Alexander von Humboldt Professorship


The Alexander von Humboldt Professorship is a prize named after Alexander von Humboldt and awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation since 2008. The prize is intended to attract internationally renowned scientists from abroad to Germany so that they can carry out top-level research there and strengthen Germany as a research location. The amount of the prize money is 5 million euros for experimentally working scientists or 3.5 million euros for theoretically working scientists. The professorship is financed over a period of five years. This makes it the most highly endowed research prize in Germany. A maximum of ten Alexander von Humboldt Professorships can be awarded every year to researchers of all disciplines.
The award is financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the framework of the International Research Fund for Germany. Nominations are made by German universities. Non-university research institutions may make a nomination in cooperation with a German university. From 2020 to 2024, an additional six Humboldt Professorships in the field of artificial intelligence can be awarded each year.

List of Alexander von Humboldt Professorships

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