Georg Forster Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
for academics from developing countries to do a research project relevant to development policy which, being carried out in Germany, facilitates the transfer of knowledge and technologies to developing countries. Duration: 6 to 24 months plus a subsequent Return Fellowship lasting 12 months.
Thyssen-Humboldt Short-term Fellowship
for law, economics and social science scholars from Latin America to facilitate specialist and regional networking. The research stay should take place between December and March in two consecutive years (divided up into two three month visits). (no applications possible any more)
Programmes for junior research group leaders
Sofja Kovalevskaja Award
for successful top-flight junior researchers who may use the award to spend five years carrying out research of their own choice at research institutions in Germany and building up their own working groups. Value of the award: 1.65 million EUR.
Programmes for experienced researchers
Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
from abroad to sponsor a 6 to 18 month research stay at a research institution in Germany. The fellowship is flexible and can be divided up into as many as three stays within three years.
Georg Forster Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
for academics from developing countries to do a research project relevant to development policy which, being carried out in Germany, facilitates the transfer of knowledge and technologies to developing countries. Duration: 6 to 18 months. The fellowship is flexible and can be divided up into as many as three stays within three years.
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
for academics who have already gained international recognition in their fields. Award winners are invited to spend a period of six to twelve months on academic collaboration with specialist colleagues in Germany. Value of the award: 45,000 EUR.
Fraunhofer-Bessel Research Award
for scientists from non-European countries who have already gained international recognition in applied research in their area. Award winners are invited to spend a period of six to twelve months on academic collaboration with specialist colleagues in Germany. Value of the award: 45,000 EUR.
Thyssen-Humboldt Short-term Fellowship
for law, economics and social science scholars from Latin America to facilitate specialist and regional networking. The research stay should take place between December and March in two consecutive years (divided up into two three month visits). (no applications possible any more)
Programmes for internationally recognised cutting-edge researchers
Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
for academics of all disciplines from abroad, internationally recognised as leaders in their field, to enable them to carry out long-term, ground-breaking research at universities and research institutions in Germany. Value of the award: 3.5 to 5 million EUR.
Humboldt Research Award
for outstanding academics at the peak of their careers. Award winners are invited to spend a period of six to twelve months on academic collaboration with specialist colleagues in Germany. Value of the award: 60,000 EUR.
Helmholtz-Humboldt Research Award
for academics at the peak of their careers who are world authorities on fields of research within the remit of Helmholtz Centres. Award winners are invited to spend a period of six to twelve months on academic collaboration in Germany with a colleague at a university and at a Helmholtz Centre respectively. Value of the award: 60,000 EUR.
Max Planck Research Award
to sponsor international collaboration between excellent academics in annually changing disciplines. Every year, the award is granted to one researcher working in Germany and one working abroad with the aim of initiating and carrying out research with partners in Germany and abroad respectively. Value of the award: 750,000 EUR.
Reimar Lüst Award
for distinguished humanities and social science scholars who have made an exceptional contribution to the enduring promotion of bilateral relations between Germany and their own countries as multipliers in and through the field of academic study. Award winners are invited to spend a period of six to twelve months in Germany. Value of the award: 50,000 EUR.
Philipp Franz von Siebold Award
for a Japanese researcher up to the age of approx. 50 for services to mutual understanding of culture and society in Germany and Japan. One award annually. The award winner is invited to spend up to a year working on research in Germany. Award amount: 50,000 EUR.
Programmes for internationally recognised cutting-edge researchers
Max Planck Research Award
to sponsor international collaboration between excellent academics in annually changing disciplines. Every year, the award is granted to one researcher working in Germany and one working abroad with the aim of initiating and carrying out research with partners in Germany and abroad respectively. Value of the award: 750,000 EUR.
TransCoop Programme
to sponsor German-American/Canadian research collaboration in the humanities, social sciences, economics and law over a period of up to three years. Maximal sponsorship: 55,000 EUR.
Research Group Linkage Programme
to sponsor long-term collaborations between foreign academics, already sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and German researchers. Maximal sponsorship: 50,000 EUR.
Other target groups
German Chancellor Fellowship
for prospective leaders from China, the Russian Federation and the USA who have completed at least a first degree (Bachelor or comparable degree) and have demonstrated outstanding potential for future leadership in their careers to date. The fellowship allows them the carry out a project of their own choice in Germany over a period of twelve months.
International Climate Protection Fellowship
for prospective leaders from non-European threshold and developing countries who are engaged in the field of climate protection and resource conservation in academia, business and administration and who have completed at least a first university degree and hold a further academic or professional qualification. During a one-year stay in Germany fellows will be enabled to conduct a research-related project of their own choice.
Hezekiah Wardwell Fellowship
for young Spanish musicians and musicologists making the transition to professional life to sponsor further training or advanced study at a college of music or university in Germany over a period of two semesters.
Fellowship for the Promotion of Japan-related Research
for German doctoral candidates working on Japan-related research. The fellowship comprises a single payment of 5,000 EUR which is intended to be used for a research trip to Japan.
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