Sofja Kovalevskaja Award
Sponsored by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)
Administered by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)

**** AWARD
Award Type: Fellowship
Annual # of awards: Eight awards, every two years
Duration: Five years
Purpose: Successful top-flight junior researchers from abroad who completed their doctorates in the last six years may use the award to spend five years carrying out research of their own choice at research institutions in Germany and building up their own working groups.


**** CONTACT INFORMATION
Mobility Centre
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Jean-Paul-Str. 12
Bonn, D-53173
Germany

phone: 49 228-8330
fax: 49 228 833 114
email: kovalevskaja.select@avh.de
url: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de

**** LOCATION
Country: Germany
Fields of Study: All Fields of Study



**** FINANCIAL DATA INFORMATION
Average Amount per Award: up to 1.65 million EUR



**** APPLICATION INFORMATION
Deadline: beginning of 2010
Procedure: see http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/wt_show.text_page?p_text_id=7360


**** ELIGIBILITY
Level of Study: postdoctoral
Maximum Age: no age limit, up to six years after PhD