Organizations promoting young talent

The organizations promoting young talent for political parties, major confessions, the German Confederation of Trade Unions, and German industry are supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). They award scholarships and grants to talented young people according to set criteria. In addition to outstanding talent, applicants must show social commitment and identification with the foundation’s objectives to be eligible for funding.

• Avicenna-Studienwerk (Muslim sponsorship)
• Cusanuswerk (episcopal sponsorship, Catholic) (only in German)
• Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk (ELES) (Jewish sponsorship)
• Evangelisches Studienwerk e. V. Villigst (scholarship program of the German Protestant Church)
• Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES)
• Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
• Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung
• Hans Böckler Foundation
• Heinrich Böll Foundation
• Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)
• Rosa Luxemburg-Stiftung
• Otto-Benecke Stiftung
• Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw)
• German Academic Scholarship Foundation