The Faculty are delighted to announce Dr Christopher Metcalf has been awarded a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Dr Metcalf was nominated for the award by Professor Dr Daniel Schwemer. The Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award is conferred to internationally recognised researchers in recognition of their entire academic record to date. In addition to receiving personal award money in the amount of EUR 60,000, award winners are invited to carry out research projects of their own choice in cooperation with specialist colleagues in Germany. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsors distinguished international scientists and scholars irrespectively of their academic discipline or nationality and maintains an international network of academic cooperation and trust. The research awards have been a central pillar of the Foundation’s sponsorship activities since 1972.
Numerous prize winners were later awarded a Nobel Prize. The foundation are delighted to be able to count Dr Metcalf among the Humboldt Network.
