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What is day-to-day research like in times of pandemic? In our series Science Selfies, Humboldtians from various African countries are allowing us to look behind the scenes in their offices and labs. In video diaries they describe the challenges they face and how they master difficulties. In the second part, the Kenyan immunologist and paediatrician Faith Osier reports on how her fight against malaria has changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last change: 30/11/2021

How are Humboldtians doing in Myanmar? “The situation is getting worse day by day”, writes the Humboldtian Chaw Pa Pa Oo from Yangon in an appeal for solidarity from Germany and the international community.

Last change: 21/04/2021

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).

Last change: 21/05/2021

Over the last five years, 280 at-risk researchers have been able to continue their work at German research institutes as Philipp Schwartz Fellows. Programme Director Frank Albrecht on the challenges involved in making a new start in Germany.

Last change: 07/07/2021

International experts from the research community, the political sector and research funding organisations – including Humboldt Foundation President Hans-Christian Pape – will be taking part in the discussions at the Gender Summit 2021. It is still possible to register for the virtual conference.

Last change: 24/11/2021

László Lovász has been chosen to receive one of the most important international research awards for mathematics from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. He will share the award with the Israeli mathematician Avi Wigderson.

Last change: 14/04/2021

The Humboldt Foundation is inviting alumni of the Humboldt Network from Central and South America to pursue a further research stay in Germany. Selected researchers can be accompanied by a junior researcher.

Last change: 14/04/2021

Funding period for German Research Chairs at AIMS Centres extended to six years – Applications invited for new chair at the AIMS Centre in Ghana.

Last change: 05/07/2021

By creating the Philipp Schwartz Initiative, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation became Germany’s first research funding organisation to establish a funding programme to protect researchers who are persecuted and at threat. Since its creation, the programme has set a precedent nationally and internationally.

Last change: 08/10/2025