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    • Promoting mathematics research in Africa

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

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      2021 Abel Prize goes to Humboldtian

      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.

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      Forerunner for academic freedom: The Philipp Schwartz Initiative marks fifth anniversary

      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.

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    • German Chancellor Fellowships now open to South Africa too

      With immediate effect, young professionals from South Africa are invited to apply for a German Chancellor Fellowship. Previously, only talented individuals from Brazil, China, India, Russia and the USA were eligible to apply.

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    • We had absolutely no prospects

      Jeff Wilkesmann had to leave his home country Venezuela in 2017. His university was closed after a military intervention. Time and again, professors in the country disappeared. Thanks to a fellowship of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative, he was able to continue his work at the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences.

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      We had absolutely no prospects
    • What is academic freedom?

      Academic freedom must be protected! Robert Quinn, Executive Director of the Scholars at Risk Network, has written an essay on the importance of academic freedom to mark the fifth anniversary of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative in 2021.

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      What is academic freedom?
    • A unique opportunity for me

      Anan Alsheikh Haidar fled Syria in 2013. Her work as a professor of criminal law at the University of Damascus had put her name on the blacklist of Bashar al-Assad's government. With a fellowship of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative, she came to the University of Cologne.

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      A unique opportunity for me