30.000 researchers worldwide belong to the Humboldt Foundation’s network.
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Humboldt Professorship Germany’s most valuable research award brings top international researchers to German universities. Here are some of them.
Tiffany Knight | Ecology
The ecologist Tiffany Knight explores biodiversity and biological invasion processes. more
Peter Dayan | Theoretical Neuroscience
Peter Dayan is a Humboldt Professor for Artificial Intelligence and works at the intersection between the intelligence of living beings and machines. more
Margaret C. Crofoot | Biology
Margaret Crofoot investigates collective animal behaviour and movements, especially the development of complex societies, such as the group behaviour of apes. more
Till Bärnighausen | Epidemiology
The physician and epidemiologist Till Bärnighausen works in the field of global health research and is, amongst other things, a specialist in HIV research. more
Stefanie Petermichl | Mathematics
Stefanie Petermichl is a leading researcher in harmonic analysis, a branch of mathematics with wide-ranging application potential. more
As Humboldtians, they are all members of the Humboldt Family: currently sponsorship recipients and alumni from more than 140 countries, including 56 Nobel Laureates.
The Humboldt Foundation
- We sponsor researchers, regardless of discipline and nationality.
- We strengthen Germany as a research location through international academic exchange.
- We support our fellows and award winners for their entire lifetime.
- We campaign for international understanding, scientific progress and development.
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800 awards and fellowships are granted by the Humboldt Foundation every year.
Marc Sedjro (German Research Chair at AIMS South Africa)
“At my host institute I had access to the most recent specialist literature as well as recognised experts in my field – this enriched my research enormously.”
Humboldt Geography of Knowledge Where do most of the successful applicants and nominees come from and where are the Foundation’s alumni doing their research today?
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Konrad Adenauer Research Award 2020
Research award to strengthen academic and cultural relations between Canada and Germany goes to Oliver P. Ernst.
Academia demands unconditional release of Ahmadreza Djalali
German-Iranian university cooperation jeopardised
Get to know Japan as a research location
The Humboldt-Gesellschaft Japan supports stays for young researchers from Germany, hosted by academics in Japan. Collaborative partnerships in all disciplines can be funded.
"The biggest task right now: bringing the consensus that electromobility is the future from science to the political area." Many thanks to Cem Özdemir for participating in our Communication Lab for Exchange between Research and Media! #ResearchComLab
300 researchers from 50 countries attend virtual network meeting
The meeting of fellows of the Humboldt Foundation – originally scheduled to be held in Halle – will be conducted digitally.
New Alexander von Humboldt Professors selected
Eight researchers from abroad have been selected to receive Germany’s most valuable international research award in 2021 .
Focus on equal opportunity and diversity
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will be expanding its involvement in matters pertaining to equity, equality of opportunity, and diversity in the science system.
Henriette Herz Awards granted for innovative recruitment concepts
Eight universities to each receive €125,000 to implement their concepts
2020 US election: Comments from the Humboldt network
How do Humboldtians view the election results? Initial reactions reveal hope and relief – as well as concerns.
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Konrad Adenauer Research Award 2020
Research award to strengthen academic and cultural relations between Canada and Germany goes to Oliver P. Ernst.
Get to know Japan as a research location
The Humboldt-Gesellschaft Japan supports stays for young researchers from Germany, hosted by academics in Japan. Collaborative partnerships in all disciplines can be funded.
300 researchers from 50 countries attend virtual network meeting
The meeting of fellows of the Humboldt Foundation – originally scheduled to be held in Halle – will be conducted digitally.
Focus on equal opportunity and diversity
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will be expanding its involvement in matters pertaining to equity, equality of opportunity, and diversity in the science system.
2020 US election: Comments from the Humboldt network
How do Humboldtians view the election results? Initial reactions reveal hope and relief – as well as concerns.
“Safe haven for a new start”
Strengthening freedom of scientific research: Success stories from five years of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative. An interview with the programme director.
Japanese legal scholar receives Philipp Franz von Siebold Award
Yuko Nishitani has been selected in recognition of her contributions to improving mutual understanding of Germany and Japan’s culture and society.
Initial findings from study on "Life with Corona"
How are people around the world dealing with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic? Nearly 12,000 people from more than 130 countries have completed Humboldt Professor Anke Hoeffler's Life with Corona questionnaire.
30 Years of United Research
How did reunification affect research in Germany? How did Humboldt Fellows experience the fall of the Wall? In several videos, members of the worldwide Humboldt network look back at the past and ahead to the future.
Pressemitteilungen
Academia demands unconditional release of Ahmadreza Djalali
German-Iranian university cooperation jeopardised
New Alexander von Humboldt Professors selected
Eight researchers from abroad have been selected to receive Germany’s most valuable international research award in 2021 .
Henriette Herz Awards granted for innovative recruitment concepts
Eight universities to each receive €125,000 to implement their concepts
Bonn Declaration marks important step for freedom of scientific research
Meeting of the Research Ministers of the European Union in Bonn: Humboldt Foundation and its partners in the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany welcome the "Bonn Declaration on Freedom of Scientific Research".
Humboldt Rankings
Universities in the major conurbations Berlin and Munich are in particular demand among foreign researchers.
Max Planck Humboldt Research Award
Roberto Bonasio is awarded the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award 2020, Luciano Marraffini receives the Max Planck-Humboldt Medal
Nobel Prize for Humboldtian
“Our sincere congratulations to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna. With the genetic scissors you have developed a ground-breaking technology”, said the President of the Humboldt Foundation, Hans-Christian Pape.
Awards for researchers from developing and transition countries
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to present its Georg Forster Research Awards, each valued at €60,000.
Sofja Kovalevskaja Awards for 2020 presented
Eight researchers from abroad will each receive up to €1.65 million in prize money to be used to set up their own research groups in Bochum, Giessen, Heidelberg, Leipzig, Mainz, Munich, Oberpfaffenhofen and Tübingen.
"The biggest task right now: bringing the consensus that electromobility is the future from science to the political area." Many thanks to Cem Özdemir for participating in our Communication Lab for Exchange between Research and Media! #ResearchComLab
"The battle to define the direction of society will continue": What will the outcome of the presidential Election 2020 mean for science and international cooperation? Personal thoughts by Cathleen Fisher, President of the American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Everybody Dance Now... Humboldtian Ananya Jahanara Kabir tells the story of how – and why – a dance video from Angola became a global phenomenon. JerusalemaDanceChallenge
Cannabis as a social lubricant: Humboldtian Emeka W. Dumbili conducted interviews with young adults in Nigeria to find out more about the motives for taking cannabis.
Before they begin with their projects, the new cohort of Chancellor Fellows from meets digitally. We wish them all success and many enriching experiences during their time in Germany!
Calling all young climate experts from transition and developing countries! Do you want to conduct a research-based project in Germany for 12-24 months? Then apply for a ClimateProtection Fellowship! Deadline: 1 March 2021
Happy 251st Birthday Alex! Why Alexander von Humboldt still matters today: Visit last year's anniversary website humboldt-heute.de/en/
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Humboldt Alumni Award for Innovative Networking Initiatives
Apply now for the Humboldt Alumni Award! Every year, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants up to five Humboldt Alumni Awards to promote innovative networking initiatives of alumni of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship and award programmes. Applications are accepted until 30 November 2020.
Publications in the Humboldt Network
Zeynep Şahin Mencütek: Refugee Governance, State and Politics in the Middle East
Routledge, 2020
Jan Assmann: Kult und Kunst
C.H. Beck, 2020
Cynthia Miller-Idriss: Hate in the Homeland. The New Global Far Right
Princeton University Press, 2020
Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky: How Democracies Die
Penguin Random House, 2019
Katarzyna Marciniak: Chasing Mythical Beasts
Winter Verlag, 2020
William Kinderman: Beethovens politisches Vermächtnis
Molden Verlag, 2020
