Humboldt Foundation – networking excellence
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s network of researchers spans the globe.
For the palaeontologist at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt, cooperation with his colleague at Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, on the other side of the globe, is perfectly normal. This is true for most researchers in Germany these day. Nothing much happens without international cooperation, and this form of collaboration works best when you personally know important colleagues in the other country. That is something that the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Bonn supports. Every year, over 1,000 outstanding researchers receive scholarships for research stays. They can choose the project and host in Germany themselves. When the scholarships holders return home afterwards, they usually remain in close contact with their colleagues in the “Humboldt family”. Over 26,000 of these Humboldtians now also receive frequent research visitors from Germany. Grants are also available for this form of network development.
