Back to Germany with a fellowship
A selection of organisations which sponsor fellowships for American postgraduates in Germany:
Bavarian American Center (BAC), Professional Internship Program.
The Bavarian American Center (BAC) offers professional internships to graduate students/recent graduates pursuing a career in public administration or international relations.
Contact: CDS International, Inc., NY, info@cdsintl.org, http://www.cdsintl.org.
Bundeskanzleramt:
Stipendium des Bundeskanzlers der BRD.
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and the "German Committee of the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience" (IASTE):
Helps to find field related internships.
Contact:, iaste@daad.de, http://www.iaeste.de/en/.
Deutscher Bundestag: Internationale Parlaments-Praktika (IPP):
Internship Program realized in cooperation with Humbold-Universitaet zu Berlin.
Duration: 5 months.
Application: There is a hiring session on the Stanford campus every year (ask: Career Planning and Placement Center).
Send application to:
Akademisches Auslandsamt der Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
IPP
Unter den Linden 6
D-10099 Berlin.
More information about the IPP
Fulbright Commision:
Helps to find training positions in Germany.
Contact:
fulkom@fulbright.de, http://www.fulbright.de
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung:
Stipends for academic education and graduate work.
http://www.kas.de (see "Stipendien": Die Auslaenderfoerderung)
Robert-Bosch-Stiftung:
Finances 9 month stays for graduates and young professionals. Students who participated in the Krupp/Stanford Internship program are very welcome to apply to the RBS.
Contact:
CDS International, NY, eandros@cdsintl.org, http://www.cdsintl.org/, http://www.bosch-stiftung.de/
International Exchange Program (IEP):
Arrangement of summer jobs and internships. (The IEP seems to be the successor of the former Foothill programm. See below.)
http://www.icemenlo.com
The International Exchange Program of Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CA stopped workin in September 1999; still it might be worth to find out if the program will be renewed in the future: http://www.foothill.fhda.edu/programs/int.html
Note:
On many of these internships and fellowships you can receive information and application material from Stanford's "Career Development Center":
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CDC
