Humboldt Research Fellowship 2023 (Fully funded)

The Humboldt Research Fellowship for researchers of all nationalities and research areas: “We support you – postdoctoral and experienced researchers – with your research in Germany”.

Through the Humboldt Research Fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsors researchers with above-average qualifications from across the globe. A fellow will benefit from individual support from the Humboldt Foundation and their diverse sponsorship portfolio.

Fellowship Structure

The Humboldt Research Fellowship enables a fellow to conduct their own research at various stages of their career in collaboration with a host at a German research institution of their choice. Hosts may apply for a subsidy toward research costs.

Fellows are flexible in determining when they would like to start their fellowship. Prior to their research fellowship, they and their marital partner will be able to attend an intensive language course.

The Selection Committee responsible for reviewing applications to this program meets every March, July, and November. Please send your completed application form, including any additional documents required, well in advance of the desired selection date. Applications are usually processed within four to eight months. Incomplete or inaccurate applications take longer to process and often have to be postponed to a later Selection Committee meeting.

The deadline for meeting certain formal conditions – in particular those relating to limitations on career stages and previous stays in Germany – is the date on which we receive your application.

The assessment is based on the following selection criteria, depending on your career level:

• academic career and academic record to date (mobility, determination, thematic scope, academic productivity)
• quality of the key publications named in the application (originality, innovativeness, evaluation of your own contributions to publications involving several authors)
• originality and innovative potential of your proposed research (significance for the further development of the subject area, convincing selection of scientific methods, potential for scientific development, clear focus and feasibility within the requested sponsorship period, viability at the host institute)
• your future potential (academic potential, personal development, career prospects, e.g. professorial appointment)
• your independent research profile (for experienced researchers)