Press Releases

Sponsorship programme for young professionals from abroad to be expanded.

Press Release issued jointly by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) - New York/Bonn, 23 August 2021

No. 17/2019

No. 24/2019

Scientific collaboration with Israel, a leading nation in research and innovation, is essential to us. In the light of decades of inspiring intellectual exchange and the special relationship between research organizations in our countries, we feel compelled to take a stand on recent developments that can negatively affect international cooperation.

Latest issue of the Foundation’s magazine Humboldt Kosmos examines academic freedom, support for at-risk researchers from around the world, and the resilience of the German science system.

Opening event on 13 June 2024 at Ruhr University Bochum as part of Science Year 2024 – Freedom

Germany’s most valuable research award goes to Aachen, Berlin, Freiburg and Göttingen.

By creating the Philipp Schwartz Initiative, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation became Germany’s first research funding organisation to establish a funding programme to protect researchers who are persecuted and at threat. Since its creation, the programme has set a precedent nationally and internationally.