Press Releases

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation presents strategic position paper for the 21st legislative period of the German Bundestag.

Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will meet at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg from 25 to 27 February.

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