CZS Wildcard
One ‘Wild’ Idea – Three Scientists – Maximum Freedom – With the CZS Wildcard funding programme, the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung gives interdisciplinary teams the opportunity to freely bring forward unconventional research ideas at a very early stage.
Goals
The ‘CZS Wildcard’ programme provides maximum freedom. It addresses interdisciplinary consortia of at least three scientists. It supports their unconventional ‘wild’ ideas in STEM that are radically new, unusual, and therefore particularly bold.
The funding amount under the ‘CZS Wildcard’ programme is up to 750,000 euros per project over a period of two years.
The following are eligible:
- scientific and technical personnel
- material resources
- networking activities
Selection procedure
Funding projects are selected through competition in a two-stage process. The originality, unconventionality and potential of the applications are evaluated in particular.
