No. 114/2022

MORE INFORMATION: www.humboldt-foundation.de/k114-04 EMBRACING DIVERSITY Actively promoting diversity in research In its role as a global research funding and networking organisation, the Humboldt Foundation has embedded its campaign for more diversity in science and research in a binding framework: in its agenda for Embracing Diversity, it commits to actively promoting and rigorously implement- ing diversity in all aspects of the Foundation’s activities. 2,266 applications for research fellowships were submitted to the Humboldt Foundation by international researchers in 2021 – despite the pandemic, the number rose slightly from 2,206 in 2020 and 2,241 in 2019. MORE INFORMATION: www.humboldt-foundation.de/ k114-05 In May, 21 top international researchers received the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship. Valued at up to five million euros, the award was presented in Berlin by the Federal Minister of Research, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, and the Foundation’s President, Hans-Christian Pape. MORE INFORMATION: www.humboldt-foundation.de/ k114-06 GRANTED GERMANY’S MOST HIGHLY ENDOWED INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD” “ 25 HUMBOLDT KOSMOS 114/2022