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Reimar Lüst Awards for international scholarly and cultural exchange are granted jointly by the Humboldt Foundation and the Fritz Thyssen Foundation.

New fellowships in the Philipp Schwartz Initiative and alumni assistance for researchers from Ukraine

From 20 to 23 October, music scholars from more than 40 countries will discuss Ludwig van Beethoven’s cultural legacy in person where it all started in Bonn as well as via a virtual format. The opening ceremony and concerts will be streamed live.

The Humboldt Network now counts 59 Nobel laureates among its members.

The Humboldt Network now counts 63 Nobel laureates among its members.

This year’s prize is also being awarded in equal parts to Moungi G. Bawendi, who serves as a host in the Humboldt Network, and Louis E. Brus.

The Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to Humboldtian Emmanuelle Charpentier.

In the second round of the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme, a further 23 scouts, including 10 female researchers, were chosen to recruit talented individuals for the Humboldt Network. A total of 99 applications from 47 institutions were submitted. The selections made during this round included two scouts each from Universität Hamburg, LMU Munich and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Humboldt Foundation and Carl Zeiss Foundation launch cooperation with the Carl Zeiss-Humboldt Research Award which comes with €100,000.

A reliable database is key to successfully developing the internationality of a university. The new indicator portal “HSI Monitor – Profile Data on the Internationality of Universities” enables universities in Germany to access a multitude of internationalisation indicators. The portal is a joint project of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK). It is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).