On 14 March 2014 Rector Jörg MONAR signed an agreement with the Chief Operating Officer of the European External Action Service David O'SULLIVAN. This agreement establishes a new thesis award with a remunerated internship for the best MA thesis on EU external relations written by a student from the College of Europe’s Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies. The winner of the award will be announced during the closing ceremony of the academic year on 20 June 2014 in Bruges.