It is the aim of the fellowship programme to educate young Americans who know Europe and especially Germany from their own practical experience and who are ready to advocate the German-Amercian relations.

The Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation annually awards up to ten German Chancellor Fellowships for Prospective Leaders from the USA, the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China to enable the realisation of a project of your own design in cooperation with a German host you have selected.

Applicants should have shown outstanding potential for future leadership in their previous career. The program addresses applicants from all professions and fields of study giving preference to the humanities, law, social and economic sciences, and also to the arts.

Together with the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C., the Robert Bosch Foundation organizes the Journalism Program for German and American Journalists. During information tours the German and American journalists are rndered the possibility to get to know each other. Editors of quality regional newspapers receive opportunity to meet colleagues and experts from the political, economic, and administrative sectors in the host country and gain an inside view of current issues in the news.