Ambassador of the Humboldt Foundation in Australia, Associate Professor Kay Double, was awarded the 2013 Humboldt Alumni Prize for innovative Initiatives at the annual meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in June in Berlin. The Award is linked to prize money of 25,000 Euros to support a national mentoring scheme for early career researchers established by Assoc Prof Double, together with the AAvHF and the DAAD, in Australia.
Receiving the 2013 awards were from left: Professor Randa About-Bakr (University of Cairo, Egypt), Assoc Prof Kay Double (University of Sydney, Australia), Prof Draiton Gonzaga De Souza (Pontificia Universidade Catloica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil) from the President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Prof Helmut Schwarz and the Secretary General of the Foundation, Dr Enno Aufderheide.