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Exzellenz verbindet –
be part of a worldwide network
Saeed Balalaie
Ambassador Scientist of
Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation
23 October 2019
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
German funding programmes for scientists and researchers
Division of tasks within the public system
Problem-driven research
„applied“
Science-driven research
„basic“
Institutional funding
• Leibniz Institutes
• Helmholtz Institutes
• Federal Research Inst
• Joint Research C. EU
• AiF Member Institutes
• Max-Planck Institutes
• Fraunhofer Institutes
• CERN
• EMBL
Project funding
• Ministerial Funding
Programs (e.g. Water
management, Biotech)
• EU Funding Prg. (e.g. Car
of the Future,
Cardiovascular Diseases)
• DFG
• Fellowship programs
(DAAD, AvH, EU-Marie
Curie)
• European Research
Council (ERC)
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The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Connecting academic excellence worldwide
Knowledge transfer and cooperation at the highest level
Historical and intellectual roots
● Alexander von Humboldt (1769 - 1859): discoverer, universal
scholar, cosmopolitan and patron of excellent scientific talent
● 1953: establishment of today’s Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation based in Bonn Bad-Godesberg
● international network of academic cooperation and trust inspired
by Humboldt’s example
The Humboldt Foundation's areas of work
● sponsorship of international academics as a part of foreign
cultural and educational policy
● strengthening cutting-edge research through internationalisation
● impetus for the research location Germany by promoting
individuals
● advancing development through academic cooperation
Principles of the Foundation
● sole selection criterion: academic excellence
● no quotas for countries or disciplines
● sponsorship of people, not projects
● free choice of academic host/collaborative partner in Germany
● independent scientific research, not stipulated by the Foundation
The Humboldt Foundation's funding
Budget for 2018: approx. 128.9 million EURFinanced by federal funds and the European Union: approx. 96%
AA: Federal Foreign Office
BMBF: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
BMZ: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
BMUB: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building
and Nuclear Safety
The Humboldt Network –
more than 28,000 Humboldtians worldwide
Research Location Germany
Research location Germany
Universities
Leibniz Institutes
Max Planck Institutes
Helmholtz Centres
Fraunhofer Institutes
GreifswaldRostock
Hamburg
Bremen
Hannover
Berlin
Magdeburg
Halle
Leipzig
DresdenJena
Nürnberg
MünchenFreiburg
Saarbrücken
Frankfurt a. M.
Dortmund
Münster
Bonn
Göttingen
Heidelberg
Stuttgart
Kiel
Aachen Marburg
Mainz
Karlsruhe
Köln
Research institutions
● approximately 100 universities: research in all disciplines
● 83 Max Planck Institutes: basic research, especially in the
natural and biosciences but also in the humanities and social
sciences
● 67 Fraunhofer Institutes: applied research
● 18 Helmholtz Centres: technical-scientific and biomedical
research
● 89 Leibniz Institutes: research ranging from knowledge-oriented
basic research to applied research
Sponsorship Opportunities offered by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Key sponsorship programmes at a glance
Alumni sponsorship and international networking
“Once a Humboldtian – always a Humboldtian“
● alumni sponsorship and international networking through e.g.
- further research stays
- Research Group Linkage Programme
- Humboldt Colloquia and Kollegs
- Humboldt Alumni Associations
- Humboldt Alumni Award
Research fellowships for research stays in Germany
Humboldt Research Fellowship /
Georg Forster Research Fellowship (HERMES)
Postdoctoral researchers Experienced researchers
Duration of
sponsorship
Application
period
Fellowship
amount
● 6 to 24 months
● applications at any time,
doctorates completed less
than 4 years ago
● 2,650 EUR per month
(plus additional benefits)
● 6 to 18 months, may be
divided up into 3 stays
● applications at any time,
doctorates completed less
than 12 years ago
● 3,150 EUR per month
(plus additional benefits)
Research Fellowships:Application Requirements and Benefits
Application requirements
Application procedure
● applications at any time to the Foundation directly
● assessment by independent expert reviewers
● decision by independent selection committees
● duration of procedure: approximately 4 to 7 months
Benefits provided
● fellowship
● travel lump sum
● language courses*
● benefits for families
● allowance for research costs for the host institute*
(*not applicable to Feodor Lynen Research Fellowships)
Benefits provided
● 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
(*not applicable to Feodor Lynen Research Fellowships)
Look for a host in Germany
through the Humboldt Foundation’s Network Online
● Network Online can be used to locate Humboldtians’ host institutes
● searches can be filtered by subject area, location or keyword
www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/netzwerk-recherche.html
on the EURAXESS Germany website
www.euraxess.de/portal/search_engines_for_hosts.html
with the help of the Research Explorer from DAAD and DFG
● contains more than 19,000 institutes at German universities and non-
university research institutions
● allows searches based on geographical, field-related and structural criteria
www.research-explorer.de
ask colleagues at your institute who have contacts in Germany
(possibly Humboldtians)
Origin of guest researchers
2012–2016:
2,830 research fellowships granted to academics from abroad
Asia
27%
North America
17%
Middle East,
North Africa
4%
Central and
South America
7%
Australia,
New Zealand,
Oceania
3%
Europe
37%
Sub-Saharan
Africa
5%
Disciplines of guest researchers
Research awards
Georg Forster Research Award
● for internationally renowned academics from developing and threshold countries
● 60,000 EUR; additional funding of up to 25,000 EUR to support the collaboration
● research stay in Germany
● nomination
Iran: Granted Fellowships 2012-2017
Iran : Humboldt-Network
1953–2017: 171 research fellowships and 1 prize
award granted to academics from Iran; 1 Feodor
Lynen fellow to Iran
Currently (as of 2017): 77 AvH Alumni at
Institutions in Iran
List of Humboldtian in Some Iranian
Universities
1. University of Tehran
2. Sharif University of Technology
3. K. N. Toosi University of Technology
4. Tarbiat Modares University
5. University of Isfahan
6. Isfahan University of Technology
7. University of Shiraz
8. Bu-Alisina University ( Hamedan)
9. Amirkabir University of Technology
10. Iran University of Science and Technology
Contact
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is available to answer your questions at any time:
www.humboldt-foundation.de
Jean-Paul-Straße 1253173 BonnGermanyTel: +49 228 833-0Fax: +49 228 833-199
WebsiteCity Max Planck Institutes and Experts
www.eva.mpg.deLeipzigMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary
Anthropology
www.bgc-jena.mpg.deJenaMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
www.biochem.mpg.deMartinsriedMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry
WebsiteCityMax Planck Institutes and Experts
www.mpi-muenster.mpg.deMünsterMax Planck Institute for Molecular
Biomedicine
www.age.mpg.deKölnMax Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
www.mpi-cbg.deDresdenMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell
Biology and Genetics
WebsiteCityMax Planck Institutes and Experts
www.cbs.mpg.deLeipzigMax Planck Institute for Human Cognitive
and Brain Sciences
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.deMarburgMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial
Microbiology
www.ab.mpg.de/2724/deRadolfzell /
Konstanz
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
WebsiteCityMax Planck Institutes and Experts
www.biophys.mpg.deFrankfurt am
Main
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
www.brain.mpg.deHESSENMax Planck Institute for Brain Research
www.mpibpc.mpg.deGöttingenMax Planck Institute for Biophysical
Chemistry
WebsiteCityMax Planck Institutes and Experts
www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.deTübingenMax Planck Institute for Biological
Cybernetics
www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.deTübingenMax Planck Institute for Developmental
Biology
www.esi-frankfurt.deDeutschordenstrAssociated Institute - Ernst Strüngmann
Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in
Cooperation with Max-Planck-Society
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
www.ice.mpg.de
Jena
Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Ecology,
Neurosciences, Plant Research
WebsiteCityMax Planck
Institutes and
Experts
www.molgen.mpg.deBerlin Developmental Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics Immunobiology
Infection Biology Medicine
Max Planck Institute
for Molecular Genetics
www.mpi-hlr.deBad
Nauheim
Developmental Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics Immunobiology
Infection Biology Medicine
Physiology
Max Planck Institute
for Heart and Lung
Research
www.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.deHeidelbergStructural Biology, Cell
Biology
Max Planck Institute
for Medical Research
WebsiteCityMax Planck Institutes and Experts
www.maxplanckflorida.orgUSAMax Planck Florida Institute for
Neuroscience
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.deFreiburgMax Planck Institute of Immunobiology
and Epigenetics
www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.deBERLIN
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research
Cologne
www.sf.mpg.de/
Immunobiology Infection Biology Medicine Neurosciences
WebsiteCity Fraunhofer Institutes and Experts
www.ime.fraunhofer.de/en.htmlAachenFraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology
and Applied Ecology IME
www.item.fraunhofer.de/en.htmlFreiburgFraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and
Experimental Medicine
www.izi.fraunhofer.de/en.htmlLeipzigFraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and
Immunology
WebsiteCity Fraunhofer Institutes and Experts
www.ibmt.fraunhofer.de/en.htmlSulzbachFraunhofer Institute for Biomedical
Engineering
www.emb.fraunhofer.de/LübeckFraunhofer-Einrichtung für Marine
Biotechnologie und Zelltechnik
www.izi.fraunhofer.de/en.htmlLeipzigFraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and
Immunology IZI
▪ Helmholtz Association of National Research Centreswww.helmholtz.de/en/
Helmholtz International Graduate School for Cancer Research in Heidelberg
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
www.dkfz.de/en
WebsiteCityHelmholtz
Institutes and Experts
www.helmholtz-hzi.de/enSaarbrückenHelmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical
Research Saarland
www.helmholtz-hiri.dewürzburgHelmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection
Research (HIRI)
WebsiteCityHelmholtz
Institutes and Experts
www.cssb-hamburg.deHamburgCentre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB)
[email protected] for Individualised Infection Medicine
WebsiteCityLeibniz Institutes and Experts
www.hpi-hamburg.deHamburgHeinrich-Pette-Institute – Leibniz Institute for
Experimental Virology
www.iuf-duesseldorf.de/DüsseldorfIUF – Leibniz Research Institute for
Environmental Medicine
WebsiteCityLeibniz Institutes and Experts
www.bnitm.deHamburgBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical
Medicine
kontakt(at)ddz.uni-
duesseldorf.de
DüsseldorfGerman Diabetes Center - Leibniz Institute for
Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine
University Düsseldorf
www.drfz.de/enBerlinGerman Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin
WebsiteCityLeibniz Institutes and Experts
www.lin-magdeburg.de/enMagdeburgLeibniz Institute for Neurobiology
www.fbn-dummerstorf.deDummerstorfLeibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology
leibniz-psychology.org/en/TrierLeibniz Institute for Psychology Information
WebsiteCityLeibniz Institutes and Experts
www.leibniz-fmp.deBerlinLeibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare
Pharmakologie
www.dsmz.deBraunschweigLeibniz-Institute DSMZ–German Collection of
Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
WebsiteCityLeibniz Institutes and Experts
www.dife.de/lang/enNuthetalGerman Institute of Human Nutrition
www.bips-institut.de/enBremenLeibniz Institute for Prevention Research
and Epidemiology
✓Helmholtz Postdoc Programme
WWW. Helmholtz.de/postdoc
✓ International Visiting Scholars at Leibniz Institutes
www. Leibnitz-associations.eu
✓ Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship
http://eu.europe.eu/research/mariecurieactions
/about.mca/actions/iif
Research in GermanyWhat you should know for co-operation and/or your stay in Germany
❖ The DFG does not offer fellowships to students for
individual funding, for dissertation work or stays
abroad. Only researchers who have completed their
doctorates are entitled to apply to the DFG. However,
students can participate in DFG-funded projects as
assistants. This way, the DFG supports research-
oriented teaching in its various funding instruments.
During Studies
❖The DFG funds doctoral researchers in Research
Training Groups and research projects by means of
doctoral posts or fellowships. This means that you apply
directly to the person in charge of the Research Training
Group or project in question. Only individuals who have
completed their doctoral studies are entitled to apply to the
DFG.
During Doctorates
Saeed Balalaie
Department of Chemistry, K. N. Toosi University of Technology,
P. O. Box 15875-4416, Tehran, Iran
E-Mail: [email protected]
Tel: 23064226, Fax: 22889403