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The Humboldt Foundation congratulates its former president, Helmut Schwarz, on being selected to receive the 2021 Leonardo da Vinci Award from the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC).
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Approximately 40 displaced scholars and scientists to quickly receive assistance. The Carl Zeiss Foundation and the research publishing company Springer Nature Group have contributed a total of €750,000 to finance the Philipp Schwartz Emergency Fund for researchers who have recently fled Ukraine.
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Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2019 Henning Walczak As a Humboldt Professor at the University of Cologne, Henning Walczak will pursue the “from bench to bedside” approach to amalgamate pre-clini
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Eight universities to each receive €125,000 to implement their concepts
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For the first time, 33 Humboldt Scouts have embarked on a search for research fellows for their respective teams and the Humboldt Foundation’s network of excellence. Here, two of these scouts report on how they go about their search for talent.
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Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2014 Hidenori Takagi Hidenori Takagi is one of the most eminent and best networked international researchers in modern solid state research and materials sciences
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17/2025
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Max Planck Society are this year honoring three scientists who have achieved extraordinary things at the boundaries of law, political science, and history.
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When the foundation was established in 1953, the moon landing was little more than a pipe dream, pacemakers and the contraceptive pill had not yet been invented, and smartphones and the Internet were at best science fiction. However, the fundamental idea underlying the Foundation is still relevant today.
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