Partners
The German-American Fulbright Program is based on an intergovernmental agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States. The bi-national exchange is jointly funded by the two governments and strategically supported by our partners there.
In addition, we collaborate with partners
- in organizations that support us in the administration of our various scholarship programs
- at the universities in the implementation of special and continuing education programs
- in our networks for transatlantic relations in education, research and culture
Our exchanges would not be possible without the dedication and support of the institutions that host our grantees: schools, universities, and research institutions in the United States and Germany. We would like to thank all of our partners for their support of the German-American Fulbright program.
Governments
The binational Fulbright Programme in Germany is jointly funded and strategically supported by the German Foreign Office in Berlin and the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C..
Fulbright Germany receives funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to finance additional exchange programmes within the framework of special and further education programmes.
The 16 German states contribute to the financing of the more than 100 Fulbright English Teaching Assistants at German schools with residency grants.
Our partners are:
- at the Federal Foreign Office: Division for Foreign Science, Education and Research Policy
- at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.: Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs, in Berlin: Botschaft der Vereinigten Staaten
- at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research: Department for the European Higher Education Area and Internationalisation
- for the 16 German Länder: The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany
Organizations
The following organizations in the USA and Germany support us in the implementation of our scholarship programs:
- Institute of International Education, New York: Providing administrative support for Fulbright study, teaching and research projects in Germany and the USA
- Pädagogischer Austauschdienst (PAD), Bonn: Recruitment of students for German language teaching assignments in the USA; placement of US English teaching assistants in German schools
- World Learning Inc., Washington, D.C. : Linking US academic/professional specialists and German universities and cultural institutions
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien: Granting the Fulbright American Studies Award to young German scholars in American Studies
Universities
Our exchanges would not be possible without the cooperation of the many host institutions that welcome our scholars, including
- the Fulbright-Netzwerkuniversitäten in the United States
- the German member universities of the German Rectors' Conference
- the institutes of the German non-university research organizations
- rotating German and American university partners with whom we run our own professional development and summer study programs, currently in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia and Texas.
Networks
Common interests in the field of changing transatlantic relations in education, research and culture connect us with various network partners. These include:
- the ID-E Berlin Initiative for the international dialogue on higher education and research policy
- the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) in Tucson, Arizona, as a partner in the promotion of integrative research and teaching in the natural sciences
- the International Relations Coordinating Committee for the informal exchange on current developments and activities in international scientific cooperation
- the Roundtable North America of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research to share information on cooperation in science and research with North and South America
- the Global Diplomacy Lab (GDL) as a platform for the exchange of ideas on the diplomacy of the future
- the German-American Institutes in Germany to strengthen transatlantic relations at the cultural, social and political level
