Category Archives: Eisenhower Fellowship

So I’ve sent in my forms and necessary information for the visa, but it all went quiet over there, at least for a while. We got an e-mail from the Director on Friday, and our programme  officers will be appointed next week. So then we’ll be able to start putting together the itinerary. I metContinue reading “Cranking it up…slowly”

Had a note from the Eisenhower people this week.  The interesting bit wasn’t so much what they said but who it was sent to – my first chance to see who else will be with me.  From the ones I could tell (ie not using hotmail or yahoo accounts), there’s a Bosnian, Swiss, Kiwi, Kenyan,Continue reading “Getting a feel for the programme”

This blog is linked to my position as the European Commission’s Eisenhower Fellow for 2008. This means I will be spending two months in 2008 travelling around the US, meeting with people to talk about my chosen issue, which will be “Why is the US  better than Europe at Science and Research?”. I’ll have anotherContinue reading “Setting up and starting off”