Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Behind the scenes at ComLab#3: Journalist and ComLab alumna, Mele Pesti, recorded the process by which participants learn from one another and shares insights on the nuances of interdisciplinary communication.

The Humboldtian Conrado Hübner Mendes has publicly criticised Brazil’s chief public prosecutor. Now he is personally experiencing how President Bolsonaro’s loyal supporters crack down on critics.

Kick-off to the third edition of our #ResearchComLab: Vito Cecere of the German Federal Office opens the 4-day Science Communication workshop on sustainability and social justice. #scicomm

No one knows yet how the pandemic will impact the careers of young researchers. In this three-part series, we profile Feodor Lynen Research Fellows and show how they are dealing with the challenges facing them.

Volcanic eruptions are spectacular events, but can pose an acute threat to human societies. An international team including #Humboldtian Arianna Soldati has shown that a specific seismic signal may predict how dangerous the eruption will be.

Yuri Kovalev, the Humboldt Foundation’s Ambassador Scientist in Moscow sees freedom of science and collaborative international research work in danger.

Coming from a farming family with 12 children and with a maths teacher who treated her with contempt because she was a girl, Humboldtian Urmila Pyakurel didn't have an easy path into academia. But she succeeded! #ProgressDiversity #EUDiversityMonth

Interview with Judith Wellen, head of the Humboldt Foundation’s Strategy and External Relations Department, on the search for international talent, the power of diversity and the Foundation’s network of excellence.

In the second part of our Science Selfies, the Kenyan immunologist and paediatrician Faith Osier reports on how her fight against malaria has changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Behind the scenes at ComLab#3: Journalist and ComLab alumna, Mele Pesti, recorded the process by which participants learn from one another and shares insights on the nuances of interdisciplinary communication.

The Humboldtian Conrado Hübner Mendes has publicly criticised Brazil’s chief public prosecutor. Now he is personally experiencing how President Bolsonaro’s loyal supporters crack down on critics.

No one knows yet how the pandemic will impact the careers of young researchers. In this three-part series, we profile Feodor Lynen Research Fellows and show how they are dealing with the challenges facing them.

Yuri Kovalev, the Humboldt Foundation’s Ambassador Scientist in Moscow sees freedom of science and collaborative international research work in danger.

Interview with Judith Wellen, head of the Humboldt Foundation’s Strategy and External Relations Department, on the search for international talent, the power of diversity and the Foundation’s network of excellence.

In the second part of our Science Selfies, the Kenyan immunologist and paediatrician Faith Osier reports on how her fight against malaria has changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Adele Reinhartz to receive this year’s research award for strengthening scientific and cultural relations between Canada and Germany.

The Humboldt Foundation's staff members are taking part in German Diversity Day on 18 May with a photo campaign.

Belarus is also on the agenda at the Philipp Schwartz Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum being held from 26-27 April.

Three million euros for additional research fellowships and a research hub

Experts and displaced researchers will gather at the Philipp Schwartz and Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum on 26 and 27 April.

By creating the Philipp Schwartz Initiative, the Humboldt Foundation became Germany’s first research organisation to establish a funding programme to protect researchers who are persecuted and at threat.

Diversity in science and research: The entire new edition of the magazine Humboldt Kosmos to the topic of diversity. Let’s talk, on Twitter with #ProgressDiversity!

The American microbiologist Bonnie L. Bassler shares the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize with the American microbiologist Michael R. Silverman.

A total of 33 scientists and scholars have been chosen in the first selection round to recruit talented researchers from throughout the world for a Humboldt Fellowship.

German-Iranian university cooperation jeopardised

Eight researchers from abroad have been selected to receive Germany’s most valuable international research award in 2021 .

Eight universities to each receive €125,000 to implement their concepts

Kick-off to the third edition of our #ResearchComLab: Vito Cecere of the German Federal Office opens the 4-day Science Communication workshop on sustainability and social justice. #scicomm

Volcanic eruptions are spectacular events, but can pose an acute threat to human societies. An international team including #Humboldtian Arianna Soldati has shown that a specific seismic signal may predict how dangerous the eruption will be.

Coming from a farming family with 12 children and with a maths teacher who treated her with contempt because she was a girl, Humboldtian Urmila Pyakurel didn't have an easy path into academia. But she succeeded! #ProgressDiversity #EUDiversityMonth

“What others consider normal? That is not a question I ask myself. My normal is different anyway.“ Jochen Guck, director of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, experiences academia as the ideal environment for #diversity:  #ProgressDiversity #EUDiversityMonth

„We have made highly effective vaccines against Covid-19; we must do the same for malaria.“ Immunologist and Humboldtian Faith Osier works to make the disease history – in our lifetimes.

Congratulations to the Humboldtians who received an ERC Advanced Grant, among others Anton Zensus, Hendrik Dietz and Georg Vogeler!

"Academic freedom is simple, complex, and essential. It must be protected." Robert Quinn, Executive Director of Scholars at Risk, wrote an essay on the importance of #AcademicFreedom to mark the fifth anniversary of the #SchwartzInitiative.