Research grants

HUMBOLDT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (Germany) FOR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Funding institution

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Scope

In providing Humboldt Research Fellowships for experienced researchers, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly-qualified scientists and scholars from abroad, who completed their doctorates less than four years ago, to spend extended periods of research (6-24 months) in Germany.

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 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.

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 wellfounded comments on the applicant's qualification, preferably including reviewers not working at the applicant's own institute.

5. Necessary language skills: humanities or social sciences and medicine: good knowledge of German if it is necessary to carry out the project successfully; otherwise a good knowledge of English; natural sciences and engineering: good knowledge of German or English.

Potential applicants who have been in Germany for more than six months at the time of application are not eligible to apply.

Deadline

There is no closing date for submitting applications

Documents to be presented

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/humboldt-fellowship-postdoc.html

Founding

Eligible costs

This includes a mobility lump sum and a contribution towards health and liability insurance.

Additional benefits for research fellows include, amongst others, a lump sum for the fellow's travel expenses if the costs are not borne by a third party; language fellowship for an intensive language course; family allowances for accompanying family members: flat-rate allowance for single parents.

Duration

6-24 months

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