Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Residency Programme 2025 (Fully-Funded)

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About Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Residency Programme

Every year, the Humboldt Residency Programme offers participants the opportunity to cooperate intensively on a common topic, to generate new ideas and communicate them to a broad audience. The topic for 2025 is "The Future of Food".

The Humboldt Residency Programme brings together a transdisciplinary, international group of twelve participants consisting of Humboldtians and junior researchers with a diverse range of disciplinary backgrounds with writers, artists, civil society actors and social entrepreneurs.

During the six-week residency in Brandenburg/Berlin, participants meet daily in shared working spaces. They have the unique opportunity of extensive time and freedom to gain an in-depth understanding of each other's work and thinking, build transdisciplinary bridges, explore synergies, pose bold questions, think visionary, and connect with relevant stakeholders in Berlin and internationally. Whilst the participants themselves benefit from learning from each other, they also select and implement innovative formats to communicate their key messages to target audiences outside of academia. These could include debates with stakeholders, media appearances, bar talks, interactive workshops, blogs and social media posts or publications.

Benefits of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Residency Programme

Funding for participation in the Humboldt Residency Programme includes:

• a monthly allowance during the six-week residency period in Berlin/Brandenburg;
• travel allowance for the trip to and from Germany;
• accommodation at Schloss Wiepersdorf (2 weeks) and at an aparthotel in Berlin (4 weeks);
• a budget for arranging public event formats or end-of-year output;
• For participants travelling with dependent family members, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will provide suitable family accommodation and support participants in arranging childcare.

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Residency Programme Requirements

They welcome applications from individuals from all (academic) disciplines who can prove a relevant connection to the annual theme either in their work or other forms of engagement. They explicitly invite applications from people with innovative or creative approaches to the topic.

The participants will be:

• A creative lead.
• Three Humboldt Foundation alumni/ae who have previously received any form of fellowship or award but are not involved in any of the Foundation's programmes at the start of the Residency Programme (June 2025). They hold academic positions and are not currently based in Germany.
• Three junior researchers who are either pursuing their PhD or have completed their PhD in the last four years but continue to hold an academic position. They are not currently based in Germany.
• Five individuals from civil society, journalism, arts or social entrepreneurship who are not currently working for an academic institution.

Application Date and Process

Your application to the Humboldt Residency Programme should include

• application form
• CV (3 pages max., PDF format)
• introduction video (60 seconds max., see the application form for details)

Please send your application by email to residency[at]avh.de using the subject line “Application Humboldt Residency Programme 2025”. You will receive a confirmation email after you have submitted your application.

Application Deadline

09 December, 2024

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