Newsroom

Humboldt is everywhere

Alle

Press release

2024 Reimar Lüst Awards

Kateřina Čapková and Bala Venkat Mani awarded for research that focuses on refugees and migration

News

Between the Lines

Humboldtian Rosa Coppola was working on the concept of artificiality in the works of the late experimental poet, academic and philosopher, Max Bense, when she discovered new approaches to Bense’s oeuvre and to her own research work.

Rosa Coppola, eine junge Frau mit langen braunen Haaren, die eine Brille und ein rotes Hemd trägt, sitzt an einem Schreibtisch. Sie liest ein Buch mit dem Titel „Max Bense – Bestandteile des Vorüber“, neben ihr stehen ein Laptop und ein Stapel Bücher. In der Ecke ist eine schwarze Schreibtischlampe zu sehen.

@AvHStiftung

Was genau sind Erinnerungen? Und gibt es eine Möglichkeit, sie festzuhalten? Philosoph und #AvHProfessor Sven Bernecker auf ARTE.

News

Advent Concert 2024

The Humboldt Foundation invites you to its annual Advent Concert on 5 December. Join our livestream!

Press release

Network meeting in Erlangen

Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to meet at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg from 20 to 22 November

@AvHStiftung

Together with the British Academy, we invite 30 early career researchers from the UK & Germany to participate in the UK-German Frontiers of Humanities Symposium on “Belonging”!

Aktuelles

News

Between the Lines

Humboldtian Rosa Coppola was working on the concept of artificiality in the works of the late experimental poet, academic and philosopher, Max Bense, when she discovered new approaches to Bense’s oeuvre and to her own research work.

Rosa Coppola, eine junge Frau mit langen braunen Haaren, die eine Brille und ein rotes Hemd trägt, sitzt an einem Schreibtisch. Sie liest ein Buch mit dem Titel „Max Bense – Bestandteile des Vorüber“, neben ihr stehen ein Laptop und ein Stapel Bücher. In der Ecke ist eine schwarze Schreibtischlampe zu sehen.

News

Advent Concert 2024

The Humboldt Foundation invites you to its annual Advent Concert on 5 December. Join our livestream!

News

Research and Diversity: creating habitats

At the University of Regensburg’s Institute of Zoology, Humboldt Fellow Marion Cordonnier is investigating how humans influence ant diversity. Discover how the French ecologist combines her research with a surprise addition to the family and her wishes for other female researchers.

Pressemitteilungen

Press release

2024 Reimar Lüst Awards

Kateřina Čapková and Bala Venkat Mani awarded for research that focuses on refugees and migration

Press release

Network meeting in Erlangen

Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to meet at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg from 20 to 22 November

X.com

@AvHStiftung

Was genau sind Erinnerungen? Und gibt es eine Möglichkeit, sie festzuhalten? Philosoph und #AvHProfessor Sven Bernecker auf ARTE.

@AvHStiftung

Together with the British Academy, we invite 30 early career researchers from the UK & Germany to participate in the UK-German Frontiers of Humanities Symposium on “Belonging”!

@AvHStiftung

From infectious diseases to female agency in India – 3 days of exciting interdisciplinary exchange on the “Challenges of Mobilities" at our German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities Symposium.

@AvHStiftung

Every year in August, our current Humboldt Fellows are invited on a two-week tour through Germany – the #AvHStudyTour. We are happy that you enjoyed it, dear Humboldtians, and thank you for the great pictures you sent us!

AvHStiftung

How can we live a sustainable life in harmony with nature? The participants in the 2024 #HumboldtResidencyProgramme, Adenike Adebukola Akinsemolu and Christer de Silva, find the answers in indigenous communities. Read more in our Residency Diary!

AvHStiftung

When one journey ends, another begins... Our Chancellor Fellows 23/24 are on the home stretch of their stay in Germany. We wish all of you the best of luck in your future endeavours. Stay in touch!

AvHStiftung

"Interchange among researchers can give rise to different perspectives that expand our inherent experiences and standpoints." #Humboldtian Dhanasree Jayaram on her experiences with Science Diplomacy and why it is so important.

AvHStiftung

Building bridges – that's not only the goal of the Humboldt Foundation, but also of our annual meeting! A huge thank you to all Humboldtians who made this event what it is: a celebration of the Humboldt Family!

@AvHStiftung

Rebuilding Ukraine together: Robert Schlögl, President of the Humboldt Foundation, discusses the role of culture and education at the Ukraine Recovery Conference #URC2024.

Humboldt Kosmos – the Humboldt Foundation’s magazine

What are Humboldtians around the world working on? What are the issues in science, diplomacy and international affairs that move us? We report in our magazine.

Shot of a ceremonial Nobel Prize award ceremony from a bird's eye view
From our network

Humboldtian Nobel laureates

The Foundation maintains an interdisciplinary network of well over 30,000 Humboldtians in more than 140 countries around the world – including 61 Nobel Prize winners.

 

Porträt Robert Schlögl
Download
President Robert Schlögl
Foto Robert Schlögl Hochformat
Download
President Robert Schlögl
Download
Fellows at the annual meeting in Berlin (Photo: Humboldt Foundation/David Ausserhofer)
Download
The Humboldt Foundation in Bonn (Photo: Humboldt Foundation/Michael Jordan)
Download
Fellows at the annual meeting in Berlin (Photo: Humboldt Foundation/David Ausserhofer)
Download
Fellows at the annual meeting in Berlin (Photo: Humboldt Foundation/David Ausserhofer)
Download
Fellows at a poster session (Photo: Humboldt Foundation/Michael Jordan)
Download
Humboldt Bust (Photo: Humboldt Foundation/Michael Jordan)
Download
Humboldt Foundation in Bonn (Photo: Humboldt Foundation/Michael Jordan)
Download
The Humboldt Foundation in Bonn (Photo: Humboldt Foundation/Eric Lichtenscheidt)

Humboldt Professorships 2009-2025

Downloads of film portraits and photos of the award winners

Study: Germany from the outside 2023

Academic life, living conditions and personal relations: following their stay in Germany, Humboldt Foundation sponsorship-recipients evaluate living and working in the country. We have evaluated the feedback provided by more than 1,800 visiting researchers from 119 countries who worked at German universities and research institutions between August 2018 and May 2022.

Grünes Muster mit Figuren, Symbolbild Humboldt-Professur
Dossier

Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

With a value of five million euros, the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship is the most highly-endowed research award in Germany and draws top international researchers to German universities.

Dossier

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) will shape our societies for the future. It is already doing so today – from medicine via industry through to art and culture. The Humboldt Foundation sponsors cutting-edge research in AI and also sees its role in generating new ideas on the challenges of transformative technologies.

Olivier Pamen vor einer Tafel mit mathematischen Formeln mit Link zum Dossier
Dossier

Research Cooperation with Developing Countries

The Humboldt Foundation supports developing and threshold countries in their endeavours to promote junior researchers and international networking as well as developing their own functioning science systems. For in a globalised world, a country’s prospects for growth, affluence and social harmony are inextricably bound up with scientific and technical progress.

Grafisches Muster aus grünen Punkten mit Schriftzug Max-Planck-Humboldt-Forschungspreis
Dossier

Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award

The award is granted to a researcher from abroad with outstanding future potential. The aim is to recruit particularly innovative international researchers to work at German universities and research institutions for a fixed-term period.

Stapel von mehrfarbigen Holzklötzen in einem breit gefächerten Farbspektrum.
Dossier

Diversity

As an international networking organisation connecting outstanding researchers and leaders in all science-related fields around the world, the Humboldt Foundation feels under a special obligation to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We also consider ourselves well-positioned to make a significant contribution to sustainable global development.

Cover of the Humboldt Foundation’s Sustainability Agenda: "Sustainably crafting excellent connections"
Dossier

Sustainability

As an international networking organisation connecting outstanding researchers and leaders in all science-related fields around the world, the Humboldt Foundation feels under a special obligation to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We also consider ourselves well-positioned to make a significant contribution to sustainable global development.

Symbolbild Philipp-Schwartz-Initiative: Drei gelbe Kreise mit einer Figur, die von einem zerstörten Tempel zu einem intakten Tempel läuft
Dossier

Philipp Schwartz Initiative

Since 2016, the Philipp Schwartz Initiative has enabled German universities and research institutions to host foreign researchers who are threatened by war and persecution in their own countries for a period of two years.

Porträt Sofja Kovalevskaja
Dossier

Sofja Kovalevskaja Award

The award allows outstanding junior researchers to build up a working group at a research institution in Germany and to spend five years working there on their own research project.

Social communication concept
Dossier

Science Communication

From events discussing and sharing ideas to dedicated training sessions and workshops: the Humboldt Foundation is committed to opening science and research to a broad public audience.