Samuel Hunter | USA

2017/2018 Fellow | Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch | Berlin The BUKA Fellowship gave me the time and space to gain detailed insights into the workings of the theater industry in the US and Germany. As an artist, I was looking for a way to make it easier to make work, but what I discovered …

Elizabeth Ponte de Freitas | Brazil

2018/2019 Fellow | KMM Institut für Kultur- und Medienmanagement/ Hochschule für Musik und Theater | Hamburg Participating in the German Chancellor Fellowship program of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation between 2018 and 2019 was a milestone in my professional and personal journey. It is very rare in the field of cultural management to find professional …

Luisa Feiten Bonin | Brazil

2021/2022 Fellow | Maecenata Foundation | Berlin The existence of the German Chancellor Fellowship enabled me to transform over a decade of experience in the third sector in Brazil into profound knowledge about the best listening practices for foundations and funders, aiming to foster enhanced connections in the social impact sector. As a Visiting Researcher …

Amrita Gandikota | India

2021/2022 Fellow | German Startup Association/GINSEP | Berlin It has been one-of-a-kind, unique space for young leaders across sectors to create a bridge between Brazil, China, India, Russia South Africa and the USA with Germany since its inception.I am extremely grateful for the doors this program has opened up along with creating deep bonds with …

Bhimashankar Shetkar | India

2021/2022 Fellow | (B)Energy GmbH | Neuhäusel, Rheinland-Pfalz My project was on livestock manure management practices in Germany and applicability for India. The fellowship helped me in developing contacts in German Biogas Industry which I am able to use in my current role as the COO of a company. This has helped me creating partnerships …

Bruna Romano Pretzel | Brazil

2017/2018 Fellow | Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungsstätten e. V. | Berlin I was awarded the German Chancellor Fellowship in 2017, at a turning point in my career, having accumulated some years of research and leadership experience in the field of legal education in São Paulo, Brazil. Over those years, as threats to democracy in Brazil and …

Alice de Moraes Amorim Vogas | Brazil

2020/2021 Fellow | Office of MdB Lisa Badum (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), German Bundestag | Berlin The fellowship was very important for me to enable my professional development as a global climate politics expert and not a Brazilian expert only. Based on the relationships I developed because of the fellowship itself and due to opportunities that …

Aditi Haruray | India

2020/2021 Fellow | Juristische Fakultät, Universität Augsburg | Augsburg, Bavaria I am sincerely thankful for the German Chancellor Fellowship, it has led to several remarkable opportunities in my and my fellows’ academic and professional career, provided a unique platform to scientific researchers such as myself and from across the globe to collaborate on knowledge and …

R Stein Wexler | USA

2020/2021 Fellow | Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik | Berlin, Berlin My fellowship launched my career as an international public artist. When I moved to Berlin in 2020 I could not yet call myself an artist. When I arrived, I started researching the history of Haus der Statistik and ways that creative practices engage with …

Caroline Menezes | Brazil

2015/2016 Fellow | ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg During my fellowship, I embarked on a transformative one-year project “Virtual Bridge: Connecting Art and Technology between Brazil and Germany” at ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medien) in Karlsruhe, Germany. Established in 1989 as a contemporary art museum, ZKM has evolved into …