Press Releases

The historian Kateřina Čapková and the literary scholar Bala Venkat Mani receive this year’s Reimar Lüst Awards.

Germany’s most valuable research award to go to Cologne, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Münster and Tübingen.

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

Amy Theresa Austin (Argentina) and Andre Russowsky Brunoni (Brazil) will each receive the Georg Forster Research Award, valued at EUR 60,000.

The new edition of our Foundation’s magazine Humboldt Kosmos highlights colonial continuities and visions for fair cooperation.

Geordie Williamson receives the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award 2024, and Max Planck-Humboldt Medals go to Laura Waller and Torsten Hoefler

Kant’s philosophy from a non-European and post-colonial viewpoint

The South African researcher Daya Reddy to speak on inclusivity in global science and scholarship

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation launches new strategy

The German Academic International Network (GAIN) invites early career researchers to the 24th GAIN Annual Meeting in San Francisco from 23 to 25 August. The GAIN conference is the largest networking event for international academic careers in Germany and brings together researchers with high-ranking representatives from German academia, politics and business every year. It is aimed at researchers from Germany who are currently working on the American continent.