The Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation

There are no quotas, neither for individual countries, nor for particular academic disciplines. The selection committees comprise academics from all disciplines and they make independent decisions, based solely on the applicant’s academic record. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supports people, not projects.

Once a Humboldtian, always a Humboldtian. Even after the first research stay has come to an end, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation still maintains close links to the alumni of its fellowship and award programmes. The Foundation thus offers a wide range of sponsorship opportunities. The fellowships the Foundation grants to German scientists enable them to collaborate as guest researchers with host Humboldtians abroad and to hence equally benefit from the international network.

As an intermediary organisation for German foreign cultural and educational policy the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation promotes international cultural dialogue and academic exchange.