Summer Internship Grants

Luka Pavikjevikj (Undeclared, 2027) interned at Kathimerini in 2024

For decades, the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) has offered Harvard College students invaluable professional and cultural experiences through an enriching program of internships in some of the highest European public service offices, private enterprises, and research institutions. These opportunities have enabled students to expand horizons while learning and honing new skills in an international environment, spurred academic inquiry on European issues, and built a lifelong appreciation for European cultures.

Application Overview

Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year have closed.

Grant Recipients

Serena Jampel (History & Literature, Secondary Field in Folklore & Mythology, 2025)

The following students were Internship Grant Recipients in 2024.

Serena Jampel (History & Literature, Secondary Field in Folklore & Mythology, 2025)

Past Internship Grant Recipients (2012-2023)

2023 Internship Grant Recipients
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2022 Internship Grant Recipients
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2021 Internship Grant Recipients
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2020 Internship Grant Recipients
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2019 Internship Grant Recipients

Andrew Aoyama (History and Literature & Middle Eastern Studies, 2021)
Research assistant to Suzy Hansen of The New York Times Magazine – Istanbul, Turkey
Roshni Chakraborty (Social Studies, 2021)
Mayday Rescue – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Natalie Dabkowski (Government, 2021)
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation (IHJR) – The Hague, The Netherlands
Inês Fernandes (Economics, 2021)
German Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) – Cologne, Germany
Herkus Gudavicius (Social Studies, 2021)
The Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS) – Belgrade, Serbia
* Stanley H. Hoffmann Undergraduate Research and Travel Grant Recipient
James Kitch (Undeclared, 2022)
Center for Transport Economics – Oslo, Norway
Mirnes Kukic (Social Studies, 2021)
The Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS) – Belgrade, Serbia
* Stanley H. Hoffmann Undergraduate Research and Travel Grant Recipient
Molly Leavens (Special Concentration, 2020)
Basque Culinary Center – San Sebastian, Spain * Real Colegio Complutense Grant Recipient
Ian Lutz, (Social Studies, 2021)
UK Parliament, MP Thomas Brake – London, United Kingdom
Emily Markowitz (Social Studies, 2021)
Teneo – London, United Kingdom
William Matheson (Government, 2021)
OECD, Secretary General – Paris, France
* Stanley H. Hoffmann Undergraduate Research and Travel Grant Recipient
Alexis Mealey (Philosophy & Government, 2021)
Center for Hellenic Studies – Nafplio, Greece
Ana Luiza Nicolae (Undeclared, 2022)
Apolitical – London, United Kingdom
Barbara Oedayrajsingh Varma (Psychology, 2021)
Apolitical – London, United Kingdom
Madison Pagel (Government, 2020)
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation (IHJR) – The Hague, The Netherlands
Grace Pan (Social Studies, 2020)
Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Tallinn, Estonia
Pablo Rasmussen (Government, 2020)
Innovation Policy Internship Program – Strasbourg, France
* Stanley H. Hoffmann Undergraduate Research and Travel Grant Recipient
Mercedes Sapuppo (Undeclared, 2022)
Human Rights Watch – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Karl Oskar Schulz (Undeclared, 2022)
Research assistant to Johannes Vogel, Member of the Bundestag – Berlin, Germany
TowerBrook – London, United Kingdom
2018 Internship Grant Recipients
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2017 Internship Grant Recipients

Paula Chappel, 2020
Mostar Summer Youth Programme (MSYP) Bosnia and Herzegovina

Fiona Davis, 2019
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation, The Hague, The Netherlands
Benjamin Delsman, 2019
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, London, United Kingdom
Geordie Enoch, 2018
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation, The Hague, The Netherlands
Rory Farquharson, 2020
Center for Peace and Democracy, Belfast, United Kingdom
Monica Hersher, 2018
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, London, United Kingdom
Luca-Slavomir Istodor-Berceanu, 2019
The Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), Belgrade, Serbia
Sam Koppelman, 2018
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change , London, United Kingdom
Adrianna Korte-Nahabedian, 2018
US State Department’s Mission to the UN Agencies, Rome, Italy
Jacob Link, 2019, The Alliance of European Liberals and Democrats (ALDE), Brussels, Belgium
Spencer Ma, 2019
The Alliance of European Liberals and Democrats (ALDE), Brussels, Belgium
Belen Mella, 2019
Mobile World Capital, Barcelona, Spain - Funding provided by Real Colegio Complutense
Christina Neckermann, 2019
Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany

Tae Yeong Park, 2019
Secretary General, OECD, Paris, France
Sarah Perlmutter, 2019
Cultural internship in Greece, Nafplio, Greece
Camilla Suarez, 2019
MP Tom Brake, UK Parliament, London, United Kingdom
Joseph Zivny, 2019
The Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), Belgrade, Serbia
2016 Internship Grant Recipients

Marie Becker, 2018
Académie Diplomatique Internationale, Paris, France

Lindsay Bu, 2018
Mother Child Education Foundation (AÇEV), Istanbul, Turkey

Michael Chen, 2018
The Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), Belgrade, Serbia

Eni Dervishi, 2017
ALDE Group, European Parliament, Belgium

Nian Hu, 2018
UN Watch, Geneva, Switzerland

Daniel Kenny, 2018
UK Parliament, MP Tom Brake, London, United Kingdom

Luka Kordic, 2018
Uni Credit, Milano, Italy

Kendra McLaughlin,
Mostar Summer Youth Programme (MSYP), Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Daniel Montoya, 2018
Académie Diplomatique Internationale, Paris, France

Garam Noh, 2019
OECD, Secretary General, Paris, France

Daniel Ott, 2018
UK Parliament, MP Greg Mulholland, London, United Kingdom

Karishma Shah, 2017
US Consulate General, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ryan Ward, 2018
US Embassy, Paris, France
2015 Internship Grant Recipients

Albania Halah Yasser Ahmad, 2017
Ministry of Urban Development & Tourism, Tirana, Albania
Anatol Klass, 2017
ALDE, Brussels, Belgium
Gabriela Farrell, 2016
ALDE, Brussels, Belgium
Adrianna Zarya Korte-Nahabedian, 2018
Ministry of Veteran Affairs, Zagreb, Croatia
Aizhan Shorman, 2017
Académie Diplomatique Internationale, Paris, France
Eni Dervishi, 2017
Europe Research Center (HBS), Paris, France
Andreas Vandris, 2018
Europe Research Center (HBS), Paris, France
Karl Aspelund, 2017
OECD, Nuclear Energy Agency, Paris, France
James Watkins, 2016
OECD, Secretary General, Paris, France
Molly Wharton, 2017
Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany
Wenting Gao, 2017
Deutsche Börse, Frankfurt, Germany
Caetano Hanta-Davis, 2018
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs & Energy, Berlin, Germany
Daniel Banks, 2017
Istituto per l'Europea Centro-Orientale e Balcanica, Forlì, Italy
Poland Katharine Barton, 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw, Poland
Charles Joseph Sutherland, 2016
CANVAS, Belgrade, Serbia
Archana Somasegar, 2018
IE Business School, Madrid, Spain
Teoman Kucuk, 2017
Istanbul Research Center (HBS), Istanbul, Turkey
Catherine Qin, 2017
Istanbul Research Center (HBS), Istanbul, Turkey
Sam Danello, 2018
Mother Child Education Foundation (AÇEV), Istanbul, Turkey
Erica Eisen, 2016
The British Museum, London, UK
Elena Monge Imedio, 2018
The City of London Corporation, London, UK
Tessa Gabrielle Markewich, 2016
Global Experience Specialists, London, UK
Paige Wallace, 2017
King's College, Cambridge, UK
Toby Roper, 2017
UK Parliament, MP Greg Mulholland, London, UK
Susan Wang, 2017
UK Parliament, MP Tom Brake, London, UK
Carolyn Ye, 2017
Special Olympics Great Britain, London, UK
Jasmine Chia, 2018
Special Olympics Great Britain, London, UK
Brandon Alexander Wilks, 2017 Value Retail, London/Bicester, UK
2014 Internship Grant Recipients

Daniel Banks, 2017
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria
Schuyler Berland, 2016
Value Retail, UK
Benjamin Betik, 2017
Alliance Trust, UK
Alpkaan Celik, 2015
Europe Research Center – HBS, France
Emelie Coleman, 2015
Global Experience Specialists, United Kingdom
Cristina Cornejo, 2015
Europe Research Center – HBS, France
Eni Dervishi, 2017
Ministry of Urban Development and Tourism, Albania
Tamara Fernando, 2016
CANVAS, Serbia
Stephanie Franklin, 2016
IE Business School Madrid, Spain
Domniki Georgopoulou, 2015
Aephoria, Greece
Rivka Hyland, 2016
King’s College, UK
Lauren Kang, 2016
Académie Diplomatique Internationale, France
Tijana Katushevska, 2016
Special Olympics Great Britain, UK
Nancy Liu, 2016
Ministry of Finance, Greece
Kamil Nawrocki, 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Erin Petry, 2016
Ministry of Economy or Privatization, Serbia
Elias Rivas, 2016
IE Business School Madrid, Spain
Tuba Sahiti, 2015
British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK
Reed Silverman, 2015
UK Parliament MP Paul Maynard, UK
Delany Sisiruca, 2016
Académie Diplomatique Internationale, France
Alexander Solis, 2016
UK Parliament MP Tom Brake, UK
Ross Svenson, 2015
UK Parliament MP Rachel Reeves, UK
Claire Tan, 2015
City of London Corporation, UK
Whitney Thornburg, 2015
Hopkins Architects, UK
Andrew Troska, 2017
Istituto per l'Europa Centro-Orientale e Balcanica, Italy
Thomas White, 2016
UK Parliament MP Seema Malhotra, UK
Teresa Yan, 2015
The British Museum, UK
Alexander Young, 2016
Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Croatia, Croatia
Cyndia Yu, 2016
OECD - NEA, France
Ava Zhang, 2016
OECD Secretary General, France
2013 Internship Grant Recipients

Jorge Amador, 2014
SIEPA, Serbia
Matthew Beck, 2014
Cabinet of MP Paul Maynard, United Kingdom
Sarah Berlow, 2013
OECD - NEA, France
Joseph Brennan, 2015
CANVAS, Serbia
Emma Langham Brown, 2014
King's College, United Kingdom
Sandy Chan, 2015
Polska Akcja Humanitarna, Poland
Nina Chen, 2015
Europe Research Center – HBS, France
Ashleigh Cote, 2015
Croatian Film Association, Croatia
Louise Decoppet, 2015
British Museum, United Kingdom
E. James Dionne, 2015
Cabinet of MP Tom Brake, United Kingdom
Clare Duncan, 2014
British Museum, United Kingdom
Michelle Ferreol, 2015
Special Olympics, United Kingdom
Michelle Geng, 2015
Peakside Capital, United Kingdom
Gina Hackett, 2015
Croatian Film Association, Croatia
Rachel Hansen, 2014
Global Experience Specialists, United Kingdom
Krister Ilmari Koskelo, 2015
OECD Secretary General, France
Ana Kotevska, 2015
Istituto per l'Europa Centro-Orientale e Balcanica, Italy
Luka Orešković, 2014
Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Croatia, Croatia
Rachel Orol, 2015
William Iselin Fine Art, France
Eliza Pan, 2015
Cabinet of MP Rachel Reeves, United Kingdom
Matthew Ricotta, 2015 Hopkins Architects, United Kingdom
Devony Schmidt, 2014 Académie Diplomatique Internationale, France
Orme Thompson, 2015 OECD - NEA, France
Simon Thompson, 2014 Cabinet of MP Greg Mulholland, United Kingdom
Mohammed Toure, 2016
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Erika Veidis, 2015
Académie Diplomatique Internationale, France
Christopher Walleck, 2014
Onefinestay, France
Beatrice Walton, 2014
ALDE, Belgium
James Watkins, 2016
Alliance Trust, Great Britain
Roland Yang, 2014
Europe Research Center - HBS, France
Karen Zhou, 2014
ALDE, Belgium
Adam Ziemba, 2014
City of London Corporation, United Kingdom
2012 Internship Grant Recipients

Samuel Adams, 2014
MP Tom Brake for Carshalton and Wallington (Liberal Democrat), London, England (UK)
Audrey Anderson, 2013
Special Olympics Great Britain, London, England (UK)
Giacomo Bagarella, 2013
City of London Corporation, London, England (UK)
Paul Castrigano, 2014
King’s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England (UK)
Michael Cotter, 2014
Work4 Labs, Paris (France)
Alejandra Dean, 2013
British Museum, London, England (UK)
Gokcan Demirkazik, 2014
William Iselin Fine Art, Paris (France)
Allison Gofman, 2014
MP Luciana Berger for Liverpool and Wavertree (Labour & Co-Operative), London, England (UK)
Benjamin Guo, 2013
Mobile Interactive Group/ Velti Inc., London, England (UK)
Eloise Horn, 2014
Value Retail, La Vallee (France)
Rachel Jiang, 2013
Simply Business (marketing department), London, England (UK)
Marcin Kostecki, 2014
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), Paris (France)
Didar Kul-Mukhammed, 2014
Transitions Online, Prague (Czech Republic)
Ngoc Nguyen, 2013
bfinance International, London, England (UK)
Susan Overall, 2014
MP Rachel Reeves for Leeds West (Labour), London, England (UK)
Trisha Paul, 2013
Simply Business (tech department), London, England (UK)
Alexander Sahn, 2013
Académie Diplomatique Internationale, Paris (France)
Katharina Schwarz, 2014
Académie Diplomatique Internationale, Paris (France)
Henry Shull, 2013
Europe Research Center, Paris (France)
Julia Solomon-Strauss, 2014
Europe Research Center, Paris (France)
Anthony Staccone, 2013
Young Scot, Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
Jonathan Tan, 2014
MP Greg Mulholland for Leeds North West (Liberal Democrat), London, England (UK)
Nora Tufano, 2013
Value Retail, Bicester, England (UK)
Warner James Wood, 2014
Alliance Trust, Edinburgh (UK) - TBD
Nina Yancy, 2013
MP Paul Maynard for Blackpool North & Cleveleys (Conservative), London, England (UK)
Karen Zhou, 2014

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Office of the Secretary-General, Paris (France)