Humboldt Research Fellowship
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Who can apply: Researchers of any nationality and any research field, applying from any country other than Germany. For the postdoc line you must have completed your doctorate, or an equivalent academic qualification, within the last four years, or be completing it before the selection meeting with a written summary of your findings… What is funded: A 6 to 24 month research stay in Germany with a host of your choice. Postdocs receive EUR 3,000 per month; experienced researchers receive EUR 3,600 per month for 6 to 18 months. Both can be split into up to three stays within three years. Additional benefits include an intensive language course before the stay for… Deadline: Open until filled. Round: Three calls a year, each opening eight months before its selection meeting. The 15 November 2026 call feeds the July 2027 selection meeting, with the earliest fellowship start in September 2027..
Read the full call and apply on the official page: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, official page.
Who can apply
- Researchers of any nationality and any research field, applying from any country other than Germany. For the postdoc line you must have completed your doctorate, or an equivalent academic qualification, within the last four years, or be completing it before the selection meeting with a written summary of your findings available, and you must have published in journals and with publishers reviewed to international standards. For the experienced-researcher line the doctorate must be within the last twelve years, backed by an extensive publication record including papers where you led the topic, and you must hold a leadership role at that career level. Researchers from Brazil are directed to the CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship first. Applications that arrive incomplete, or that depart substantially from the Foundation's specifications, are formally rejected without review.
Stage dates
The Foundation caps each call at 800 applications and closes it the moment the cap is reached, so there is no closing date to publish. 15 November 2026 is the OPENING date of the next call, not a deadline. An application already started when a call fills can be saved and worked on but cannot be submitted until the next call opens.See the official page
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.