Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Reimar Lüst Awards for international scholarly and cultural exchange granted

Women often underestimate their professional qualifications. Therefore "active recruitment of women is extremely important". Jutta Allmendinger, president of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, on#diversity in science at the Humboldt Foundation's Annual Meeting. #ProgressDiversity

Diversity of perspectives is the precondition for excellence. So, for us, excellence starts with indicating diversity in our language.

The first winners of the 2022 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship announced.

Federal President Steinmeier adresses more than 1,000 individuals sponsored by the Humboldt Foundation, alumni and guests at the Foundation's Annual Meeting.

Dr Ángela Mouriz García, neurophysiologist, medical pioneer in Spain and Humboldtian, celebrated her 100th birthday on 22 May - congratulations!

On 23 and 24 June 2021, international researchers will be meeting for the Humboldt Foundation’s virtual Annual Meeting.

In the second round of the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme, a further 23 scouts, including 10 female researchers, were chosen to recruit talented individuals for the Humboldt Network.

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.

Diversity of perspectives is the precondition for excellence. So, for us, excellence starts with indicating diversity in our language.

Dr Ángela Mouriz García, neurophysiologist, medical pioneer in Spain and Humboldtian, celebrated her 100th birthday on 22 May - congratulations!

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.

Reimar Lüst Awards for international scholarly and cultural exchange granted

The first winners of the 2022 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship announced.

Federal President Steinmeier adresses more than 1,000 individuals sponsored by the Humboldt Foundation, alumni and guests at the Foundation's Annual Meeting.

In the second round of the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme, a further 23 scouts, including 10 female researchers, were chosen to recruit talented individuals for the Humboldt Network.

On 23 and 24 June 2021, international researchers will be meeting for the Humboldt Foundation’s virtual Annual Meeting.

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!

Women often underestimate their professional qualifications. Therefore "active recruitment of women is extremely important". Jutta Allmendinger, president of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, on#diversity in science at the Humboldt Foundation's Annual Meeting. #ProgressDiversity

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!