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Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

Germany's most prestigious research prize

The Alexander von Humboldt Professorship is Germany’s most prestigious prize for international researchers. The professorship recognises the achievements of leading researchers from all disciplines who are working abroad. It is designed to enable them to carry out long-term research at a German university. The prize money provides funding for the winners’ first five years in Germany. Up to ten professorships are awarded each year.

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It is awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.  The prize money of 5 million euros for experimental research and 3.5 million euros for theoretical research is mainly used to set up a research team and purchase equipment for laboratories. The universities who host these researchers commit to involving them and their teams in an overall plan which will offer them long-term prospects in Germany.

  • Portrait Vincent C. MüllerVincent C. Müller:
    2022
    (Foto: Bart van Overbeeke/TU Eindhoven)
  • Portrait Andrea BréardAndrea Bréard:
    2021
    (Foto: Gudrun-Holde Ortner)
  • Portrait Kristian FranzeKristian Franze:
    2020
    (Bild: FAU/Boris Mijat)
  • Portrait Enrique Zuazua IriondoEnrique Zuazua Iriondo:
    2019
    (Bild: FAU/Kurt Fuchs)
  • Portrait Ewa DabrowskaEwa Dabrowska:
    2018
    (Bild: Michael Pincombe)
  • Portrait Oskar PainterOskar Painter:
    2013
    (Bild: FAU)
  • Portrait Robert SchoberRobert Schober:
    2012
    (Bild: FAU/David Ausserhofer)
  • Portrait Vahid SandoghdarVahid Sandoghdar:
    2011

 

 




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