Award winners are honoured for their achievements in the field of applied research and are invited to conduct a research project of their own choice with fellow experts at one of the Fraunhofer Institutes in Germany.
A nomination can only be made in favour of senior researchers who
Award of 45,000 euros.
Travel lump sum
Sponsorship of a German language course
6 to 12 months. The research stay can be divided into blocks.
Nominations can be submitted at any time. It is not possible for researchers to apply themselves; nominations can only be made by the directors of a Fraunhofer Institute.
Here you will find a list of the funding programmes of the Humboldt Foundation.