Press Releases

About 100 researchers from all disciplines will get together in San Francisco at the invitation of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation from 29 February to 2 March.

Guillermo Wilde (Argentina) and Nousheen Zaidi (Pakistan) to receive the Georg Forster Research Award that comes with €60,000 for each.

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

The Foundation takes a clear stance against right-wing extremism and racism. It is appalled by the displacement plans uncovered in January by the investigative network Correctiv.

President Hans-Christian Pape expresses solidarity with Ukrainian network members and the people of Ukraine.

The internationally renowned specialist for coinage during the Roman Imperial Era and the Migration Period has been singled out to receive the Reimar Lüst Award.

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

Keep channels of communication open but end institutional cooperation and material support. Support for threatened researchers takes centre stage. Foundation promotes additional sponsorship options.

They are to help cope with the current pandemic and develop strategies for handling future crises.