Press Releases

Berlin, Munich, Göttingen, Bremen and Bonn at the top of the list

Interim assessment draws positive balance and recommends continued funding.

The American microbiologist Bonnie L. Bassler is being honoured for her research on communication between bacteria. Bassler, the 2016 Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award winner, shares the prize with the American microbiologist Michael R. Silverman.

“Building Bridges, Moving Ideas”: Around 150 researchers expected to attend the international inter-disciplinary conference being held from 23 - 24 September

Nr. 10/2019

Experts and researchers who have fled their country have gathered at the Philipp Schwartz and Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum that was held on 10 and 11 May in Berlin and online. The event has jointly been organised by the Humboldt Foundation’s Philipp Schwartz Initiative and the InSPIREurope project. In addition to examining the situation of researchers from Ukraine and Afghanistan, the conference focussed on the specific working conditions of persecuted researchers and how researchers in exile enrich scientific communities.

The Alliance of German Science Organisations strongly supports responsible and quality-oriented research assessment and comments on the Initiative of the European Commission.

International researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s network of excellence will discuss tomorrow’s forms of mobility at a digital conference being held from 13-14 September.

Experts and displaced researchers will gather at the Philipp Schwartz and Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum on 26 and 27 April. They will discuss pressing issues involving academic and scientific freedom and the situation of academics in exile.

Federal Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger and the President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Hans-Christian Pape presented the Alexander von Humboldt Professorships, Germany’s most valuable research award.