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Become a host for an International Climate Protection Fellow
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s International Climate Protection Fellows require academic support and a point of contact at their host institution during their stay in Germany. If you work at a public or private institution in Germany (universities, research institutions, businesses, associations, administrative offices, NGOs etc.), you can act as a host for International Climate Protection Fellows from developing and transition countries outside of Europe. Create the conditions that enable the funding recipient to conduct her/his project in Germany and provide her/him with the necessary contacts.
If a fellowship is granted, the Humboldt Foundation will provide your institution with a monthly subsidy of €500 (humanities and social sciences) or €800 (natural sciences and engineering) towards research costs. Please refer to our website or the International Climate Protection Fellowship programme information to find out exactly what is required of applicants.
- International Climate Protection Fellowship – website
- Programme information (PDF, 118 KB)
- Programme information for postdocs (PDF, 117 KB)
- Frequently asked questions from hosts about the subsidy towards research costs
- Guidelines on handling security-relevant research in international research collaborations
Your statement
First, applicants must coordinate their independently developed research projects with you. To enable you to submit a meaningful host’s statement on the research project and the applicant’s qualifications, you will be given access to their application package. You will receive a link to the documents as soon as the applicant has submitted their application.
In drawing up your assessment, please refer to the list of questions for the statement by the host (PDF) and answer these questions in the order given, if possible. Upload the document, written in English, to an online form provided for you. You will receive the link to the online form via email as soon as the applicant has submitted their application.
Your statement is crucial to the review process and very important to the Selection Committee. Your host’s statement will, of course, be treated as confidential.
Please note
The application will not be forwarded to the Humboldt Foundation and processed until you have submitted the host form. Please ensure that you submit this form to us online by the application deadline (1 February of each year) at the latest.
Applicants for the International Climate Fellowship Programme for postdocs may plan their research stays with two hosts. If the applicant would like to conduct their research stay at two host institutes, separate host’s statements and confirmations that research facilities will be made available are required from both host institutes. If both hosts work at the same institute, they may provide a joint host’s statement, which must however be signed and submitted by each host. The second host also receives a link to a host form as well as access to the submitted application form.
Once the application documents have been reviewed and assessed by an independent Selection Committee, the best candidates will be invited by the end of June to Germany for a selection meeting. This meeting is held over several days. The meeting will take place in September and gives candidates the opportunity to present their proposal. The Selection Committee will decide whether or not to grant the applicant a fellowship at this meeting.
Please note: Fellows must stay at the host institution in Germany for the entire duration of their sponsorship period. Stays abroad are permitted only under certain conditions.