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The Japanese biomedical engineering expert Keisuke Goda to receive the 2022 Philipp Franz von Siebold Award.

Further strengthening of scientific relations between Germany and Canada additionally reinforced by Memorandum of Understanding

The fifth Communication Lab, a project run by the Humboldt Foundation and the International Journalists’ Programmes, took place on 13 to 14 and 20 to 21 May.

More than 100 Humboldt Professors are now working at German universities and research institutions – four of them report on their experiences

More than 100 Humboldt Professors are now working at German universities – four of them report on their experiences.

Iran announces impending execution of Ahmadreza Djalali. Humboldt Foundation joins Scholars at Risk and the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) in calling for the academic's release.

Regional prospects for global Islamic studies: As a scout for the Humboldt Foundation, Johanna Pink, professor for Islamic Studies, has recruited linguistic and regional expertise on a targeted basis for her research team.

An interview with Andrea Löther who led a study commissioned by the Humboldt Foundation to analyse the potential and needs of female scholars and scientists around the world.

Top researchers from the African network meet at the Humboldt Foundation’s Sub-Saharan Africa Colloquium. Here, we present four outstanding individuals and their work.

Flexible sponsorships, particularly during an ongoing pandemic, benefit researchers from Germany and their hosts abroad.

The CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme will once again be granting fellowships for researchers from Brazil with above-average qualifications.

Interview with sociologists Jessé Souza and Boike Rehbein about the access to education, people’s self-esteem and creating local opportunities.

Winners of the fourth round honoured

Interview with the Ukrainian scientist Dmytro Leontyev about the current situation, further options for international cooperation and the West’s naivety

Humboldt Foundation’s Abassador Scientist in Russia comments on war against Ukraine

Two archaeologists from Iran are digging deep into their country’s past. Why gender archaeology can enrich the present.

New partnership will expand Humboldt Foundation's strong commitment to science communication.

We asked the Humboldtian Tolganay Umbetalijeva about the situation in Kazakhstan following the unrest earlier this year.

Working in the Social Insects Research Group at the University of Pretoria, Feodor Lynen Fellow Anja Buttstedt conducts her research between bees and bright mauve-coloured blossoms.

After the presence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was verified in South Africa, eight countries in southern Africa were immediately categorised as an area of variant of concern and travel restrictions were imposed.

Happy reunion: The German Humboldt alumni association met in Tübingen in late October to exchange ideas and share information.

A call for applications for a second German Research Chair to be established at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Senegal has now been announced.

The Humboldt Foundation invites you to the livestream of an Advent concert on 9 December 2021. Enjoy music by Mozart and Brahms live, performed by members of the Beethoven Orchester Bonn.

The endowment of €500,000 granted by Mr. Winfried Pohl will benefit the promotion of top international research. Here, Mr. Pohl tells us what motivated him to support the Humboldt Foundation.

For the fourth time, the Humboldt Communication Lab (ComLab) brought together ten researchers and ten journalists to share ideas and opinions on current social developments.

With creativity and autonomy, sustainable education can succeed.

The time has come for science diplomacy: support for Belarussian academics is an investment in the future.