Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Former Kanzler of the University of Technology Nuremberg to take up his duties on 1 May 2025.

Here they are, the 2025 Climate Protection Fellows!

Some 100 researchers to gather in Pretoria, South Africa, from 6 to 8 March.

Three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine – displaced researchers still need our help.

The Humboldt Foundation presents strategic position paper for the 21st legislative period of the German Bundestag.

Fellows will meet at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg from 25 to 27 February.

On a Humboldt study tour around Germany in 1972, the Romanian neuroscientist Maria-Luisa Flonta and the philosopher Mircea Flonta got to know each other.

International Day of Women and Girls in Science – how equal are we? We talked to female researchers from our Humboldt Network about their experiences and what still needs to change in academia.

Humboldt Foundation joins the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment.

On a Humboldt study tour around Germany in 1972, the Romanian neuroscientist Maria-Luisa Flonta and the philosopher Mircea Flonta got to know each other.

Humboldt Foundation joins the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment.

Macroecologist Brian McGill and science journalist Sahana Ghosh talk about the future of biodiversity and better communication.

Towards resilient science: In his New Year's message, President Schlögl outlines the Foundation's plans for 2025.

The Indian civil engineer, Sai Kala Kondepudi, develops climate-friendly building materials made of natural resources that are supposed to replace conventional cement at some stage.

How we can have a positive influence on plant development? Alba Lloret Compañ about beeing a Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute in Cologne.

Honoured researchers include four Humboldtians

Under the banner “Mobilizing diverse minds across the globe”, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation recently conducted the first Humboldt Hackathon.

Humboldtian Rosa Coppola was working on the concept of artificiality in the works of the late experimental poet, academic and philosopher, Max Bense, when she discovered new approaches to Bense’s oeuvre and to her own research work.

Former Kanzler of the University of Technology Nuremberg to take up his duties on 1 May 2025.

Some 100 researchers to gather in Pretoria, South Africa, from 6 to 8 March.

The Humboldt Foundation presents strategic position paper for the 21st legislative period of the German Bundestag.

Fellows will meet at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg from 25 to 27 February.

Kateřina Čapková and Bala Venkat Mani awarded for research that focuses on refugees and migration

Germany’s most valuable research award to go to Cologne, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Münster and Tübingen.

Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to meet at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg from 20 to 22 November

Humboldt Foundation honours development-relevant research by Amy Theresa Austin and Andre Russowsky Brunoni.

Everything just looted? How colonialism is still affecting science

Here they are, the 2025 Climate Protection Fellows!

Three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine – displaced researchers still need our help.

International Day of Women and Girls in Science – how equal are we? We talked to female researchers from our Humboldt Network about their experiences and what still needs to change in academia.

Philipp Schwartz Fellow Azadeh Ganjeh advocated for more Academic Freedom as a professor in Tehran – despite growing political pressure. Find out more in the newest episode of "Fragile Freedom".

Was genau sind Erinnerungen? Und gibt es eine Möglichkeit, sie festzuhalten? Philosoph und #AvHProfessor Sven Bernecker auf ARTE.

Together with the British Academy, we invite 30 early career researchers from the UK & Germany to participate in the UK-German Frontiers of Humanities Symposium on “Belonging”!

From infectious diseases to female agency in India – 3 days of exciting interdisciplinary exchange on the “Challenges of Mobilities" at our German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities Symposium.

How can we live a sustainable life in harmony with nature? The participants in the 2024 #HumboldtResidencyProgramme, Adenike Adebukola Akinsemolu and Christer de Silva, find the answers in indigenous communities. Read more in our Residency Diary!

When one journey ends, another begins... Our Chancellor Fellows 23/24 are on the home stretch of their stay in Germany. We wish all of you the best of luck in your future endeavours. Stay in touch!