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.
Sahik Inal | Bioengineering
Sahika Inal works at the intersection of materials science, biology and electronics. Her aim is to make functional polymer materials even more efficient and combine them with biological systems. More
Christopher Barner-Kowollik | Chemistry
Christopher Barner-Kowollik is a leading researcher in macromolecular photochemistry. Together with his team, he studies how light can be precisely controlled to produce new soft-matter materials such as light-controlled 3D printing. More
Ariel Dora Stern | Health economics
Ariel Dora Stern is one of the few researchers with a global reputation in her interdisciplinary research field at the crossroads of medicine, economics, health policy, statistics and health care management, publishing in scientific journals in all these areas. More
Michael Weber | Economics
The economist Michael Weber is a world-leading authority on household finance and inflation. He investigates how inflation is perceived, the role of expectations and why key economic players often fail to reflect the reality of people’s lives in their communications. More
As Humboldtians, they are all members of the Humboldt Family: currently sponsorship recipients and alumni from more than 140 countries, including 64 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.
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
Academic exchange with MENA region
In Jordan, researchers address the fundamentals for a sustainable future from 14 to 16 November.
Science is teamwork: Humboldt Colloquium in Stockholm
Aiming to strengthen collaborative activities in northern Europe, the Humboldt Foundation hosted a conference in Stockholm.
Why is academic freedom so important?
Democracy – yes, please! The 2026 Humboldt Residency Programme
What will participation in democracy look like in the future?
Humboldtianerin Hélène Miard-Delacroix äußert sich zu den Protesten und Gewalteskalationen in Frankreich.
In times of geopolitical tensions: Humboldt Colloquium in Stockholm
The Humboldt Foundation to promote scientific exchange at its colloquium with 120 researchers from Scandinavia, the Baltic States, and Poland.
Künstliche Intelligenz sollte Menschen ergänzen, nicht ersetzen. Dafür plädiert Humboldt-Professor Holger Hoos.
Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Humboldtian Francis Halzen
Humboldt Network now counts 64 Nobel laureates among its members.
Our International Climate Protection Fellows are back from an inspiring and insightful two-week study tour!
Science is teamwork: Humboldt Colloquium in Stockholm
Aiming to strengthen collaborative activities in northern Europe, the Humboldt Foundation hosted a conference in Stockholm.
Democracy – yes, please! The 2026 Humboldt Residency Programme
What will participation in democracy look like in the future?
How Bettina Frohnapfel promotes women in research as a scout
As a host and scout for the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme, the fluid mechanics engineer supports women in her field on their career path.
Re-thinking democracy
Late summer reception of the Humboldt Foundation
Science knows no national borders
Statement by the Berlin Research Network
Silvia Vignolini’s interdisciplinary journey in science
The Italian Humboldt host offers insights into her career and research.
2026 Humboldt Alumni Awards
This year’s awards for the best networking initiatives go to Argentina, Benin, Vietnam and the USA.
The 2026 Philipp Franz von Siebold award winner
Masashi Urabe is the recipient of this year’s Philipp Franz von Siebold Award.
High-level visit to Bonn
In June, the German Foreign Minister, Johann Wadephul, talked to Humboldt Foundation and DAAD.
Academic exchange with MENA region
In Jordan, researchers address the fundamentals for a sustainable future from 14 to 16 November.
In times of geopolitical tensions: Humboldt Colloquium in Stockholm
The Humboldt Foundation to promote scientific exchange at its colloquium with 120 researchers from Scandinavia, the Baltic States, and Poland.
Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Humboldtian Francis Halzen
Humboldt Network now counts 64 Nobel laureates among its members.
Bonn Humboldt Award Winners’ Forum
From 14 to 16 October, researchers from 22 countries will examine historical parallels and current relevance of social movements and religious renewals over 500 years.
GAIN26 in San Francisco
Annual conference of the “German Academic International Network” from 21 to 23 August
Impetus for developing democracy for the future
2026 Humboldt Residency Programme is starting.
“Sound analysis is essential for democracies”
Federal President Steinmeier at the Humboldt Foundation’s Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting in Berlin on 24 and 25 June
with reception by the German President and Nobel Laureate Benjamin List, Federal Minister of Research Dorothee Bär and Minister of State in Germany’s Federal Foreign Office Serap Güler
Newly selected Humboldt Professors
Up to €10 million in funding go to Berlin, Darmstadt, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Munich und Saarbrücken.
Why is academic freedom so important?
Humboldtianerin Hélène Miard-Delacroix äußert sich zu den Protesten und Gewalteskalationen in Frankreich.
Künstliche Intelligenz sollte Menschen ergänzen, nicht ersetzen. Dafür plädiert Humboldt-Professor Holger Hoos.
Our International Climate Protection Fellows are back from an inspiring and insightful two-week study tour!
Happy Birthday, Alexander von Humboldt!
What does it take to keep science open, trusted and connected in a complex world? Meeting of our International Advisory Board
Für freien Austausch über Grenzen hinweg.
Die Folgen häuslicher Gewalt. Interview mit Anke Hoeffler.
Military bases and training areas are often de-facto nature preserves.
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Humboldt Research Professorship
The programme for outstanding international researchers to conduct innovative research in Germany without giving up their position abroad. German universities and non-university research institutions in cooperation with universities may submit nominations.
Publications in the Humboldt Network
Anke Hoeffler, James D. Fearon: Worse than War: The Global Costs of Violence
Princeton University Press, 2026
Fabrice Lehoucq: The Coup Trap in Latin America
Cambridge University Press, 2026
Andrew I. Port: Germany
Polity, 2025
Omri Boehm, Daniel Kehlmann: Der bestirnte Himmel über mir
Ullstein, 2024
Ulinka Rublack: Dürer im Zeitalter der Wunder
Klett-Cotta, 2024
