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Fellowships and Awards Granted in 2017

According to region

Asia
184 (21.4 %)
Europe
365 (42.4 %)
Sub-Saharan Africa
26 (3.0 %)
North America
147 (17.0 %)
Central and
South America
66 (7.7 %)
Australia, New Zealand,
Oceania
25 (2.9 %)
Middle East,
North Africa
48 (5.6 %)
  female male   female male
North America 42
(28.6%)		 105
(71.4%)		 Middle East.
North Africa		 15
(31.3%)		 33
(68,7%)
Central and
South America		 25
(37.9%)		 41
(62.1%)		 Asia 44
(23.9%)		 140
(76.1%)
Europe 122
(33.4%)		 243
(66.6%)		 Australia.
New Zealand.
Oceania		 7
(28%)		 18
(72%)
Sub-Saharan Africa 4
(15.4%)		 22
(84.6%)		      

According to discipline

 

Natural Sciences336 (39.0 %)
female: 66 (19.6 %); male: 270 (80.4 %)

 

Humanities263 (30.6 %)
female: 112 (42.6 %); male: 151 (57.4 %)

 

Life Sciences150 (17.4 %)
female: 60 (40 %); male: 90 (60 %)

 

Engineering112 (13.0 %)
female: 21 (18.7 %); male: 91 (81,3 %)

total: 861

Research Fellowships and Research Awards
2013-2017

  according to
country		 according to
discipline
Humboldt Research Fellowships
2017: 500 research fellowships granted
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Georg Forster Research Fellowships
2017: 70 research fellowships granted
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Feodor Lynen Research Fellowships
2017: 101 research fellowships granted
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Humboldt Research Awards
2017: 59 research awards granted
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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Research Awards
2017: 30 research awards granted
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Georg Forster Research Awards
2017: 4 research awards granted
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Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
2017: 11 awards granted, 8 acceptances
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Sofja Kovalevskaja Awards
2017: 6 awards granted
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Anneliese Maier Research Awards
2017: 8 research awards granted
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* according to country of destination

Proportion of female academics

  according to
region		 according to
discipline
Research Fellowship Programme
2017: 570 research fellowships granted / proportion of female academics: 29.5 %
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Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme
2017: 101 research fellowships granted / proportion of female academics: 28.7 %
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Research Award Programmes
2017: 119 research awards granted / proportion of female academics: 18.5 %
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* according to region of destination

 

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