Göttingen University: successful again in Philipp Schwartz Initiative

Researcher at risk receives scholarship - Network receives award for good support. Success in the most recent award round of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative: another scholarship for a scholar at risk goes to the University of Göttingen. This means that the University managed to get nine scholarships since the programme began in 2016. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Philipp Schwartz Initiative gives universities and research institutes in Germany the opportunity to take in scientists and scholars at risk by offering them a full scholarship for 24 months. The University of Göttingen has been supporting at-risk researchers and students seeking refuge for many years. It is also a founding member of the German section of the global network "Scholars at Risk", which was established under the auspices of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2016 with the aim of promoting the exchange of experiences and information on the situation of researchers at risk in Germany and beyond in the longer term. Dr Philipp Jeserich, Head of the Incoming Office of Göttingen International, was recently awarded the Distinguished Service Award of this network for his extraordinary services to researchers seeking refuge.