Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship

In order to enable the continued cooperation with the former Humboldt Fellow or Award Winner and Feodor Lynen Research Fellow after his/her return from abroad the Humboldt Foundation can award return fellowships. These fellowships sponsor international research projects which are affiliated with an university or non-university research institute in Germany. The Humboldt Foundation expects the Feodor Lynen Research Fellows to invite the former Humboldt Fellow or Award Winner with whom they are cooperating to visit the institute with which they are affiliated in Germany within the framework of the Humboldt Network Sponsorship. In addition, they should be willing to act as Campus Advisor and Host for the foreign guest researchers sponsored by the Humboldt Foundation at the institute with which they are affiliated in Germany.

Upon application the return fellowship can be granted for a period of maximal twelve months. The sponsorship period ends as soon as the research fellow finds a position or alternative source of funding (i.e. payments from the Bundesagentur für Arbeit) in Germany. Income from any source must be reported to the Humboldt Foundation immediately.

Application for a return fellowship can be made up to nine months before and no later than six months after completing the initial stay sponsored by the Humboldt Foundation abroad and the return fellowship must be taken up no later than twelve months after completing the initial stay.

• Sample application form
  This form is just a sample and cannot be filled in. If you are an Humboldtian and would like to submit an application, please log in first. You will then be given access to an HTML form which has been partially filled in with your personal details. You can complete and submit this form online.
  
• German version of the application form

Further Information and Forms

• Programme Information (PDF)
• Confirmation of workplace in research and list of questions for the representative of the research institute with which the fellow will be affiliated  (RTF)
  
• Mobility Allowance
• Family Allowances