Germany: Sofja Kovalevskaja Award for Outstanding Young Scientists and Scholars
SofjaKovalevskaja Award for outstanding young scientists and scholars
In 2006 ,the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will grant the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award,which is funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, to youngscientists and scholars from abroad with outstanding research records. The aimis to give award winners an opportunity to concentrate on high-level,innovative research work of their own choice in Germany, virtually withoutadministrative constraints, and thus to promote the internationalisation ofresearch in Germany. The award should allow thewinners to finance their own working groups at their selected German universityand non-university research institutions and to cover their living expenses.
Recipientsof the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award will be granted funding totalling up to 1.2million EUR to conduct research of their own choice during a period of fouryears commencing immediately after the Award Ceremony.