kirberg at nki.nl (Jorg Kirberg) writes:
>Sorry, I could not resist to mention it to others: There is this Alexander
>von Humbold (AvH) Foundation in Germany and you know what is the criterion
>to get a fellowship from them:
>You have to go into the lab of one of their former fellows.
>Quite an inbreeding ...
>Yours,
>jorg
Sorry, this is not correct. AvH fellowships are for non-German scholars
to work in Germany so that's impossible (i.e. Germans cannot be former AvH
fellows). You can pretty much work anywhere you want as long as you have
a German sponsor. They are also not limited to laboratory work and a
large number of AvH fellows also work in the humanities. There is a
separate fellowship, called the Feodor Lynam (Sp?) Fellowship, for German
scholars to work outside of Germany and THOSE are limited to working with
former AvH fellows.
In response to the original question, I seem to recall a new
Internationalesbegegnumzentrum (IBZ) being built in the Potsdam area but I
may be mistaken. If there is, I would highly recommend trying to find
housing there.
Good Luck,
Dave Westenberg
