ROBERT BOSCH FOUNDATION

The Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH (Robert Bosch Foundation), established in 1964, is one of the largest German foundations associated with a private company. It embodies the philanthropic endeavors of founder Robert Bosch (1861-1942) within the structure of the Bosch organization. The Foundation pursues the following purposes: health care, international understanding, social welfare, education, the arts, culture, the humanities, social and natural sciences. It represents the philanthropic and social endeavors of founder Robert Bosch 1861-1942) and fulfils his legacy in a contemporary manner in the flowing program areas:

• Science in Society, Research at Foundation Institutes;
  
• Health, Humanitarian Aid;
  
• International Relations;
  
• Youth, Education and Civil Society.
  

Its work is organised into five program areas of which two are dedicated to international understanding. The Foundation operates three institutions in Stuttgart: The Robert Bosch Hospital, the Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute for Clinical Pharmacology and the Institute for the History of Medicine.