Humboldt Research Fellowships

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation promotes academic cooperation between excellent researchers and other professionals from abroad and from Germany through fellowship programs like the Humboldt Research Fellowship .
Submit an application if you are a researcher from abroad with above average qualifications. A Humboldt Research Fellowship allows you to carry out a long-term research project of your choice cooperation with an academic host you have selected at a research institution in Germany.

Scientists and scholars of all nationalities and disciplines may apply to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation directly at any time.

Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers

• Fellowship Duration: 6-24 month research stay at a research institution in Germany
• Monthly Stipend: 2,650 EUR per month
• Eligibility: Completion of PhD (or equivalent) within the past 4 years

Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers

• Fellowship Duration: 6-18 month research stay at a research institution in Germany (the fellowship is flexible and may be divided up into as many as 3 stays within 3 years)
• Monthly Stipend: 3,150 EUR per month
• Eligibility: Completion of PhD (or equivalent) within the past 12 years

Additional allowances are available for accompanying family mem­bers, travel expenses, and German language instruction.

More program information available at:

URL: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/programmes-by-target-group.html