Alexander von Humboldt 2021 Georg Forster Research Award for Developing and Transition Countries (Germany)

The Georg Forster Research Award is granted in recognition of a researcher’s entire achievements to date to academics of all disciplines whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and beyond and who are expected to continue developing research-based solutions to the specific challenges facing transition and developing countries.

• Table of Content
• About Alexander von Humboldt
• Georg Forster Research Award
• Aim and Benefits of Georg Forster Research Award
• Requirements for Georg Forster Research Award Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Alexander von Humboldt

We sponsor scientists and scholars, irrespective of academic discipline and nationality. We strengthen Germany as a research location through international research exchanges. We support our sponsorship recipients during their entire lifetimes and actively promote international understanding, scientific progress and development.

Georg Forster Research Award

Aim and Benefits of Georg Forster Research Award

The award amount totals €60,000. In Germany, research awards are generally exempt from income tax under German tax law.

Requirements for Georg Forster Research Award Qualification

• -Nominees must be nationals of a developing or transition country (excluding People’s Republic of China and India; cf. detailed list of countries).
• -Furthermore, at the time of nomination, they must have had their main residence and place of work in one of these countries for at least five years.
• -The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation particularly encourages the nomination of qualified female researchers.

Selection Criteria: 

• The Selection Committee makes its decision solely on the basis of the nominees’ academic qualifications and the relevance of their research to the development of their own countries.
• The applicants must have had their main residence and place of work in one of these countries for at least five years at the time of their nomination.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

• To apply, please register and create an online nomination for a Georg Forster Research Award.
• Please visit the Guidelines for completing the nomination on the Humboldt Foundation’s website for further information on the selection procedure.

For more details, visit Alexander von Humboldt website.