The new Jean Monnet Project at the University of Washington will encompass an integrated set of activities designed to further strengthen EU Studies on our campus and across the US. The project, “Europe in Transition”, is designed as a 'cross-fertilisation' project to attract US high school and university students to EU Studies, while also training graduate students who will be the next generation of EU academic experts. The project is spearheaded by the EU Center of Excellence (EUCE) of Seattle, which since 1998 has developed a well-earned reputation for implementing impactful teaching, outreach and research programs. The Jean Monnet Project would allow the center to continue its vital work of providing innovative and exceptional EU learning opportunities for students and educators from across the region and nation.The core of the Europe in Transition project are a set of innovative and interdisciplinary learning activities that engage students with EU Studies in ways not normally available at their home institutions. The annual West Coast Model EU, which the EUCE has run since 2005, brings approximately 75 students and faculty from a dozen universities across the region to learn about the EU through a dynamic and interactive simulation of contemporary EU decision-making. The Western US Graduate Research Workshop on the EU meanwhile provides graduate students from across the US the opportunity to share and develop their EU-focused research in an interdisciplinary setting designed to encourage cross-fertilization between academic disciplines while building a strong sense of shared project and commitment to EU Studies. The final activity in the project is an annual educator summer designed to provide area high school and community college instructors with the curriculum tools and materials they need to teach the EU in their classrooms. Through this activity, the center will reach hundreds of students across the region.