Supporting the Highly Talented

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Whether in school, university or the workplace - the Federal Government has made funding diverse gifts and talents one of the priorities of educational policy.

Supporting highly-talented students and doctoral candidates

Supporting the scientists of tomorrow, providing them with the best possible education and training, and creating incentives for achievements - this is a challenge as well as a great opportunity for Germany as a location for industry and science. In order to rise to this occasion, the Federal Government has been supporting higher education for years with Germany's twelve funding organizations for advancing highly talented students (Begabtenförderungswerke). In addition, the Federal Government has introduced the Deutschlandstipendium as the cornerstone of a new scholarship culture in Germany.

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  topic Academia

  Germany Scholarship: The Whole Future for Half the Price

  We're making strong progress in establishing a new scholarship culture in Germany. The Germany Scholarship (Deutschlandstipendium) is helping pave the way.
   read more: Germany Scholarship: The Whole Future for Half the Price
  (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/14332.php)
   
  

Supporting highly-talented children and adolescents

Special talents need special support. The support of highly talented children in pre-schools and schools is first and foremost a task of the Länder. The Federal Government supports the Länder policy by means of national competitions, such as "Young Researchers" or the national competition in foreign languages. In addition, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funds the German SchülerAkademie, with summer classes that offer, for example, assistance with an early start in higher education.

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  topic Education

  Youth Competitions

  National competitions offer young people much better opportunities than regular classroom work for realizing their ideas and comparing with others. This applies in particular to scientific experiments and technological developments and, of course, to the areas of art, culture and music. In order to arouse young people's interest in science and research, the BMBF is supporting various competitions
   read more: Youth Competitions
  (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/432.php)
   
  

Supporting the highly-talented on the job

Life-long learning and continued education are important building blocks for vocational success and the personal development of every individual. The BMBF's program field "Vocational Talents" promotes continued education and training for new employees ("Continued Training Scholarship" Programme), and also offers individuals with employment experience support with taking up studies in higher education ("Advancement Scholarship" Programme). The goal is to uncover the potential talents of qualified workers and to help them become high-performing specialists.

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  topic Education

  Aufstiegsstipendium

  Das Programm Aufstiegsstipendium richtet sich an Frauen und Männer, die in Ausbildung und Beruf hoch motiviert und besonders talentiert sind. Die Stipendien geben einen zusätzlichen Anreiz zur Aufnahme eines Studiums und verbessern die Aufstiegschancen. Die Aufstiegsstipendien befördern die Durchlässigkeit zwischen beruflicher und akademischer Bildung und bieten Fachkräften die Möglichkeit zur beruflichen Entwicklung
   read more: Aufstiegsstipendium
  (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/12742.php)