Dear reader,

“Freedom is our most precious possession.” It is therefore all the more important that we join together to protect it, as Humboldt Foundation President Robert Schlögl called for in his New Year’s Message. Despite the tense global situation, he called for optimism and stressed the important role played by global networks: “We strive every day to strengthen resilient academic relations through collaborations all over the world and to protect the freedom of science.” You’ll find the entire text of his New Year’s Message in this newsletter.

In addition: all about the new regulations on AI in the selection department, the newly awarded Georg Forster Research Award winners from the fields of cancer research and anthropology, and much more.

Johann Wadephul: “Knowledge is the greatest asset”

In his guest article in our Humboldt Kosmos Magazine, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul explains how, in its first decade, the Philipp Schwartz Initiative has become an indispensable refuge for threatened researchers.
 

Four years of war in Ukraine: We will continue our efforts and commitment for Ukrainian researchers

The Humboldt Foundation continues to support Ukrainian researchers in targeted ways. More than 350 researchers have been able to carry on their work in Germany and Europe and, in doing so, strengthen the Ukrainian research system.
 

“Freedom of science is a seismograph for the freedom of a society"

Creativity in science requires academic freedom and institutional autonomy, but how can we protect it? The Humboldt Foundation and British Council Germany jointly hosted a panel discussion on resilient research.
 

We need that uncomfortable outside perspective! The Philipp Schwartz Initiative in the Tagesspiegel newspaper

‘Thanks to German support programmes, researchers who are persecuted in their home countries can continue their work here. This is more than just providing assistance: it exposes weaknesses in our scientific system.’ Read the full article by Ulrike Freitag here.
 

Handbook against autocratic tendencies

How can scientists push back against authoritarianism? “The Anti-Autocracy Handbook” highlights measures of resistance and is also a call to action to collectively defend democracy. (LinkedIn)
 

Online information events – How to become part of the Humboldt Network

Humboldt Discoveries is a series of events for applicants, hosts and nominators. Join us online and get all the information you need about the Foundation’s programmes. The next info events:


  Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship
  Henriette Herz Scouting Programme
  CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowships

Recent calls for applications and nominations

Researchers wanted! We sponsor academic collaborations between foreign and German scientists by granting research fellowships and awards and by organising symposia for scientific exchange. Open for applications:


  Humboldt Research Professorship
  Henriette Herz Scouting Programme

Humboldt on Social Media

What else is happening?


  Humboldt Placement Scheme: science meets politics
  #WomenInScience Day
  New Podcast: Science Tea Time
  Humboldt Foundation recognised as family-friendly
  Final seminar of the Climate Protection Fellows
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