Humboldt Research Fellowship at Humboldt University 2024

Application requirements:

• 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 provided that they submit the manuscript of their dissertation or publications containing the results of their dissertation, however, at the earliest, 6 months prior to the completion of their dissertation.
• Academic publications are 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 wellfounded 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.

Documents required:

• Curriculum vitae (two pages max).
• Research outline ( five pages max).
• Complete list of your publications (cf. sample list, PDF).
• List of selected key publications (cf. sample list, PDF).
• Key publications.
• Doctoral certificate or proof that your doctorate has been completed successfully, or confirmation that this will be the case within the next six months.
• German language certificate, if required.
• If required: publisher’s acceptance notifications and/or acknowledgment of receipt and summaries/translations of key publications that are not available in German or in English.

Application: Applicant needs to submit all the necessary documents to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation online only.