The next announcement for applications is planned for the first half of the year 2009, the deadline for application will probably be in the beginning of 2010 and the selection meeting is scheduled for early summer 2010.

Submit an application if you are a successful top-rank junior researcher from abroad, only completed your doctorate with distinction in the last six years, and have published work in prestigious international journals or publishing houses. The Sofja Kovalevskaja Award allows you to spend five years building up working groups and working on a high-profile, innovative research project of your own choice at a research institution of your own choice in Germany.

Scientists and scholars from all disciplines may apply to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation directly following the next call for application. The Humboldt Foundation plans to grant up to eight Sofja Kovalevskaja Awards in 2010. The award is valued at 1.65 million EUR.