Eu centers proposal submission guidelines

EU CENTERS 2011-14

Proposal Narrative Form

2. Cooperation within a US network and with EU partner institutions: Applicants should discuss their existing capacity, and capacity to develop further, links with other academic and research institutions in the US and the EU, including collaboration with universities in at least two EU Member States. Applicants should include discussion of their participation in any other EU or EU-US grant programs, for example those programs within the context of the EU-US Higher Education and Vocational Training Agreement, and the Jean Monnet Action Programs. Attach additional page(s) if necessary.

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   Links within the United States (as well as Canada and Mexico)
   

UT is one of the largest universities in the US with an enrollment of just under fifty thousand students. UT is the flagship of a university system that incorporates nine universities, six health schools, a total enrollment of over 210,000, and a University endowment of 15.6 billion dollars (fifth largest in the world).

The capacity to expand existing links with other academic and research institutions within the US are therefore vast. UT has close links with its sister institutions within the University of Texas System and is continuously developing close links with other institutions of higher learning. Especially important to the activities of the proposed Center of EU Excellence would be links with our regional partners in Central Texas specifically and the Southwest Region of the US as a whole.
For the purposes of the Center of EU Excellence, we would establish a three-part strategy through which to expand the links with Universities on the North American Continent:

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   Collaborate with the established network of EU Centers of Excellence.
   
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   Disseminate contacts, conference calls, and research with regional partners in Central Texas, wider Southwest United States and the other units of the University of Texas System.
   
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   Use UT’s strong links with the institutions of higher learning in Mexico and Canada to further push the collaborative efforts started by the network of EU Centers of Excellence.
   
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      Creating new and nurturing existing links with the EU Centers of Excellence in Canada (Carleton University, Dalhousie University, Université de Montréal—McGill University, York University, and University of Toronto/University of Victoria) as well as the University of British Columbia’s Institute for European Studies.
      
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      Further UT’s strong links with Mexican Universities to include research on the EU (such as close collaboration with El Colegio Mexiquense Interdisciplinary Program for European Studies).
      

Partner Institutions
For the purposes of the Center we have established links with a number of regional educational institutions. These universities and colleges will form the EU Center’s Partner Institutions Network. We will advertise all of our events to the students and faculty at these institutions and we will open a number of our programs and funding opportunities to their students.

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  Texas State University (San Marcos)
  
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  Texas Lutheran University (Seguin)
  
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  Houston-Tillotson University (Austin)
  
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  Concordia University (Cedar Park)
  
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  St. Edwards University (Austin)
  
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  Austin Community College
  
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  University of Texas – Arlington
  
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  University of Texas – Brownsville
  
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  University of Texas – Dallas
  
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  University of Texas – Pan American
  
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  University of Texas – Permian Basin
  
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  University of Texas - Tyler
  
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  University of Texas – San Antonio
  
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  University of Texas – El Paso
  

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