Postgraduate student Claudia Gloazzo has been awarded a postgraduate grant from the European Court of Auditors for a research entitled: “Financial Instruments to deliver Cohesion policy. Do repayable forms of assistance better serve the scope?” Claudia Gloazzo has spent a study period at the European University Institute Historical Archives in Fiesole (IT) in November 2015 and has undertaken further research at the headquarters of the European Court of Auditors in Luxembourg (LU) this year. The research will contribute towards her PhD thesis and to the broader debate on EU financial accountability and on the new governance models in EU Cohesion policy.