The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius of Germany, the Robert Bosch Stiftung, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation are founding organizations of the Transatlantic Academy, a new initiative located in Washington, DC at GMF's headquarters. The Academy serves as a forum for a select group of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic and from different academic and policy disciplines to examine a single set of issues.