exzellenz verbindet – be part of a worldwide network
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Exzellenz verbindet – be part of a worldwide network. Dr. Steffen Mehlich Director, Sponsorship and Network Department 31 October 2007 Panel on „German-American Professional Exchanges“. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Connecting academic excellence worldwide - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Exzellenz verbindet –be part of a worldwide network
Dr. Steffen Mehlich
Director, Sponsorship and Network Department
31 October 2007
Panel on „German-American Professional Exchanges“
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Connecting academic excellence worldwideKnowledge transfer and cooperation at the highest level
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The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Excellence worldwide
Autonomy and freedom
Neutrality and independence
Durability and sustainability
Historical and Intellectual Roots
Alexander von Humboldt (1769 – 1859): discoverer, universal genius, cosmopolitan and patron of excellent scientific talent
1953: establishment of today’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
international network of academic cooperation and trust
Academic Excellence
sole selection criterion: academic excellence
individual sponsorship for people, not projects
no quotas for countries or subjects
free choice of academic host/collaboration partner in Germany
worldwide excellence network of Humboldtians
Networks of the Knowledge Elite
The Humboldt Network: 22,000 scientists and scholars from all disciplines in more than 130 countries in the world (40 Nobel Prize winners)
Unique specialist and private network
Life-long sponsorship in the Network Programme
More than 70 Humboldt Associations worldwide
Humboldt Foundation Programmes
Flexible sponsorship programmes for cutting-edge researchers at all stages of their careers
- for postdoctoral researchers
(scientists who completed their doctorate less then 4 years ago) Research Fellowships: 6 to 24 months
- for junior resarch group leaders
(scientists who completed their doctorate less then 6 years ago) Sofja Kovalevskaja Award
Humboldt Foundation Programmes
for experienced researchers
(scientists who completed their doctorate less then 12 years ago)
with an own, clearly defined academic profile
- Research Fellowships: 6 to 18 months- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award; 45,000 €, nomination
for internationally recognised cutting-edge researchers
- Humbold Research Award; 60,000 €; research stays in Germany over a period of 6 to 12 months (may be divided into segments); nomination
Application procedure
applications at any time to the Humboldt Foundation directly
assessment by independent expert reviewers
decision by Humboldt Foundation Selection Committees
duration of procedure: approx. 3 to 6 months
Research Awards
Humboldt Research Award*for internationally renowned academics from all disciplines from abroad
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award*for younger, foreign, top-flight researchers from all disciplines from abroad
Sofja Kovalevskaja Award**for excellent, cutting-edge junior researchers from all disciplines from abroad to build up their own junior research groups in Germany
(*by nomination/**by application)
Origin of Guest Researchers
2002 - 2006: a total of 2,478 new research fellows from abroad
Disciplines of Guest Researchers
2002 - 2006: a total of 2,478 new research fellows from abroad
Disciplines of Guest Researchers according to USA
2001-2006: total 1845
Fellowships and Awards for U.S. scientists and scholars
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Fellowships
Awards
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Fellowships
Awards
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Successful U.S. Applications for AvH Fellowships and Awards
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FellowshipsAwards
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Alumni Network
maintaining continuous, life-long contact to all Humboldtians worldwide
actively sponsoring academic contacts amongst Humboldtians worldwide through events at home and abroad; Humboldt Associations
systematic network sponsorship
An association for a lifetime
Network Sponsorship
Humboldt Network Online
search and find Humboldtians electronically
Humboldtians update their own data online
Bibliographia Humboldtiana
Special Programmes for the U.S.
German Chancellor Fellowships
for outstanding prospective leaders fromthe USA, the Russian Federation and China
Application requirements
candidates from all professions and disciplines with particular emphasis on the arts, law, social sciences and economics as well as fine arts
autonomous (research) project with a German dimension
TransCoop Programme
for sponsoring transatlantic (USA, Canada) research cooperation with Germany in the humanities and social sciences
Application requirements
German, American and Canadian academics from the humanities, social sciences, economics and law
doctorate, academically active
no age limit
autonomous research plan agreed by the research group
Frontiers of Research Symposia
Form
3-day conferences for scientists (with the USA: for engineers and humanities scholars, too)
in cooperation with foreign partner organisations
annually-alternating in Germany and the partner country
matching funds from both sides
bi-national, interdisciplinary conferences involving outstandingjunior researchers (USA, Japan, Great Britain, China)
American Friends of the AvH
American Friends of the AvH coordinates its activities with the
Alexander von Humboldt Association of America (AvHAA),
an independent non-profit membership organization for Humboldtians residing in the United States. The AvHAA encourages professional collegiality among its members, reinforces contacts with German scientists and scholars, and promotes programs of the AvH.
The office of the American Friends of AvH
1012 14th Street NW
Suite 1015
Washington, DC 20005, USA
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.americanfriends-of-avh.org
Contact
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Jean-Paul-Straße 12
53173 Bonn
Germany
Tel: +49 228 833-0
Fax: +49 228 833-199
www.humboldt-foundation.de