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BAEF Fellows
End of January 2020 effectively marked the 100th Anniversary of the Belgian American Educational Foundation (B.A.E.F.).  Because of the Coronavirus pandemic, BAEF could only celebrate its Centennial in June  2022.   Since its founding in 1920 by President Herbert Hoover, the B.A.E.F. has granted Fellowships to 4,103 Belgians and 1031 Americans for advanced study or research...
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A word from the President For the academic year 2021-2022, B.A.E.F. proudly sponsors 100 students and researchers in all academic fields. The present boat encompasses 89 Belgian Fellows (including one second year MBA 2020 Fellow) pursuing academic careers in the United States in addition to 11 American Fellows studying in Belgium.   The Boat of...
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Boat 2021 For the academic year 2021-2022, B.A.E.F. proudly sponsors 100 students and researchers in all academic fields. The present boat encompasses 89 Belgian Fellows (including one second year MBA 2020 Fellow) pursuing academic careers in the United States in addition to 11 American Fellows studying in Belgium.   Belgian Fellows The Boat of 2021...
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The Francqui-Collen Prize 2020 is awarded to Cédric Blanpain, professor at the Free University of Brussels, Welbio investigator, director of the Laboratory Stem Cells and Cancer. Sometimes called the “Belgian Nobel Prize”, the 2020 Francqui-Collen Prize rewards Cédric Blanpain, from the Université libre de Bruxelles. Director of the Stem Cells and Cancer Laboratory, Professor in...
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Alec de Changy and Benoît Duplat are BAEF fellows from the boat 1993 and graduated from the Harvard MBA in 1995.  Both were raised and studied in Belgium, worked in very international settings - Argentina, Thailand, India, Russia - and are now back, living in Europe.
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With the support of its various benefactors (foundations, universities, eponymous donors), BAEF is proud to announce that sixty three highly qualified Belgian students and researchers have just decided to pursue their studies and research at their top US university choice. For the first time, the BAEF selection committee has also pick up four very young...
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