nele Schurmans (University of Ghent, Belgium), “The Red and the White Indians: John Collier and the Indian Reorganization Act, 1934-1945” (M.A.);
  • Mark Cohen (University of Keele, United Kingdom), “The Democratic Party and Palestine, 1944-1948” (independent research project);
  • Philipp Janssen (University of Cologne, Germany), “The U.S.A. and the Decolonization of the Third World: Political, Economic, and Cultural Reform Discourses during the 1960s” (Ph.D.);
  • Katerina Padevetova (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic), “Rhetorical Styles of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan: A Comparison” (Ph.D.);
  • Zsuzsanna Balizs (University of Pecs, Hungary), “Theodore Roosevelt’s European Trip of 1910” (M.A.);
  • Wlodzimierz Batog (University of Kielce, Poland), “Communicating the Vietnam War to the Public by the Johnson and Nixon Administrations, 1965-1974” (book);
  • Roderick Bailey (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom), “Anglo-American Intelligence Operations and Foreign Policy in the Balkans, 1941-1953” (Ph.D.)
  • Raisa Religa (University of Bialystok, Poland), “Eleanor Roosevelt’s Foreign Travels in the 1950s as Ombudswoman for the World” (M.A.).
  • Leen van Hoorde (University of Ghent, Belgium), “Fiorello La Guardia and New York” (M.A.).

European students seeking a masters or doctorate in American history as well as advanced scholars are invited to apply for a Research Grant. Application forms can be found here.