Deadline: 1 November 2017
Cultural Vistas is currently accepting applications for the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program, a distinguished transatlantic initiative that offers 15 accomplished Americans the opportunity to complete a comprehensive professional development program in Germany that is comprised of three main components:
- Customized professional assignments
- Professional seminars
- German language training.
Prior to their work placements and seminars, Bosch Fellows participate in up to five months of language training with both private tutors in the United States and group classes in Germany. Fellows are from the fields of public policy and administration, foreign and security policy, urban and regional planning, business, journalism and communications, law, or cultural and arts management.
The program is fully funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, one of the largest foundations in Germany, with the goal of fostering a community of American leaders who have firsthand experience in the political, economic and cultural environment of Germany and the European Union.
Program Benefits
- One or two high-level practical phases (stages) at leading institutions in Germany
- Traveling seminar series covering issues of German, European and transatlantic concern
- Up to five months of German language training
- Monthly stipend within the range of EUR 3,200 to 3,700 starting in October; monthly summer stipend of EUR 1.500 + free accommodations during July, August and September; exact amount of stipend dependent upon marital status
- Accommodation and travel to Washington, D.C. for the orientation program
- Flights to and from Germany
- Lifelong membership in the Robert Bosch Foundation Alumni Association
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are required to have:
- U.S. citizenship
- Age 40 or younger at time of application
- Minimum five years of full-time work experience in target field (excluding internships)
- Evidence of outstanding professional performance
- Graduate degree preferred
- Willingness and commitment to learn German and to furthering the transtlantic relationship
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship.