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.
Michaela Mahlberg | Applied linguistics
Language is the key to the world. Michaela Mahlberg uses computer-aided, quantitative linguistic methods to study huge bodies of text, not least with regard to the social function of language. At the new centre of Digital Humanities and Social Studies she will explore the social dimension of the datafication and algorithmisation of culture and society. more
Fatih Ömer İlday | Physics & materials science
F. Ömer İlday has played a seminal role in developing ultrafast laser technology, transforming the field of non-linear laser-matter interactions in the last few years. He is now invited to join Ruhr University Bochum to explore new research fields in materials science and establish a world-class research centre. more
Ariel Dora Stern | Health economics
Germany has a highly efficient health service but is not in the international vanguard according to health system research. Ariel Dora Stern, one of the few researchers with a global reputation in the field, is now invited to Potsdam to drive this highly relevant and promising field of research, which has been underrepresented in Germany to date. more
Suvrit Sra | Mathematics and machine learning
When mathematics meets AI, and optimisation, machine learning: mathematician Suvrit Sra’s fundamental works on methods of optimisation have made a seminal and incomparable contribution to the theoretical understanding and continued development of learning systems. The Technical University of Munich wants to harness the Humboldt Professorship for Artificial Intelligence to expand its leading position in the field of artificial intelligence. more
Arnim Wiek | Sustainability research
Arnim Wiek is a world leader in sustainability science and has played a seminal role in shaping its development. At the University of Freiburg, Wiek is invited to establish a Center for Sustainable Food Economy that will create synergies between existing research activities both there and at other universities in the tri-national Upper Rhein region. He will also help to reinforce efforts to internationalise sustainability research in Germany. more
As Humboldtians, they are all members of the Humboldt Family: currently sponsorship recipients and alumni from more than 140 countries, including 61 Nobel Laureates.
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Mouhamed Moustapha Fall (German Research Chair at AIMS Senegal)
“Mathematics offers huge optimization potential to the African people.”
“Mathematics offers huge optimization potential to the African people.”
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?
Humboldt is everywhere
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Markus Zanner is new secretary general of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Former Kanzler of the University of Technology Nuremberg to take up his duties on 1 May 2025.
Humboldt Colloquium promotes the sharing of expertise and knowledge in southern Africa
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.
Strengthen exchange, defend democratic values
The Humboldt Foundation presents strategic position paper for the 21st legislative period of the German Bundestag.
Network meeting in Cottbus
Fellows will meet at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg from 25 to 27 February.
The coincidence of a lifetime
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.
Reappraising research
Humboldt Foundation joins the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment.
Podcast Bench Talks
Macroecologist Brian McGill and science journalist Sahana Ghosh talk about the future of biodiversity and better communication.
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The coincidence of a lifetime
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.
Reappraising research
Humboldt Foundation joins the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment.
Podcast Bench Talks
Macroecologist Brian McGill and science journalist Sahana Ghosh talk about the future of biodiversity and better communication.
2025 - Strengthening science in challenging times
Towards resilient science: In his New Year's message, President Schlögl outlines the Foundation's plans for 2025.
Research for climate protection: green construction
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.
Doing research in Germany: in full bloom
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.
2025 Leibniz Prizes
Honoured researchers include four Humboldtians
Wealth of ideas: The first Humboldt Hackathon in Berlin
Under the banner “Mobilizing diverse minds across the globe”, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation recently conducted the first Humboldt Hackathon.
Between the Lines
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.
Pressemitteilungen
Markus Zanner is new secretary general of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Former Kanzler of the University of Technology Nuremberg to take up his duties on 1 May 2025.
Humboldt Colloquium promotes the sharing of expertise and knowledge in southern Africa
Some 100 researchers to gather in Pretoria, South Africa, from 6 to 8 March.
Strengthen exchange, defend democratic values
The Humboldt Foundation presents strategic position paper for the 21st legislative period of the German Bundestag.
Network meeting in Cottbus
Fellows will meet at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg from 25 to 27 February.
2024 Reimar Lüst Awards
Kateřina Čapková and Bala Venkat Mani awarded for research that focuses on refugees and migration
Five new Alexander von Humboldt Professors selected
Germany’s most valuable research award to go to Cologne, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Münster and Tübingen.
Network meeting in Erlangen
Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to meet at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg from 20 to 22 November
Georg Forster Research Awards 2024
Humboldt Foundation honours development-relevant research by Amy Theresa Austin and Andre Russowsky Brunoni.
New edition of our magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Everything just looted? How colonialism is still affecting science
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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.
Every year in August, our current Humboldt Fellows are invited on a two-week tour through Germany – the #AvHStudyTour. We are happy that you enjoyed it, dear Humboldtians, and thank you for the great pictures you sent us!
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!
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Georg Forster Research Fellowship
The Fellowship for postdoctoral and experienced researchers from developing and emerging countries who are contributing to sustainable development. The sponsorship is equivalent to the Humboldt Research Fellowship.
Publications in the Humboldt Network
Rosi Braidotti (Ed.): The Edinburgh Companion to the New European Humanities
Edinburgh University Press, 2024
W. Daniel Wilson: Goethe und die Juden. Faszination und Feindschaft
C.H. Beck, 2024
Omri Boehm, Daniel Kehlmann: Der bestirnte Himmel über mir
Ullstein, 2024
Ulinka Rublack: Dürer im Zeitalter der Wunder
Klett-Cotta, 2024
Hartmut Rosa: When Monsters Roar and Angels Sing
Kohlhammer, 2023
