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2019 Washington DC Interns Ruben van den Akker, Eva Hofman, Eveline Kooi, Roos Middelkoop and Laurien Maarleveld

 

2019 Washington DC Interns

 

2019 Washington DC Interns

 

2019 Washington DC Interns

 

2019 Washington DC Interns

NAF Washington DC Internship Program

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) was established in 1967 in response to the political and social upheaval of the 1960s. Surveying this political and social landscape, Charles Edison, former governor of New Jersey, secretary of the Navy and son of the inventor Thomas Alva Edison, recognized that college students needed a balanced perspective on political and economic institutions. And in 1967, he took the first steps toward establishing the The Fund for American Studies.

The NAF has partnered with TFAS for more than a decade to provide experiential education opportunities to Dutch and Dutch Caribbean university students in Washington, D.C through a guaranteed internship, classes, guest lectures, networking events, a mentor program, and site briefings. There are four tracks for this program:

  1. International Affairs: Internships in Congressional offices, embassies, think tanks and international non-governmental organizations.
  2. Public Policy + Economics: Internships in federal agencies, think tanks, policy groups, law firms, Congressional offices and non-governmental organizations.
  3. Journalism + Communications: Internships in newspapers, magazines, news services, radio, public relations firms and Capitol Hill press offices.
  4. Business + Government Relations: Internships in government affairs offices of large corporations, industry trade associations and lobbying firms.

The NAF, in collaboration with TFAS' D.C. Academic Internship Program, provides full scholarships each summer to citizens of the Netherlands and the Dutch Caribbean Islands. The scholarship covers tuition, housing, health insurance and the costs associated with applying for a visa. Scholarship awardees are responsible for funding their travel to the U.S. and living expenses while in the U.S.

Applications open each fall. For more information, please visit www.dcinternships.org.

For questions, please send an email to NAF Washington DC Chapter Chairman Stan Veuger at stan.veuger@gmail.com.

Previous Awardees

2023 Awardees

Cend-Suren Altangerel
Erasmus University Rotterdam - Medical Business and Innovation

Eline de Jong
Utrecht University - International Affairs/Economics

Anisha de Vries
Erasmus University Rotterdam - Intercultural Communication and Global Affairs

Fabio Garcia del Rio
Leiden University - International Affairs

Koenraad Rang
Radboud University - Economics

Eva van der Laan
Leiden University - Middle Eastern Studies

Thomas van Kemenade
University of Groningen - Economics

2022 Awardees

Sarah Haverkamp
Erasmus University Rotterdam

Arnoud van Bree
Delft University of Technology

Sabine Sleiffers
University of Amsterdam

2021 Awardees

Merel Schrikkema
University of Groningen – International Affairs

Dennis van Gulik
Tilburg University – Public Policy and Economics

Daan Zwart
University of Amsterdam – International Affairs

Tiffanie Oduber (Fall 2020)
University of Amsterdam – International Communication and Media

2019 Awardees

Eva Hofman
University of Amsterdam – Journalism and Media

Eline Kooi
Leiden University – Political Science

Laurien Maarleveld
Tilburg University – Economics

Roos Middelkoop
KU Leuven – Psychology

Ruben van den Akker
Utrecht University – Economics

2018 Awardees

Lize Geurts
University of Amsterdam – History

Maartje Scheijen
Leiden University – Political Science and Public Administration

Marije Sluiskes
University College Roosevelt – Mathematics, Computer Science, Econometrics

Boudewijn van Werve
University of Amsterdam

2017 Awardees

Daan de Leeuw
University of Utrecht – Economics of Public Policy and Management

Jetske Maria Klein
Leiden University – International Relations and Diplomacy

Barbara Roggeveen
University of Amsterdam – LLB International Law

Vrije University Amsterdam – Russian Language and Literature

Rosa Rupert
Leiden University –  Political Science

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