From left to right: Ria de Bleser, Cornelia Quennet-Thielen, Harald Clahsen, Helmut Schwarz ©Humboldt-Stiftung/David Ausserhofer 

Once an Humboldtian, always an Humboldtian

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation promotes academic cooperation between excellent scientists and scholars from abroad and from Germany. To this end, it grants more than 800 research fellowships and research awards annually. These allow scientists and scholars from all over the world to come to Germany to work on a research question they have chosen themselves together with a host and collaborative partner.
As an intermediary organisation for German foreign cultural and educational policy the Humboldt Foundation promotes international cultural dialogue and academic exchange. It offers flexible sponsorship programs for cutting-edge researchers at all stages of their careers.

The alumni network is the Humboldt Foundation's greatest asset. It embraces over 24.000 scientists and scholars from all disciplines in more than 130 countries who are closely associated with Germany – among them 44 Nobel Prize winners. Even after the stay in Germany has come to an end, the Humboldt Foundation maintains close links with its alumni. Alumni sponsorship is tailored to the needs of every single Humboldtian, providing flexible support for the particular development and path in life as well as for cooperation with others.