Interested in furthering your research abroad? Whether you're a postdoc or an experienced researcher, the Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme allows you to conduct a long-term research project in Germany!

Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdoctoral Researchers

In providing Humboldt Research Fellowships for postdoctoral researchers, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly-qualified scientists and scholars, who do not currently work or reside in Germany and who completed their doctorates less than four years ago, to spend extended periods of research (6–24 months) in Germany. Scientists and scholars from all disciplines and countries may apply. 

Fellowship specifications:

The research outline is carried out in cooperation with academic hosts at research institutions in Germany. Applicants choose their own topic of research and academic host. Details of the research outline, including information on the intended duration of the fellowship, must be agreed with the intended host before applying.

The fellowship is worth 2,650 EUR per month. This includes a mobility lump sum and a contribution towards health and liability insurance. Information about additional benefits can be obtained from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation website below.

Application requirements:

1. Doctorate or comparable academic degree (Ph.D., C.Sc. or equivalent), completed less than four years prior to the date of application. Candidates who will complete their doctoral degrees within 6 months also are eligible to apply, provided that they submit the manuscript of their dissertation or publications containing the results of their dissertation.
2. Academic publications reviewed according to international standards and printed in journals and/or by publishing houses.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Language skills: humanities or social sciences and medicine: good knowledge of German if necessary to carry out the research successfully, otherwise a good knowledge of English; natural sciences and engineering: good knowledge of German or English.