Fostering a community of transatlantic leaders

For 37 years, the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship was a distinguished transatlantic initiative that offered annual cohorts of early- and mid-career American professionals intercultural and professional experience in Germany. It gave fellows the opportunity to participate in professional seminars, meet and exchange ideas with key figures across Germany and Europe, and work in their fields of expertise at leading public or private institutions in Germany. 

Prior to their fellowship, Bosch Fellows received intensive language training to prepare them for their professional assignments and seminars.

Fellows stemmed from the fields of public policy and administration, foreign and security policy, urban and regional planning, business, journalism and communications, law, and arts management (ex. museum, theater, orchestra).

The program was 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.

The program was discontinued in 2021after the Bosch Foundation made a strategic decision to change the focus and format of its international programming and funding. The Bosch Foundation ended its support for RBFAA community and its activities in 2026.