The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

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The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

• Named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
  a universal scholar, renowned for his scientific
  explorations of South America and his support of
  young scholars
• Present Humboldt Foundation established in 1953
• Financed by the Federal Ministry for Foreign
  Affairs, by the Federal Ministry for Education
  and Research and by the Federal Ministry for
  Economic Cooperation and Development
• Has sponsored more than 20,000 scientists and
  scholars from over 130 countries

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Mission Statement

• The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsors
  highly qualified post-doctorate German and
  non-German scientists and scholars
• The Humboldt Foundation in a nutshell
• sponsorship of individual excellence
• no quotas for countries or fields of research
• individual selection of project and academic host
• long-term research stays in Germany
• cooperations between researchers from around the
  world
• lasting networks of between scientists and
  scholars in Germany and in other countries
• lifelong contact with the Humboldt Foundation
  through follow-up programme

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Humboldt guest-researchers
Humboldt- Research fellows (18.000)
Awardees (3.000)
Lynen (2.000)
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Humboldt Research Fellowshipsby discipline
1998 - 2002 total number 2.531
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Follow-up sponsorship
Sponsorship outside Germany

• Equipment- and book donations
• Short term visits by scholars from Germany
• Long term stays by scholars from Germany
• Partnerships between institutes
• Colloquia abroad
• Humboldt-Kollegs
• Humboldt-Clubs und Humboldt-Associations

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Georg Forster Research Fellowships
Selected developing and threshold countries
Research projects con- tributing to
further development in the fellows countries
Age limit 45 years
Application and sponsorship comparable to
Humboldt Research Fellowship
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Contact

• Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
• Jean-Paul-Str. 12
• D-53173 Bonn
• Phone. [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail select_at_avh.de

http//www.humboldt-foundation.de