[Todos] Georg Forster Research Award

[Jimena Ruiz]

The Humboldt Foundation is for the fifth time inviting nominations for the
Georg Forster Research Award, which honours outstanding and
internationally recognised researchers from transition and developing
countries for their entire achievements to date.

The Humboldt Foundation is for the fifth time inviting nominations for the
Georg Forster Research Award, which honours outstanding and
internationally recognised researchers from transition and developing
countries for their entire achievements to date. The researchers are also
expected to continue their research in the future and to contribute to
finding solution approaches for the challenges faced by transition and
developing countries.

Nominees must be nationals of a developing or transition country
(excluding People's Republic of China and India). Furthermore, at the time
of nomination, they must have had their main residence and place of work
in one of these countries for at least five years.

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation particularly encourages the
nomination of qualified female researchers.

The award amount totals €60,000. In Germany, research awards are generally
exempt from income tax under German tax law.

In addition, award winners are invited to conduct a research project of
their own choosing in Germany in close collaboration with a specialist
colleague. To support the collaboration, the Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation may grant additional funding of up to €25,000, particularly for
participating in scientific conferences, additional material resources,
e.g., specialist literature and scientific equipment for the nominee’s own
institute, as well as for involving junior researchers.

An established academic employed by a university or research institution
in Germany must take the initiative to nominate a candidate for the Georg
Forster Research Award. Nominations may also be initiated by award winners
of the Humboldt Foundation working abroad, provided that the nomination is
made jointly with a colleague working in Germany. Self-nomination is not
possible.

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is granting up to six Georg Forster
Research Awards annually.

The deadline for nominations is 15 January of each year; the selection
meeting is scheduled for summer.

For more information, please visit
www.humboldt-foundation.de/georg-forster-award.


Dra. Jimena Ruiz
Ambassador Scientist von Humboldt Foundation
Instituto de Investigaciones en Biociencias Agrícolas y Ambientales
(INBA-CONICET)
Catedra de Microbiología Agrícola. Facultad de Agronomía
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Av. San Martín 4453    C1417DSE
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel.: +54-11-4524-8061