Overview: Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
General	Program name	Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
	Funds for	Postdoctoral fellowships
	Funding agency	Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
	Scope	International
	Fields of science	All fields of Science
	Duration	6 - 24 months
	Program web site	http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/humboldt-fellowship-postdoc.html
	Number of calls per year	Open
Eligibility	EU-Life institution	MDC
	Applicant's Level of Experience (years after PhD)	PhD degree; ≤ 4 years
	Applicant's Nationality	Any
	Other Important Requirements	Eligible applicants must have lived outside Germany for a minimum of 12 months in total in the 18-month period prior to submission of the application. Potential applicants of German nationality are eligible to apply provided that their habitual place of work and residence has been located abroad on the assumption of permanence for at least five years. Potential applicants who have completed their school education and one university degree or one university degree and their doctorate in Germany are subject to the regulations governing German citizens.
Funding type & amounts	Fellowship (net salary, exempt of national taxes)	2650 EUR/month
	Working contract (gross salary)	The fellowship is worth 2,650 EUR per month. This includes a mobility lump sum and a contribution towards health and liability insurance.
	Other allowances	- lump sum for the fellow’s travel expenses if the costs are not borne by a third party; - language fellowship for an intensive language course lasting two to four months at selected language institutes in Germany immediately prior to the actual period of research; language fellowships may also be granted to accompanying marital partners. - family allowances for accompanying family members staying at least three months (monthly allowance: up to 326 EUR for marital partners and up to 234 EUR for each child); - for single-parents: flat-rate allowance for accompanying children (under the age of 18) for stays of at least three months (400 EUR per month for the first child and 100 EUR per month for every additional child); - additional extension of the fellowship up to 12 months for research fellows accompanied by children under the age of 12; - a subsidy towards research costs to be paid to the hosts in Germany amounting to 800 EUR per month (for research in the natural sciences and engineering) and 500 EUR (for research in the humanities and social sciences); - Europe allowance for a research stay at a research institute in another European country (though not the research fellow’s own country); for a designated period in the course of the fellowship if necessary to ensure the success of the research; - extensive alumni sponsorship once a successful research stay has come to an end, especially for maintaining contacts with collaborative partners in Germany during the Humboldtian’s entire academic career.
Next deadline	None
Past submissions outcomes
Year	Available fellowships	Success rates
	500 yearly	25-30%