Deadline: Ongoing
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is inviting highly-qualified scientists and scholars from abroad for Humboldt Research Fellowships to spend extended periods of research (6–24 months) in Germany.
The Humboldt Foundation grants approximately 500 Humboldt Research Fellowships for postdoctoral researchers and experienced researchers annually. Short-term study visits, participation in congresses and training courses cannot be financed.
Eligible Countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Ecuador, Egypt, Macedonia, Madagascar, Samoa, Sao Tomé and Príncipe, Algeria El Salvador, Malawi, Senegal, Angola, Equatorial, Guinea, Malaysia, Serbia, Antigua and Barbuda Eritrea Maldives, Seychelles, Argentina, Ethiopia, Mali Sierra, Leone, Armenia, Marshall Islands Solomon Islands, Azerbaijan, Fiji, Mauritania, Mauritius, Somalia, South Africa, Mexico, South Sudan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Gabon, Gambia, Micronesia, Fed. States, Moldova, Rep., Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Georgia Montenegro, St. Lucia, Benin, Ghana, Morocco, St. Vincent and, Bhutan, Grenada, Mongolia the Grenadines, Bolivia, Guatemala, Mozambique, Sudan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Guinea, Myanmar, Suriname, Botswana, Guinea-Bissau, Swaziland, (Brazil)2,Guyana Syria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Haiti, Namibia, Nauru, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Honduras, Nepal, Thailand, Nicaragua Timor-Leste, Cambodia, Cameroon, Indonesia, Iran, Niger, Nigeria, Togo, Tonga, Cape Verde, Iraq Niue Tunisia, Central African Republic Turkey, Chad, Chile, Jamaica, Jordan, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Colombia, Comoros Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Congo, Dem. Rep. of, Congo, Rep. of the, Kenya, Kiribati, Palau, Panama, Uganda, Ukraine, Cook Islands Korea, Dem. PR of Papua, New Guinea, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Kosovo, Paraguay Uzbekistan, Cote d’Ivoire Kyrgyzstan Peru, Cuba, Laos, Philippines Vanuatu, Venezuela, Dominica, Lesotho, Lebanon, Rwanda Vietnam, Dominican Republic Liberia, Djibouti Libya Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Benefits
- The fellowship is worth 2,650 EUR per month. This includes a mobility lump sum and a contribution towards health and liability insurance.
- Additional benefits for research fellows:
- Lump sum for the fellow’s travel
- Language fellowship
- Family allowances
- Flat-rate allowance for single-parents
- additional extension
- A subsidy towards research costs
- Europe allowance
- Extensive alumni sponsorship
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant should be citizen of eligible countries mentioned above.
- Doctorate or comparable academic degree (Ph.D., C.Sc. or equivalent), completed less than four years prior to the date of application.
- Candidates who have nearly completed their doctoral degrees are eligible to apply.
- Academic publications reviewed according to international standards and printed in journals and/or by publishing houses.
- Confirmation that research facilities are available and mentoring agreement and a detailed expert’s statement by an academic host at a research institution in Germany.
- Expert reviews from the doctoral supervisor and one other academic qualified to give well founded comments on the applicant’s qualification, preferably including reviewers not working at the applicant’s own institute.
- Necessary language skills: humanities or social sciences and medicine: good knowledge of German if it is necessary to carry out the research successfully; otherwise a good knowledge of English; natural sciences and engineering: good knowledge of German or English.
- Potential applicants who have been in Germany for more than six months at the time of application are not eligible to apply.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit Humboldt Research Fellowships .
