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Starting with the 2006–07 class of Harkness Fellows, The Commonwealth Fund expanded the program to include Fellows from Germany. Since 2007, through a partnership with the Robert Bosch Stiftung, support has been provided for a Harkness/Bosch Stiftung Fellow, enabling two German Harkness Fellows to be selected annually. The Harkness/Bosch Stiftung Fellowship especially aims to encourage the translation of knowledge into practice and health care policy, improve the quality and coordination of care, and advance nursing science.
The Commonwealth Fund was pleased to announce this year a new partnership with the B.Braun Stiftung that will fund a third Harkness Fellowship in Germany beginning in 2008. The Harkness/B.Braun Stiftung Fellowship, which aims to advance nursing science and encourage the next generation of leaders in nursing policy, is targeted to nursing health services researchers, managers, and policymakers.
The Commonwealth Fund partnered with the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation in 2001 to expand the Harkness Fellowship program to include two Canadian Harkness Associates. Although Canadian Harkness Associates are not based in the United States, they participate in all Harkness Fellowship seminars. Beginning in 2008, Canadian Harkness Associates will receive a $20,000 research and travel stipend.
The Commonwealth Fund is proud to announce the expansion of the Harkness Fellowships program to Switzerland. Through a partnership with The Careum Foundation, which is based in Zurich, support will be provided for a Swiss Harkness Fellow, starting September 2009. The Careum Foundation aims to ensure the professionalism of health care education and encourages research on the future roles of health care professions in its strategy to make a significant contribution to a better, more efficient health care sector. The Harkness/Careum Fellowship is targeted toward research on improving health care system performance and/or the health care workforce.
Staring in 2010, the Research Council of Norway through its health services research programme, in collaboration with the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, will support a Norwegian Harkness Fellow to promote stronger international links and inputs to Norwegian health policy and systems research.
The Commonwealth Fund is pleased to announce a new partnership with The Nuffield Trust London, which will help support the U.K. Harkness Fellowships program, starting with the 2009–10 class of Harkness Fellows. The Nuffield Trust, with strategic focus on the reform of health systems to improve quality efficiency and equity of health care, aims to encourage the next generation of leaders in the policy community, in particular, those with rigorous analytic skills.