Newsletter 3/2009

Dear readers,
Nowadays you can pave the road with rankings, but not many of them reveal much about how attractive German research institutions are by international standards. The Humboldt Rankings help to close this gap. They count the number of research stays undertaken by the Foundation’s international fellows and award winners at German research institutions. In this newsletter you can find out how German universities have fared and also catch up on all the important news about our current sponsorship opportunities as usual. Happy reading!

    Humboldt Rankings: Which are Germany’s internationally most attractive universities?

    Munich leads in the life sciences and natural sciences; Darmstadt heads the field in engineering, Berlin in the humanities. more ...

  • Two further Humboldt Professors selected

    Psychologist and membrane researcher receive five million EUR research award. more ...

  • Humboldt Alumni Award 2009 for Innovative Networking Initiatives granted for the first time

    Three projects are each being awarded 25,000 EUR. more ...

  • Fraunhofer-Bessel Research Award for outstanding achievements in applied research

    The Humboldt Foundation and the Fraunhofer Society jointly grant up to three Fraunhofer-Bessel Research Awards annually to internationally acknowledged academics from non-European countries. more ...

  • The thorny path to pastures new

    Researchers from the Near East and colleagues from Germany met at the Humboldt Colloquium in Amman to discuss regional perspectives for research and cooperation with Germany. more ...

  • A network of academics in Poland and Eastern Central Europe – the alumni club Societas Humboldtiana Polonorum is 20 years old

    The Humboldt Network in Poland is the most closely knit in Europe. Since 1953, some 1,200 Polish academics have been sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, including 34 research award winners. The Humboldt Alumni celebrated their anniversary in Lublin. more ...