NewsAlexander von Humboldt Foundation: 2025 Humboldt Alumni Awards presented

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: 2025 Humboldt Alumni Awards presented

This year’s awards for the best network initiatives launched by Humboldtians go to the Czech Republic, Ecuador and India. Applications for the Humboldt Alumni Award 2026 are possible until 30 November 2025.

This year, for the sixteenth time, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has granted awards to single out Humboldtians abroad for innovative networking ideas. The winning initiatives are forging new paths for deepening academic and cultural ties between Germany and the home countries of the individual Humboldt Alumni and strengthening the alumni networks there.

This year’s Alumni Awards go to Humboldtians from the Czech Republic, Ecuador and India. The environmental initiative "A restoration hub for tropical Andean ecosystems: linking science and practice" to restore forests in the tropical Andes and strengthen the ecosystem in South America, the educational initiative "ExSciTE" in India and Germany that gets pupils enthused about the natural sciences with the help of classroom experiments, and the Czech networking initiative "Humboldt MemoNet" to foster a culture of critical historical remembrance in times of populism and fake news were selected for the honour. The awards were presented at the opening ceremony of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Annual Meeting in Berlin. 

Interested Humboldt alumni have until 30 November 2025 to apply for a 2026 Humboldt Alumni Award. The award comes with up to €30,000 for developing the networking initiative. This funding is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office. 

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Source: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Editor by Luis Franke, VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH Countries / organization: Ecuador India Czech Republic Topic: Funding High Tech Regions and Networks
Das Schmuckbild symbolisiert die Vernetzung und zeigt ein Netz aus schwarzen Kugeln auf hellem Hintergrund.

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