The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - Connecting excellent researchers worldwide. Dr. Maike Didero Programme Director Division Africa, Middle East

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1 The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - Connecting excellent researchers worldwide Dr. Maike Didero Programme Director Division Africa, Middle East

2 Subjects of presentation The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - Facts and Figures Research Location Germany Our portfolio Sponsorship Opportunities offered by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Once a Humboldtian, always a Humboldtian: Alumni and Networking sponsorship programmes

3 The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - Facts and Figures

Core activity of the Humboldt Foundation We grant annually about 600 research fellowships and 100 research awards to highly qualified researchers (PhD-holders) from all over the world We enable them

4 Core activity of the Humboldt Foundation We grant annually about 600 research fellowships and 100 research awards to highly qualified researchers (PhD-holders) from all over the world We enable them to spend extended research stays in Germany and to work with German colleagues We offer life long sponsorship options for our Alumni ( Once a Humboldtian, always a Humboldtian ) Sponsorship of people, not projects

5 Principles of the Foundation sole selection criterion: academic excellence no quotas for countries or disciplines free choice of academic host/collaborative partner in Germany independent scientific research, not stipulated by the Foundation

Origin of guest researchers 2010 2014: 2,805 research fellowships granted to academics from abroad Sub-Saharan Africa 5%

6 Origin of guest researchers : 2,805 research fellowships granted to academics from abroad Sub-Saharan Africa 5% Central and South America 7% North America 17% Middle East, North Africa 4% Australia, New Zealand, Oceania 3% Europe 37% Asia 27%

Iran: Applications and Fellowships 2010-2015 70

Approvals 20 18 18 10 0 8 9 10 6 6 2010 2011

7 Iran: Applications and Fellowships Applications Approvals Middle East/North Africa 2015: 31 approvals

8 Success rates ,0% 45,0% 40,0% 35,0% 30,0% 25,0% 20,0% Success rate Iran Success rate MENA Success rate worldwide 15,0% 10,0% 5,0% 0,0%

9 Research Location Germany

Germany a country full of attractive research institutions Universities Leibniz Institutes Kiel Rostock Greifswald Max Planck Institutes Hamburg

10 Germany a country full of attractive research institutions Universities Leibniz Institutes Kiel Rostock Greifswald Max Planck Institutes Hamburg Helmholtz Centres Bremen Fraunhofer Institutes Hannover Berlin Münster Magdeburg Dortmund Göttingen Halle Leipzig Aachen Köln Bonn Marburg Jena Dresden Mainz Frankfurt a. M. approximately 100 full universities 82 Max Planck Institutes: basic research 67 Fraunhofer Institutes: applied research 18 Helmholtz Centres: technical-scientific 89 Leibniz Institutes: wide range of disciplines Saarbrücken Heidelberg Karlsruhe Stuttgart Freiburg Nürnberg München

11 Our portfolio Sponsorship Opportunities offered by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

12 Key sponsorship programmes at a glance Origin Academics from abroad Academics from Germany Career stages Postdoctoral researchers (up to 4 years after completion of doctorate) Junior research group leaders (up to 6 years after completion of doctorate) Experienced researchers (up to 12 years after completion of doctorate) (up to 18 years after completion of doctorate) Internationally renowned academics Humboldt Research Fellowship Georg Forster Research Fellowship Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Humboldt Research Fellowship Georg Forster Research Fellowship Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Humboldt Research Award Anneliese Maier Research Award Max Planck Research Award Alexander von Humboldt Professorship Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Max Planck Research Award

Research fellowships for research stays in Germany For postdoctoral and experienced researchers Humboldt Research Fellowship worldwide, all disciplines, no

13 Research fellowships for research stays in Germany For postdoctoral and experienced researchers Humboldt Research Fellowship worldwide, all disciplines, no quotas Georg Forster Research Fellowship researchers from emerging and developing countries, all disciplines, no quotas research projects with relevance to development

14 Research fellowships for research stays in Germany Humboldt Research Fellowship / Georg Forster Research Fellowship Postdoctoral researchers Experienced researchers Duration of sponsorship 6 to 24 months 6 to 18 months, may be divided up into 3 stays Application period Fellowship amount applications at any time, doctorates completed less than 4 years ago 2,650 EUR per month (plus additional benefits) applications at any time, doctorates completed less than 12 years ago 3,150 EUR per month (plus additional benefits)

Research fellowships for research stays abroad For postdoctoral and experienced researchers Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship worldwide, all disciplines, no quotas

15 Research fellowships for research stays abroad For postdoctoral and experienced researchers Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship worldwide, all disciplines, no quotas members of the Humboldt Network abroad as hosts host contribution (negotiated individually) 1 Lynen fellow so far in Iran

16 Benefits provided I fellowship travel lump sum German language courses benefits for families allowance for research costs for the academic host possibility of Europe research stay

17 Benefits provided II intensive and individual mentoring in Germany and abroad by personal contacts at the Foundation study tour, network meeting, annual meeting return fellowships for specific regions alumni sponsorship

18 Once a Humboldtian, always a Humboldtian Alumni and Networking sponsorship

19 The Humboldt Network more than 27,000 Humboldtians worldwide Result of a representative survey within the Humboldt Network (2014): 78% of Humboldtians have scientific contacts with at least one other Humboldtian 66% have scientific contacts with two or more other Humboldtians as of: January 2015

20 The Foundation s Ambassador Scientists Dissemination of information about Humboldt Foundation s programmes Advisors for the Humboldt Foundation Contact partners for Humboldt Alumni Prof. Dr. Saeed Balalaie K. N. Toossi University of Technology, Teheran

21 Alumni sponsorhip instruments I Coming back to Germany (3 years after your first research stay) Short visits up to 30 days - e.g. for active participation (lecture, posters, etc.) in international congresses in Germany, for lecture tours or short working visits to research institutes in Germany. - Daily allowance, reimbursement of conference fees Renewed research stays for up to 3 months - for continuing or completing work started during first research stay in Germany or initiation of new joint research projects with colleagues in Germany, free choice of academic host - Monthly fellowship amount, support for accompanying family

22 Alumni Sponsorship Instruments II Support for cooperative projects Research group linkage programme Institutional partnership between a Humboldtian and a German partner for working on a joint research project Goals: - building of sustainble scientific partnerships - integration of junior researchers Funding of up to , up to 3 years, to be spent on: academic auxiliary staff equipment (for the partner institute outside Germany) conferences reciprocal research visits publications and consumables

23 Alumni Sponsorship Instruments III Support for alumni in their home countries Invitation of professors from Germany for short research stays at the home institution of Humboldtian Book donations Equipment subsidies (up to 20,000 EUR) Humboldt Kollegs (up to 40,000 EUR)

24 Contact Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Jean-Paul-Straße Bonn Germany Tel: Fax: / maike.didero@avh.de

Exzellenz verbindet be part of a worldwide network

Exzellenz verbindet be part of a worldwide network Saeed Balalaie Ambassador Scientist of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 21 October, 2015 DAAD Alumni Treffen, Sustainable Development Research, Science