Applications are open for the CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship
The CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship supports you - postdoctoral researchers and experienced researchers - with your research in Germany. In 2013, the Brazilian research funding organisation CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation launched the CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme. As a fellow, you will benefit from individual support from the Humboldt Foundation and their diverse sponsorship portfolio. The CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship allows you to conduct your own research at various stages of your career in collaboration with a host at a German research institution of your choice. Host institutes will generally receive a subsidy towards research costs.
Benefits of CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship
- Postdocs: Benefit from research sponsorship in Germany at the beginning of your academic career. The CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship for Brazilian postdoctoral researchers enables you to conduct research in Germany. The monthly fellowship amount is €2,600. Fellowships may last from 6 to 24 months.
- Experienced researchers: You can still apply for research sponsorship in Germany even if you are already well advanced in your academic career. The CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship for experienced Brazilian researchers enables you to conduct research in Germany. The fellowship amount is €3,100. Fellowships may last from 6 to 18 months and can be divided into up to three stays within three years.
General conditions
- In addition to the fellowship amount, you will also receive personal support throughout your sponsorship. Prior to your research fellowship, you and your marital partner will be able to attend an intensive language course. You are then flexible to determine the start date of your fellowship yourself.
- Further financial support, including family benefits for children and marital partners and allowances for travel expenses, is also available.
Alumni programmes
- They stay in contact even after your research stay has come to an end. Their alumni sponsorship measures flexibly support every Humboldtian's individual journey through life in both their careers and future research collaborations. A return fellowship or later visits to Germany are also possible.
CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship Requirments
- You must be a Brazilian national or have permanent resident status in Brazil. German nationals are eligible to apply provided that they have been living and working in Brazil for at least five years and on the assumption of
permanence.
- You must be resident in Brazil and have lived outside of Germany for at least 12 out of the last 18 months.
- You must confirm that a researcher from an academic institution of your choice in Germany will provide you with a mentoring agreement and written confirmation that research facilities are available as well as compiling a detailed review for you.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Documents to submit
- curriculum vitae (two pages max)
- research outline (five pages max)
- complete list of your publications (cf. sample list of publications)
- list of selected key publications (cf. sample list of key publications)
- key publications
- doctoral certificate
- German language certificate, if required
- if required: publisher’s acceptance notifications and/or acknowledgement of receipt and summaries/translations of key publications that are not available in English
In addition:
- Host’s statement and confirmation that research facilities are available. Please note that these documents can only be uploaded in a protected area by the host personally. You can only submit your application once these documents have been uploaded. Further information and explanations can be found on the application form.
As soon as your online application is received, you will be sent written confirmation by email by both CAPES and the Humboldt Foundation.
Application Deadline
29 November, 2024
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