About the program
Humboldt Research Fellowship 2025-26 is a fully-funded fellowship program for researchers to do research work in a host institution in Germany. In this international fellowship in Europe, the researchers can select the host institutions according to their choices. The most attractive thing about this Alexander von Humboldt research fellowship is that the researchers can conduct their research at various stages of their careers. .
Humboldt research fellowship for postdoctoral researchers is an initiative of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Every year the foundation supports more than 700 researchers to come to Germany for free by providing them the opportunity to get fellowship opportunities and awards. Fellowships and awards from this Foundation are considered to be among the most prestigious and generous awards in Germany and therefore the recipients of these awards are known in the world for their outstanding abilities and for their extraordinary research work.
Over the years due to this fully paid research fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has created a vast community of alumni that comprises over 26,000 Humboldtians and they are found in more than 140 countries of the world. Among these alumni are 49 Nobel laureates. So this fellowship for international researchers is also an opportunity for them to stop on the ladder that leads to world-renowned and prestigious awards like the Nobel Prize.
One more interesting and attractive fact about this Humboldt fellowship program is that if it is necessary for the research then the researchers can conduct their research in other parts of Europe as well except in their native countries. Besides doing the best research work, one can explore the German culture as well as the culture of the whole of Europe by traveling to different parts of the continent for research purposes.
