Press Releases

Germany’s most valuable research award goes to Berlin, Duisburg-Essen, Hamburg, Leipzig and Potsdam.

A total of 33 scientists and scholars have been chosen in the first selection round by an interdisciplinary committee of the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme. These “Humboldt scouts” are to recruit talented researchers from throughout the world for a Humboldt Fellowship.

Certificates to be presented on 20 March during the Research Award Symposium hosted by the Humboldt Foundation in Bamberg

Official award ceremony at symposium of Humboldt Research Award Winners in Bamberg

Hans-Christian Pape decorated for his achievements as a researcher and his engagement for science policy

Artificial intelligence will revolutionise tomorrow’s world. It has already started today. At the Humboldt Academia in Society Summit on 21 June in Berlin, eminent AI researchers and civil society actors will discuss the ethical, social and legal challenges associated with these developments.

The Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany welcomes the fact that the bill submitted by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research to revise the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act has adjusted the key features formulated in March and that the insights gained during the stakeholder discussions held by the ministry since March have been incorporated into the bill.

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