Dear reader,

A year full of challenges is coming to a close. A year that has shown - both impressively and painfully - just how important science is. And a year during which we at the Humboldt Foundation have worked to promote international exchange in the research field as optimally as possible despite the coronavirus crisis.

We are therefore particularly pleased to report also in this last newsletter for the year 2020 on excellent researchers and their work and on opportunities for international collaboration. And on new initiatives such as the Henriette Herz Award that was granted recently.

We are also pleased that we can invite you all to ring out the old year together with classical music at our virtual advent concert – #HumboldtConcert. All this and much more awaits you in this issue of our newsletter.

Wishing you an enjoyable read!