A biophysicist, a robotics expert, a psychologist, a microbiologist and a hydrologist have been chosen to receive Germany’s most valuable international research award. Each Alexander von Humboldt Professorship comes with up to five million Euro in funding. The Alexander von Humboldt Professorship is granted to eminent researchers of all disciplines who have been working in other countries up to this time. They will be expected to conduct cutting-edge research at German universities on a long-term basis.
The newly-selected award winners are currently conducting research in Japan, the Netherlands, the USA and the United Kingdom. The funding that comes with the award is earmarked for the first five years of their research in Germany. The Humboldt Professorship is granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and financed by Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
The new award winners were chosen from a total of nine nominated researchers from Brazil, China, Japan, the Netherlands, the USA and the United Kingdom. They will now embark on appointment negotiations with the German universities that nominated them. If the researchers accept the Humboldt Professorship, the award will be conferred in May 2021.
Further Reading
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (19.05.20): New Alexander von Humboldt Professors selected
