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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Sponsorship and Network Department
Jean-Paul-Str. 12
53173 Bonn
Germany
Language fellowships before the research fellowship begins
As the successful outcome of the stay in Germany also depends on the degree to which fellows speak German, fellows whose knowledge of German is insufficient will be granted an up to four-month language fellowship by the responsible selection committee at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to attend an intensive language course at a Goethe Institute or other approved language school in Germany. The language fellowship takes place immediately before the start of the research fellowship, or if the stay is divided up into several blocks, immediately before the start of one of the blocks. The language fellowship cannot be interrupted or used after the start of the fellowship stay in Germany.
The Humboldt Foundation covers the course fees for the language fellowship and pays a monthly fellowship rate.
You may request a language fellowship as part of your application for a research fellowship or when you accept the fellowship.
Accompanying partners may also be granted a language fellowship or language course on request.
German language courses during the research fellowship
If you or your partner did not request a four-month language fellowship, you may apply for a subsidy for non-intensive German courses during your research fellowship. These German language courses should usually be taken within the first half of the research fellowship. Kindly inform the language institute that the course is being attended as part of an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship.
Intensive language courses that would require you to interrupt your research cannot be approved.
Applications to cover the cost of German language courses must be submitted to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation before you start the course. Processing usually takes up to 14 days.
German courses are offered, for example, by
Online application
If you are a Humboldtian and would like to submit an application, please log in first. You will be given access to an online form which has been partially filled in with your personal details. You can then complete and submit this form.
In your personal area "My Humboldt" you can access and continue processing saved online applications at any time.