Bosch fellowship
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The Robert Bosch Fellowship Program was established in 1984 to promote closer US-German ties. It is fully funded by Robert Bosch Foundation (German: Robert Bosch Stiftung), one of the largest foundations in Germany
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Each year 20 young professionals from the United States
are accepted through a competitive application process to take part in the program for a period of 10 months. The primary components of the Fellowship include high-level work placements at private, governmental and non-governmental institutions in Germany as well as intensive seminars on contemporary German issues. During seminars, Bosch Fellows meet with key decision-makers from the public and private sectors in locations throughout Germany and Europe. Participants in the Fellowship are recruited from the fields of business administration, journalism, law, public policy and closely related fields. No German language skills are required at the time of application and intensive German language study is offered prior to the start of the fellowship. The Fellowship period generally begins in September and ends in May of the following year.
The Bosch Fellowship offers the following benefits to participants:
Germany
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Each year 20 young professionals from the United States
United States
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are accepted through a competitive application process to take part in the program for a period of 10 months. The primary components of the Fellowship include high-level work placements at private, governmental and non-governmental institutions in Germany as well as intensive seminars on contemporary German issues. During seminars, Bosch Fellows meet with key decision-makers from the public and private sectors in locations throughout Germany and Europe. Participants in the Fellowship are recruited from the fields of business administration, journalism, law, public policy and closely related fields. No German language skills are required at the time of application and intensive German language study is offered prior to the start of the fellowship. The Fellowship period generally begins in September and ends in May of the following year.
The Bosch Fellowship offers the following benefits to participants:
- Two high-level work phases at institutions in GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
including in federal and local governments, private corporations, media outlets, and NGOs; - Three seminars across Europe, each lasting several weeks that address German, European and transatlantic issues;
- A monthly stipend (currently EUR 2,000 for the duration of the 10 month program, September through May;
- Health, accident, and liability insurance;
- Financial support for an accompanying spouse and children, including 50% of travel costs, supplemental living stipend, health insurance, and limited funding for language training;
- Accommodation and roundtrip travel for orientation program in Washington D.C.;
- Transatlantic flight and seminar travel throughout EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
; - Generous funding for language training in the U.S. and Germany prior to program start Membership in active Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Alumni Association with over 400 members.
Notable alumni
- Markos KounalakisMarkos KounalakisMarkos Kounalakis is a Greek-American journalist and author. Kounalakis is the president and publisher emeritus of the Washington Monthly, a magazine founded by Charles Peters in 1969. Kounalakis co-anchors the nationally syndicated weekly political program, Washington Monthly on the Radio...
, journalist - Mary WiltenburgMary WiltenburgMary Wiltenburg is an award-winning print and multimedia reporter based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the author and producer of The Christian Science Monitor project "Little Bill Clinton: A School Year in the life of a New American," which industry watchers say "could change storytelling for...
, journalist - Adam PosenAdam PosenAdam S. Posen is an American economist, a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England and a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics...
, economist
External links
- Robert Bosch Stiftung, retrieved 2009-08-24
- Robert Bosch Foundation Alumni Association, retrieved 2009-08-25