 The current class of fellows
Past fellows
Past Distinguished Visitors

Since 2007 the Henry A. Kissinger Prize has been awarded annually to a European or American who has made a lasting contribution to bettering the transatlantic relationship.Previous recipients of the prize are former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt (2007); 41st President of the United States of America George H. W. Bush (2008); former President of the Federal Republic of Germany Richard von Weizsäcker (2009); New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (2010); former German chancellor Helmut Kohl (2011); former US Secretary of State George P. Shultz (2012); founder of the Munich Security Conference Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist (2013); former US Secretary of State James A. Baker, III (2014); former President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano and former Federal Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher (2015); former US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power (2016); Germany’s former Federal Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble (2017); US Sentator John McCain (2018), and, in January 2020, German Chancellor Angela Merkel.The American Academy in Berlin's annual magazine, "The Berlin Journal", contains a range of essays, fiction, art, and poetry by fellows and Distinguished Visitors.