The Bertelsmann Foundation Fellowship

The Bertelsmann Foundation Fellowship (BFF), formerly known as the Congressional European Parliamentary Initiative (CEPI), is a hybrid experience that convenes over the period of six months. Fellows start with an in-person trip in Brussels to kick off the fellowship, followed by an engaging, four-month virtual program in which they meet once a week with experts related to the year’s topic. The Fellowship comes to a close with a trip to Washington, D.C., where fellows are able to further engage in person. A final publication providing concrete policy recommendations related to the topic is written by the fellows themselves, published at the end of the BFF program.

Currently accepting applications!

The Bertelsmann Foundation is now accepting applications for our 2023 Class until February 2nd, 2023. The theme of the 2023 Fellowship will be the Future of Work.

For more information, please email chloe.laird@bfna.org.

Call for Applications

Editions

The BFF Class of 2022 focused on the topic of a Transatlantic Approach to the Developing World.

CEPI 2021 focused on sustainable innovation.

CEPI 2020 focused on artificial intelligence.

CEPI 2019 focused on policy and regulatory challenges for the digital economy.

CEPI 2018 centered on topics crucial to the digital economy, including GDPR and transatlantic data flows, technological innovation, and artificial intelligence.