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Federal Minister of Education and Research Cem Özdemir to present Germany’s most valuable international research award with which the six recipients are relocating to a German university.

We stand united with US academia in defence of science! Our president Robert Schlögl calls for global solidarity to protect the science systems.

"I am truly humbled to join a league of thinkers who dare to wonder." Dana Branzei will be awarded a Humboldt Professorship in Berlin on 5 May!

Some 360 persons attended the Philipp Schwartz Forum in Berlin on 3 and 4 April at the invitation of the Humboldt Foundation.

Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will meet at Ruhr University Bochum from 9 to 11 April.

How a Humboldtian helped the Indigenous Siekopái people to justice

Networking in beautiful Bamberg: Symposium for Humboldt Research Award Winners.

Conference and network meeting on 3 and 4 April to discuss international scientific freedom and the protection of researchers

Syria faces enormous challenges in (re)building a strong science community – international exchange and the ties to Germany can offer support. We were part of a fact-finding mission.

Some 360 persons attended the Philipp Schwartz Forum in Berlin on 3 and 4 April at the invitation of the Humboldt Foundation.

How a Humboldtian helped the Indigenous Siekopái people to justice

On a Humboldt study tour around Germany in 1972, the Romanian neuroscientist Maria-Luisa Flonta and the philosopher Mircea Flonta got to know each other.

Humboldt Foundation joins the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment.

Macroecologist Brian McGill and science journalist Sahana Ghosh talk about the future of biodiversity and better communication.

Towards resilient science: In his New Year's message, President Schlögl outlines the Foundation's plans for 2025.

The Indian civil engineer, Sai Kala Kondepudi, develops climate-friendly building materials made of natural resources that are supposed to replace conventional cement at some stage.

How we can have a positive influence on plant development? Alba Lloret Compañ about beeing a Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute in Cologne.

Honoured researchers include four Humboldtians

Federal Minister of Education and Research Cem Özdemir to present Germany’s most valuable international research award with which the six recipients are relocating to a German university.

Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will meet at Ruhr University Bochum from 9 to 11 April.

Conference and network meeting on 3 and 4 April to discuss international scientific freedom and the protection of researchers

Voices from the network: what international researchers would recommend to the new German government

Former Kanzler of the University of Technology Nuremberg to take up his duties on 1 May 2025.

Some 100 researchers to gather in Pretoria, South Africa, from 6 to 8 March.

The Humboldt Foundation presents strategic position paper for the 21st legislative period of the German Bundestag.

Fellows will meet at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg from 25 to 27 February.

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

We stand united with US academia in defence of science! Our president Robert Schlögl calls for global solidarity to protect the science systems.

"I am truly humbled to join a league of thinkers who dare to wonder." Dana Branzei will be awarded a Humboldt Professorship in Berlin on 5 May!

Networking in beautiful Bamberg: Symposium for Humboldt Research Award Winners.

Syria faces enormous challenges in (re)building a strong science community – international exchange and the ties to Germany can offer support. We were part of a fact-finding mission.

Who wants to live forever? ComLab#10 calls for researchers and journalists to join forces once again. Apply now!  

Here they are, the 2025 Climate Protection Fellows!

Three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine – displaced researchers still need our help.

International Day of Women and Girls in Science – how equal are we? We talked to female researchers from our Humboldt Network about their experiences and what still needs to change in academia.

Philipp Schwartz Fellow Azadeh Ganjeh advocated for more Academic Freedom as a professor in Tehran – despite growing political pressure. Find out more in the newest episode of "Fragile Freedom".