Awarded grants for the academic year of 2024-2025
The Fulbright Commission in Brussels has awarded a total of 57 grants through the Fulbright Belgium and Luxembourg Programs for graduate studies, research and teaching during the 2024-25 academic year. This includes grants to 13 Belgian students and student researchers, nine Belgian scholars, and three Luxembourgish students through the Fulbright Foreign Student and Visiting Scholar Programs. It also includes grants to 32 Americans through the Fulbright U.S. Student and Scholar Programs.
Fulbright grantees undergo a rigorous selection process, involving a written application and interview by a selection committee, and all selected grantees receive approval of the presidentially-appointed Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Candidates are evaluated on their proposed study or research plans as well as on academic and professional excellence, social engagement, and ambassadorial qualities.
Fulbright Belgium Foreign Student Program
- Kenza Aiteur, Master’s degree in Law at Stanford University
- Anne Bombay, Master’s degree in Law at Columbia University
- Elisabeth de Saxe-Cobourg, Master’s degree in Public Policy at Harvard University (Honorary Award*)
- Rayan El Bachaoui, Visiting Student Researcher in Medical Sciences at Harvard University
- Elise Huysmans, Visiting Student Researcher in Anthropology at the University of Chicago
- Lore Janssens, Visiting Student Researcher in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania
- Lotte Notelaers, Visiting Student Researcher in Transportation at the University of Virginia
- Eva Sevrin, Master’s degree in Law at Harvard University
- Annelies Sticker, Visiting Student Researcher in Meteorology at the University of Colorado Boulder
- Paavo Van der Eecken, Visiting Student Researcher in Literature at Princeton University
- Judith Van Looveren, Master’s degree in International Relations at New York University
- Lieselotte Vandewalle, Visiting Student Researcher in Neuroscience at Stanford University
- Zoé Vermeesch, Master’s degree in Business at Columbia University
Fulbright Belgium Visiting Scholar Program
- Kurt Bertels, Research Scholar in Music at the New England Conservatory of Music
- Vincent de Laat, Research Scholar in Medical Sciences at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Joëlle De Weerdt, Research Scholar in Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz
- Sofie Goethals, Research Scholar in Computer Science at Columbia University
- Kris Hardies, Research Scholar in Accounting/Finance at Penn State
- Pieter Nachtergaele, Research Scholar in Engineering at the University of California, Davis
- Jellina Prinsen, Research Scholar in Psychology at Vanderbilt University
- Lien Van Laer, Research Scholar in Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University
- Raf Wollaert, Research Scholar in Art History at the Broodthaers Society of America
Fulbright Luxembourg Foreign Student Program
- Alessia Di Bari, Master’s degree in Law at the University of Pennsylvania
- Pit Reckinger, Master’s degree in Management at Yale University
Fulbright U.S. Student Program in Belgium
- Megan Briggs, English Teaching Assistant at the University of Antwerp
- Syd Cole, Graduate Student in Social Sciences at Ghent University
- Isaac DeBerry, English Teaching Assistant at the University of Hasselt
- Zoë Kaufmann, English Teaching Assistant at Howest
- Kimberly Liften, Student Researcher in History at the University of Antwerp
- Isabelle Lukau, English Teaching Assistant at UC Louvain Saint-Louis
- Michael Lusk, Graduate Student in Engineering at Ghent University
- Abhinav Madduri, Student Researcher in Biology at Ghent University
- Skye McMorris, Student Researcher in Neuroscience at the VIB Center for Molecular Neurology
- Kayla Metelenis, Student Researcher in Art at the KMSKA and University of Antwerp
- Mary Nayrouz, Graduate Student in Public Health at Ghent University
- Randi Parks, English Teaching Assistant at the Thomas More Hogeschool
- Hira Shah, English Teaching Assistant at Université Libre de Bruxelles and VUB
- Avery Stevens, English Teaching Assistant at Ghent University
- Ellie Suit, Student Researcher in Physics at the University of Antwerp
- Gabrielle Vatthanatham, English Teaching Assistant at the University of Mons
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program in Belgium
- David Alvarez, Research Scholar in Literature at Ghent University
- Kayla Blado, Research Scholar in Communications at the European Trade Union Institute
- Arpita Bose, Research Scholar in Biology at the University of Mons
- Kristin Bradshaw, Research Scholar in Writing at the University of Antwerp
- Bryan Giemza, Research Scholar in Communications at the University of Antwerp
- Shayla Harris, Research Scholar in Film/Cinema Studies at the University of Antwerp
- Juan Jimenez, Research Scholar in Medical Sciences at KU Leuven
- Zachary Selden, Research Scholar in International Relations at the Brussels School of Governance
- Jovan Tatar, Research Scholar In Engineering at KU Leuven
Fulbright U.S. Student Program in Luxembourg
- Kristal Angeles, English Teaching Assistant
- Julia Barone, English Teaching Assistant
- Ralph Brown, English Teaching Assistant
- Jasmine Carty, Student Researcher in Social Sciences at the University of Luxembourg
- Moshe Gasson, English Teaching Assistant
- Eduardo Vargas, English Teaching Assistant
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program in Luxembourg
- Carmela Gillette, Research Scholar in Languages at the University of Luxembourg
*There is no funding attached to a Fulbright Honorary Award. Recipients of Fulbright Honorary Awards go through the same selection process as other candidates, but do not receive a scholarship or travel stipend.