The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation organises regularly colloquiums in Germany and abroad for research scholarship holders and research prize winners of the foundation. Via the Humboldt network it maintains contact with every single Humboldtian worldwide and promotes academic contacts between Humboldtians themselves.

The open access part of the Network Online database features a large proportion of the Foundation's more than 23,000 academics sponsored worldwide.

The Ambassador scientists of the Humboldt Foundation are Alumni working in an honorary capacity at universities and research institutions in their own countries, disseminating information about Germany as a research location and particularly about the Humboldt Foundation’s sponsorship programmes and international network.