How to Support Our Events and Students
Photo: DAAD Student Welcome Brunch (Credit: M.S. Feist)
Every year the DAAD Alumni Association USA supports a number of events and initiatives to support transatlantic exchange. The annual Sound Understanding Concert is one of our most high-profile efforts, but it is by no means the only one. Through newsletters, member meetings, and joint events with other German alumni organizations, the Alumni Association seeks to further strengthen the relationship between the US and Germany.
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If you are donating on the occasion of the Sound Understanding concert, donations of $100 or more will be acknowledged in the concert program if received before the press deadline in early March.
Support DAAD Alumni USA Events
The DAAD Alumni Association USA is very grateful for contributions from generous supporters like you that go toward public or member-only events like the above concert. The DAAD Alumni Association USA is very grateful for contributions from generous supporters like you that go toward public or member-only events like the above concert. We work hard to keep the administrative costs low; all board members are volunteers.
Photo: Panel at Georgetown University DC. Bundestag Election and its Consequences ( © M.S.Feist)
Otto Paul Pflanze Scholarship Fund
The Otto Paul Pflanze Scholarship provides financial support for students in History and/or related fields (including interdisciplinary programs and projects in German Studies) at universities in the USA who will be conducting research and/or studying in Germany.
The Scholarship is open to advanced undergraduates (junior standing or higher) and graduate students (pursuing an M.A. or Ph.D. degree) currently enrolled at a US university.
Requests for applications and information may be directed to: daad.alumni.usa@gmail.com
The Pflanze Scholarship was launched in 2024 and is administered by the DAAD Alumni Association USA. Former DAAD Alumni Association USA Trustee Robert Meyerson has been instrumental in initiating and funding the Pflanze Scholarship.
Otto Paul Pflanze (1918-2007) was an eminent historian specializing in 19th Century Germany. Pflanze held professorships at the University of Minnesota, Indiana University, and Bard College. He was a member of
the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and a founding member of the Historisches Kolleg in Munich.
Please join us in continuing the legacy of Otto Pflanze's teaching, research, and mentorship by contributing to the Pflanze Scholarship Fund here: Otto Pflanze Scholarship Fund
Hubertus Scheibe Scholarship Fund
Photo: 2016 RISE students with Bailey Tebou, Strassbourg
Our Scholarship fund is named after Dr. Hubertus Scheibe (Secretary General of DAAD from 1955 to 1979) who - together with leading figures from the sciences, the industry and diplomacy - launched the “Vereinigung der Freunde und Förderer des DAAD e.V.” (Association of Friends and Sponsors of the DAAD) on October 24, 1981.
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Today, the DAAD Alumni Association USA recognizes the ongoing need for a transatlantic and trans-disciplinary exchange – following Dr. Scheibe’s vision of individual exchange as a basis for understanding and a more peaceful world.
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The Hubertus Scheibe Fund supports initiatives and research fostering the collaboration between the sciences, the arts, industries and foreign policies.
Any donation to this fund goes 100% towards our RISE, Language, and ARTS scholarships. You can choose to add ‘Hubertus Scheibe’, ‘RISE’, or ‘ARTS’ to the line for special instructions. We are a USA 501 (c 4) not-for-profit organization and your contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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We are proud to have earned a Gold Seal from Candid/Guidestar for our financial transparency and trustworthiness!
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Ways to Donate
Donations can be made the following ways:
Zelle using giving@daad-alumni-usa.org from your chosen institution.
By check payable to “DAAD Alumni Association USA, Inc” and send to: DAAD AA Treasurer; Attn: Ingo Brachmann, Ph.D., 18601 Darnestown Rd., Poolesville, MD 20837
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