The selected projects are being developed by Humboldt alumni to promote the academic and cultural ties between Germany and the home countries of the individual alumni, get discipline- and topic-driven researcher networks involved, and strengthen collaboration in the respective region.
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The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is a legally responsible foundation under private law and promotes excellent research worldwide. The Foundation chiefly finances its expenditure on the basis of grants from the Federal Government and the European Union. However, the Foundation’s funding is also secured by private endowments. Mr. Winfried Pohl's endowment of €500,000 will benefit the promotion of top international research. Here, Mr. Pohl, an expert in the field of thermal engineering, tells us what motivated him to support the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
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The Japanese biomedical engineering expert Keisuke Goda to receive the 2022 Philipp Franz von Siebold Award.
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The number of overweight people in the world is increasing rapidly. Matthias Tschöp is searching for a drug to curb our voracious appetite and improve our metabolism.
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21/2025
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation welcomes top international talents from 25 countries.
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Three million euros for additional research fellowships and a research hub
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general medical practitioner. He continued his training at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the University of London and Harvard School of Public Health. In 2004, he moved to the University
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19/2025
Bonn Humboldt Award Winners’ Forum: The “What, How and Why” of AI, 22-24 October
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