Topics
Within the STEM spectrum, we focus on specific focus topics, which we support through various funding formats.
Each topic is developed through an extensive process in collaboration with experts from academia and industry.
Our topics represent a contemporary interpretation of the founder's intentions and offer numerous points of connection for the profiles and strengths of universities and research institutions in our three funding regions: Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia.
All focus topics have a minimum duration of eight years.
We are currently focussing on three topics:
Our focus topics
In addition to our focus topics, we offer various open-topic funding formats to support specific potentials within the scientific community. We provide support for talented early-career researchers, particularly bold and high-risk research ideas, the improved transfer of scientific findings into the economy, and the communication of scientific content and ideas to society.
Funded people in conversation
This scholarship allows me to focus more on my studies and also finance smaller projects, such as my 3D printer, hackathons or working on a Raspberry Pi.
To the best of my knowledge, this is the first and only endowed professorship in Germany – and one of the first in the world – to deal exclusively with the interface of AI and law. I really appreciate being able to focus entirely on these research questions in my chair – and to have a great team of young researchers doing research on similar topics.
The Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung is a blessing for science. It provides funding precisely where usual funding instruments stop, where taking chances at the highest risk level can lead to breakthroughs at disciplinary boundaries, and always with a view to young scientists – with a great deal of freedom and in an uncomplicated, transparent fashion.
For us students, this scholarship is a great honour, an award and recognition for our achievements. Our monthly allowance means we can look towards the new year with a sense of optimism.
In the global competition between top universities, funding from foundations and the business community plays a major role in determining success. For over 130 years, the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung has supported the University of Jena and its partners in making Jena internationally visible as a location for business and science.