Individual funding requests
We generally provide funding within the scope of calls for application published on our website. Funding for individual projects outside these calls is only possible in exceptional cases.
Only scientific projects in the fields of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, and engineering (STEM subjects) in Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Thuringia are eligible for funding.
What we don’t fund:
- Projects from the field of clinical medicine
- Projects relating to (pre)school education
- Construction work, outside of projects funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation
- Plans and institutions with a commercial focus
- Past projects
- Public budget deficits
- Individual scholarships, outside of projects funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation
- Grants for conferences, events and travel, outside of projects funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation
- Printing cost grants, outside of projects funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation
- Completion of collections
Your individual funding enquiry
Funding applications can only be submitted digitally via the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung application portal. Registration is required for this purpose.
We kindly ask you to refrain from making inquiries. All requests will be processed by us as quickly as possible.