Welcome

to the NEW BRIDGE PROGRAM Application Portal!

The New Bridge Program by Atlantik-Brücke is a fully funded transatlantic fellowship program for young professionals who are currently underrepresented in German-American relations. The program aims to renew and enrich transatlantic dialogue, ensuring it is more accessible.

The ten-day program enables young professionals from a variety of fields and regions in the United States to experience Europe first-hand, engage in an interdisciplinary exchange on transatlantic relations, discuss the rapid changes to societies on both continents, and cultivate meaningful and lasting personal and professional relationships. We look forward to welcoming diverse candidates from a variety of different fields, backgrounds, and regions within the U.S. who are not adequately represented in international dialogue, particularly those with little to no prior experience in Europe. This includes Black, Indigenous, and people of color, immigrant communities, people who belong to religious minorities, are part of the LGBTQIA+ community, come from rural areas, and/or who are marginalized in other ways.

This year’s program takes place from September 5 through 14 and begins with predeparture activities in Washington, D.C., where participants get to know one another and prepare for their trip to Belgium and Germany. While in Europe, the group will meet with high-ranking officials and decision-makers from critical sectors; visit key government, business, and cultural sites; and engage with European counterparts, both professionally and socially. Diverse cultural programming will round out the trip.

After completing the program, participants will be integrated into an active alumni community with additional events and opportunities for sustained exchange.

Flights, accommodation, meals, and program activities are fully covered by the program.

To be eligible, the following qualifications are required:

Age between 25 and 35 years.
Conversational English.
Residence in the United States, eligibility to enter Germany and Belgium
Professional, academic, personal, or other achievements.
Openness to new experiences, interest in international relations, and willingness to
actively participate in transatlantic discourse.

If you would like to be considered for the New Bridge Program, please apply by June 19. Participants are subsequently selected via a comprehensive process.

We would like to point out that we cannot guarantee full accessibility in public spaces, transportation, and accommodation. If you have any questions about accessibility, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are aware of this challenge and are seeking to find solutions to make the program more inclusive.

Information about You

Salutation

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Title (if applicable)

Last Name

First Name

Street and House Number

ZIP Code

City

State

Current Position

Current Employer

Date of Birth

Please specify your Ethnicity or Race

Email Address

Phone Number

Design your dream session for the fellowship: Who is your expert, what is your assigned reading, and what question guides the discussion?

Describe how you would contribute during the trip. What are some of the topics you could speak on? What are some of the tasks you could take on?

Have you ever been to Europe?

Please specify where

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Please upload your current résumé as a pdf file

Please upload a cover letter outlining your motivation to participate in the program as a pdf file

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