List of questions
to be answered in the host’s statement
Please answer the following questions in the order given to produce a host’s statement of one to two pages. It should be accompanied by the signed confirmation of support below.
1. Do you know the applicant personally, or are you in contact with anyone at her / his current institution?
2. How do you rate the candidate’s academic and/or professional career and performance?
Please consider the following points: dedication, mobility, breadth of specialisation, future potential.
3. How do you rate the applicant's leadership potential?
4. How do you rate the project plan the applicant has submitted?
Please consider the following points: current relevance, originality, clarity of focus, (methodological) quality, feasibility at the host institution, chances of success in the period envisaged for sponsorship.
5. To what extent were you involved in drawing up the project plan the applicant has submitted?
6. Does the applicant have the language skills necessary to carry out the project successfully?
7. To what extend are the expected results from the proposed stay as well as the applied methods and techniques of relevance to the field of climate protection and climate-related resource conservation in the candidate’s country of origin?
Only required for applicants who already have a doctorate or who are in the process of doing one.
8. How do you rate the quality of the applicant’s key publications?
Please consider the following points: originality, innovativeness, impact on the continued development of the field, candidate’s personal contribution (multiple authorship).
Host’s confirmation of support
Applicant’s name Name of the proposed host
Name of the host institution
Address of the host institution (street, postal code, city/town, country)
Contact data of the host institution (phone number, fax number, email address)
I hereby confirm that all the facilities, equipment, and consumables necessary to conduct the project are available and that I am authorized to provide a workplace for the applicant.
I herewith declare that I am unaware of any facts or particular aspects that could speak against sponsorship, for example with regard to the applicant’s personal integrity, potential conflicts with legally binding principles of scientific ethics, the rules of good scientific practice or the danger of armaments-related technology transfer as laid down in statutory regulations etc. Should I become cognisant of any such issues during the current selection procedure, or should proceedings be initiated for a contravention of the rules of good scientific practice, I shall inform the Foundation immediately.
I confirm that there is neither a close personal relationship (marriage, civil partnership), nor an immediate family relationship (parent, brother/sister, child) between the applicant and myself.
I affirm that if sponsorship is granted the candidate will be covered by the same safety conditions as other researchers working at the institute. I will provide professional mentoring during the candidate’s stay in Germany and guarantee the observation of the rules of good scientific practice (see information for hosts on the Humboldt Foundation´s website) as well as of legally principles of scientific ethics in the context of supervision.
Place / Date Signature
Data privacy statement
I hereby agree that data relating to my person and position collected as part of the present application (application review for expert reviewers) (surname, given name, academic title, field of research and specialism, gender, postal address, email address) may be stored and processed electronically by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) and used for purposes of review, statistics and evaluation by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and its authorised agents according to § 11 BDSG; evaluation results will only be published in cumulative, anonymised form. I understand that I can withdraw my consent to participate in the evaluation at any time.
As these data may be required in order to process (review for expert reviewers) future applications, they will be stored on servers of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation until I withdraw my consent. Personal data will not be made available to third parties as per § 3 BDSG.
In the event of a positive decision, the AvH is entitled to publish my name, academic title, field of research and information on the host institute in connection with the funding decision.
Place / Date Signature
as of 09/2017