Reimar Lüst Award for International Scholarly and Cultural Exchange - Germany

Scholarship / Financial aid: up to two Reimar Lüst Awards annually Date: up to a year Deadline: 30 April 2012 Open to: international humanities scholars and social scientists

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Outstanding humanities scholars and social scientists from abroad who, as multipliers in and through the field of academic studies, have made an exceptional contribution to the enduring promotion of bilateral relations between Germany and their own countries, are eligible to be nominated for the Reimar Lüst Award for International Scholarly and Cultural Exchange.
Additionally, science managers from all disciplines may be nominated for their interdisciplinary contribution to promoting cultural and academic relations between Germany and their own country.

In order, furthermore, to strengthen and extend bilateral cooperative relations, the award winners are invited to spend up to a year in Germany. The stay may be divided up into blocks.

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Fritz Thyssen Foundation are jointly granting up to two Reimar Lüst Awards annually.

Nominations must reach the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation by 30 April 2012. Direct applications are not accepted. The award is valued at 50,000 EUR.





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