The DASRF is a private foundation set up to encourage Dutch and American exchange on areas of interest pertinent to social research. In 2009, the foundation will invite a few individuals to write an academic paper on a topic of interest. It is hoped that the scholarship papers, which will be posted on the foundation site, will provide interesting cross cultural information, raise awareness of similarities and differences inherent to the two countries' social service systems and help to identify areas of comparative social research that warrant further study.

Every month select reader feedback will be arranged and presented by the director, on this web site's forum section. In this way the DASRF hopes to serve as a stimulating forum of cross-cultural exchange among social service students and professionals in the Netherlands and United States.

The winning papers will all address the same four part question. It is hoped that the papers will shed light on a variety of topics and issues, such as the prevalence and efficacy of a particular treatment strategy, social and cultural factors that give rise to strategies, and trends and issues of particular interest to today's social service student and professional.

DASRF Board of Directors:
Robert Broberg, Doug Land and Martin Karlinsky.