Reimar Lüst Award for International Scholarly and Cultural Exchange

: Highly respected humanities scholars and social scientists
: all countries (excluding Germany)
: €80,000 award money (research stay of up to 12 months in Germany possible)

Between 2007 and 2025 the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Fritz Thyssen Foundation jointly presented up to two Reimar Lüst Awards a year to highly respected humanities scholars and social scientists from abroad. All award winners have acted as multipliers making exceptional contributions in and through science to the long-term advancement of bilateral relations between Germany and their home countries. The award bears the name of astrophysicist and former president (1989–1999) of the Humboldt Foundation, Reimar Lüst (1923–2020).