The American Academy in Berlin invites applications for its fellowships for the 2004-2005 academic year. The Academy is a private, non-profit center for the advanced study of culture and the arts, music, law, public policy, finance and economics, historical and literary research. It welcomes younger as well as established scholars, artists, and professionals who wish to engage in independent study in Berlin for an academic semester or in special cases for an entire academic year. The Academy, which opened in September 1998, occupies the Hans Arnhold Center, a historic lakeside villa in the Wannsee district of Berlin.

Fellowships have been awarded to writers and poets, painters and sculptors, curators, anthropologists, German cultural scholars, economists, historians, theologians, legal scholars, journalists, architectural and cultural critics, composers and musicologists and public policy experts.
Specially designated fellowships include the Bosch Fellowship in Public Policy, the George Herbert Walker Bush Fellowship, the Citigroup Fellowship, the Daimler Chrysler Fellowship, the Gillette Fellowship, the Ellen Maria Gorrissen Fellowship, the Haniel Foundation Fellowship, the Holtzbrinck Fellowship in Journalism, the Anna-Maria Kellen Fellowship, the J.P. Morgan International Prize in Finance Policy and Economics, and the Guna S. Mundheim Fellowship in the Visual Arts. U.S. citizens and permanent residents (in both cases permanently based in the United States) are eligible to apply.

Fellows are expected to be in residence at the Academy during the entire term of their awarded semester. The Academy offers furnished apartments suitable for individuals and couples, and a very limited number of accommodations for families with children. Benefits include a monthly stipend, round- trip airfare, housing at the Academy and partial board. Stipends range from $3000 to $5000 per month (depending on level of attainment).

Application forms are available from the Academy or may be downloaded from its web site. Applications for all fellowships (with the exception of applications in the visual arts and music, due in New York by December 1, 2003) must be received in Berlin by October 31, 2003.
Candidates need not be German specialists, but the project description should explain how a residency in Berlin will contribute to further professional development. Applications will be reviewed by an independent selection committee following a peer review process. The 2004-2005 Fellows will be chosen in January 2004 and publicly announced in early spring. Andrea Brown American Academy in Berlin 14 East 60th Street, Suite 604 New York, NY 10022 Phone: (212)588-1755
Fax: (212)588-1758

Email: applications@americanacademy.de
Website: http://www.americanacademy.de