The Humboldt Residency Programme 2027 for Researchers, Creatives and Civil Society Practitioners (Fully Funded to Germany)

Application Deadline: December 14, 2026.  

Applications at the moment are open for the 2027 Humboldt Residency Programme. The Humboldt Residency Programme brings collectively a transdisciplinary, worldwide group of twelve members consisting of Humboldtians and early profession researchers in addition to writers, artists, civil society actors, and social entrepreneurs.

During the six-week residency in Brandenburg and Berlin, with excursions to establishments in Northern Germany and alongside the North and Baltic Sea coasts, members will meet day by day in shared working areas, having fun with the distinctive alternative to dedicate in depth time and freedom to gaining an in depth understanding of one another’s work throughout a various vary of disciplinary backgrounds. They will construct transdisciplinary bridges, discover synergies, pose daring questions, assume visionary, and join with related stakeholders in Germany and internationally.

Dates of the Programme

The programme runs from June to October 2027 and consists of:

• June 29: Virtual kick-off assembly
• August 2 – 13, 2027: Two-week residency on the Cultural Foundation Schloss Wiepersdorf
• August 13 – September 10, 2027: Four-week Residency in Berlin, with excursions to establishments in Northern Germany and alongside the North and Baltic Sea coasts (prospectively two journeys of two – three days)
• September – October 2027: Remote finalisation of output codecs
• October 26, 2027: Virtual wrap-up occasion

Full in-person participation all through the complete residency, from August 2 to September 10, 2027, is a compulsory requirement for being a part of the programme.

Participants

The members will probably be made up of:

5 Alumni/ae of the Humboldt Foundation who …

• display related educational or skilled experience associated to the annual theme that can be successfully communicated to exterior audiences.
• display convincingly of their application that they’re keen and in a position to talk their work past academia. Previous expertise on this space shouldn’t be required.
• have obtained any type of fellowship or award up to now however usually are not receiving funding in one other one of many basis’s programmes at the beginning of the residency (August 2027).
• maintain an educational place and are at present not primarily based in Germany.

3 Early Career Researchers who …

• have prior expertise in science communication, or in connecting their analysis to wider social and political contexts.
• are both at present pursuing their PhD or have accomplished their PhD lower than 4 years in the past at the beginning of the residency (August 2027).
• maintain an educational place and are at present not primarily based in Germany.
• have a transparent educational profile associated to the annual theme and display potential for an educational profession.

4 Civil Society Practitioners who …

• can display a transparent connection to the annual theme by way of their earlier work.have the potential to act as multipliers for the concepts and impulses generated in the course of the residency.
• match one of many following two profiles:
  • Creatives, e.g. journalists, authors, filmmakers, curators, artists or designers.
  • Practitioners with knowledgeable connection to the annual theme, e.g. folks working in politics, (social) entrepreneurs, representatives of social or political campaigns or NGOs, or consultants.
• don’t at present maintain an educational place.

funding

funding for participation within the Humboldt Residency Programme consists of

• a month-to-month allowance in the course of the six-week residency interval in Berlin/Brandenburg
• journey allowance for the journey to and from Germany
• lodging at Schloss Wiepersdorf (2 weeks) and at an aparthotel in Berlin (4 weeks)
• a funds for arranging public occasion codecs or end-of-year output
• For members travelling with dependent members of the family, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will present appropriate household lodging and help members in arranging childcare

Application Procedure:

Please notice that you could be solely submit your application after you have uploaded the next paperwork to the application kind: 

• Curriculum Vita (max. 3 pages, PDF Format)
• Introduction Video (see under)

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Humboldt Residency Programme