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.
Angela Schoellig | Robotics and artificial intelligence
How can we push back the limits of machine learning? And what limits do we need to set to robots’ autonomous decision-making?. Angela Schoellig is searching for the answers. more
Henning Walczak | Biochemistry / Immunology
As a Humboldt Professor at the University of Cologne, Henning Walczak pursues the “from bench to bedside” approach to amalgamate pre-clinical and clinical research to a greater extent. more
Andrea Bréard | History of science
Mathematician, science historian, sinologist and philosopher Andrea Bréard investigates the history of mathematics in China. more
Kou Murayama | Psychology
What motivates us? What increases our motivation and what dampens it? Kou Murayama explores these questions with a particular eye to learning processes. more
Joacim Rocklöv | Epidemiology and Public Health
Is there a link between climate change and the spread of disease? Joacim Rocklöv informs this controversial discussion by delivering important data and analyses. more
As Humboldtians, they are all members of the Humboldt Family: currently sponsorship recipients and alumni from more than 140 countries, including 57 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.”
“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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Science and research in the energy crisis
The Alliance of Science Organisations is drawing attention to the threatening consequences which a possi-ble energy crisis could have for science and academia in Germany.
We need international exchange and global research networks – especially in times of crisis. #PeaceDay #ScienceDiplomacy #Peaceday2022
Happy birthday Alexander von Humboldt! The great nature researcher stood up against social injustice and environmental destruction – and he liked to deliver punch lines. If he were on Twitter today, how would his tweets look like?
New host for the Humboldt Network
The Munich immunologist Julia Jellusova, a new scout in the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme will utilise her own networks to recruit three postdocs for her team.
Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award for Studies on Censorship and Disinformation
Award for political scientist Margaret Roberts and Medals for Vanessa Ogle and Wim Decock
The practice of female genital mutilation affects more than 200 million women worldwide. Humboldtian Priya Goswami has developed the app "Mumkin" (Hindi for "possible"). The AI helps victims raise their voices against the violent rite.
Late summer reception with Kosmos Lecture
14 September 2022: Late summer reception with a lecture by the US-American extremism researcher Cynthia Miller-Idriss on “Social Cohesion”
Next Generation Humboldt – become part of the Humboldt Network now
Discover how you can utilise the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme and the Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for your international academic collaborations.
ComLab#5 winners selected
The best projects from the fifth Communication Lab, “The New Global – cooperation for the future”, were honoured at a virtual award ceremony on 2 September 2022.
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New host for the Humboldt Network
The Munich immunologist Julia Jellusova, a new scout in the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme will utilise her own networks to recruit three postdocs for her team.
Next Generation Humboldt – become part of the Humboldt Network now
Discover how you can utilise the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme and the Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for your international academic collaborations.
ComLab#5 winners selected
The best projects from the fifth Communication Lab, “The New Global – cooperation for the future”, were honoured at a virtual award ceremony on 2 September 2022.
New application round for International Climate Protection Fellowships
Cocoa is a core economic commodity in Ghana. The Ghanaian International Climate Protection Fellow Gabriel Antwi-Boasiako is working on a holistic model to predict the future and development of cocoa cultivation in his home country.
German Research Chair: AIMS Ghana gains a specialist for mathematical biology
Nicholas Monk is relocating from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield to AIMS Ghana.
Searching for talent
Radio astronomer Anton Zensus on his role as a Humboldt Scout
Family-friendly employer
Humboldt Foundation recognised for work-life balance once again
2022 Humboldt Alumni Awards presented
Applications for next year's Humboldt Alumni Awards are being accepted through 30 November 2022.
Inclusive and sustainable: together for the AI of tomorrow
On 21 June, leading AI researchers and civil society actors met at the Humboldt Academia in Society Summit in Berlin
Pressemitteilungen
Science and research in the energy crisis
The Alliance of Science Organisations is drawing attention to the threatening consequences which a possi-ble energy crisis could have for science and academia in Germany.
Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award for Studies on Censorship and Disinformation
Award for political scientist Margaret Roberts and Medals for Vanessa Ogle and Wim Decock
Late summer reception with Kosmos Lecture
14 September 2022: Late summer reception with a lecture by the US-American extremism researcher Cynthia Miller-Idriss on “Social Cohesion”
Alliance of Science Organisations: new website pools information
As of now, the Alliance of Science Organisations has its own website.
Everything from alarm to euphoria: how artificial intelligence is changing our lives
New edition of Humboldt Kosmos magazine on the opportunities and challenges around artificial intelligence
New research award in the STEM field
Humboldt Foundation and Carl Zeiss Foundation launch cooperation with the Carl Zeiss-Humboldt Research Award which comes with €100,000.
Humboldt Foundation to implement EU programme for at-risk researchers from Ukraine
EU allocating €25 million for fellowships
Budget cuts: Humboldt Foundation forced to discontinue fellowships and programmes
One third fewer fellowships this year and next.
“Putin’s war will not paralyse us”: Federal President Steinmeier at the Humboldt Foundation’s Annual Meeting
More than 600 international researchers to gather in Berlin
We need international exchange and global research networks – especially in times of crisis. #PeaceDay #ScienceDiplomacy #Peaceday2022
Happy birthday Alexander von Humboldt! The great nature researcher stood up against social injustice and environmental destruction – and he liked to deliver punch lines. If he were on Twitter today, how would his tweets look like?
The practice of female genital mutilation affects more than 200 million women worldwide. Humboldtian Priya Goswami has developed the app "Mumkin" (Hindi for "possible"). The AI helps victims raise their voices against the violent rite.
Week 3 of the Humboldt Residency Programme: In our Residency Diary, diversity expert Christa Rautenbach shares her thoughts on law and Social Cohesion. Highlights: visits to the Center for Civil Society Research at WZB Berlin and DHM Berlin.
Live from Stüben: Australian journalist Amie Liebowitz based in London and Humboldtian Elisabeth Gruber from Austria on a field trip for their Comlab project. Hard at work and connecting with the locals!
Prospective leaders in Berlin: Today, the current Chancellor Fellows met Vito Cecere at the Federal Foreign Office. #Humboldtian
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International Climate Protection Fellowship
Climate experts wanted! Young leaders and postdocs from transition and developing countries can apply for an International Climate Protection Fellowship until 1 February 2023.
Publications in the Humboldt Network
Edward F. Fischer: Making Better Coffee
University of California Press, 2022
Ian Merkel: Terms of Exchange
The University of Chicago Press, 2022
Gerrit-Jan Berendse: Surrealismus in der DDR
wallstein, 2022
Olivier Remaud: Thinking Like an Iceberg
Polity, 2022
Christine Schwöbel-Patel: Marketing Global Justice
Cambridge University Press, 2021
