Desired outcome
This innovation line promotes projects that advance science communication in the STEM field in Germany by daring to try something new and thinking outside the box. We want to support projects that are interdisciplinary and explore new paths in pioneering work and make them accessible to others, for example through well-established accompanying research and dissemination of the results. We focus thematically on the areas of science journalism, public engagement / social participation, the development and expansion of communication skills among researchers and practice-oriented research into science communication.
Background
Science permeates all of our lives. In order to promote a transparent debate that is accessible to all, the Klaus Tschira Foundation supports science communication by, from and about science. We focus on communicating basic research and the resulting technologies in the natural sciences, mathematics and computer science. We want to improve science communication with the public, the media and decision-makers in German-speaking countries in the long term and network those active within Europe.
Your path to project funding in this funding line
You can find a description of our general application criteria and the application process >here<. All applications of this funding line have to be submitted in German.
Please send your complete brief application (see below) and proof of non-profit status (§58a AO or §60a AO) or recognition of non-profit status by the tax office (notice of exemption) to antrag@klaus-tschira-stiftung.de. The subject of your email should be: „Funding line: Innovative Wissenschaftskommunikation – Project application: <project short title>“.
By submitting the application, you agree that we may process and store your personal and application-related data for the purpose of processing your application. We reserve the right to forward this data to external reviewers. The Klaus Tschira Stiftung gGmbH will use the information provided here exclusively in accordance with our >data protection policy<.
Brief application for projects of the funding line Innovative Science Communication
Your brief application comprises a maximum of 5 pages (22,000 characters) and is structured as follows:
- Concise project overview (max. 2,000 characters):
- What is the project about?
- What are the goals of your project?
- How will these goals be achieved?
- Factsheet (in tabular form, max. 6,000 characters): Project title, project start and end date, expected total costs, detailed budget plan with breakdown by personnel and material costs as well as overhead, the future vision of the project after the end of the project period, name of the participating institutions, address data, e-mail address, telephone number, responsible person for the project, Naming of other third-party funding providers (funds currently being applied for and/or already approved), as well as their relationship to or delimitation from the funds applied for from Klaus Tschira Stiftung.
- Project outline (max. 12,000 characters): Mention of the intended results, description of the project partners, definition of the target group, research questions and overview of the methodology, timetable including work packages with milestones and assignment of the project partners involved, plans for disseminating the results to I) specialist audiences (open data / open science) and II) the public.
- Description of the evaluation of the project’s success (max. 2,000 characters): What are your own indicators of success and how do you measure them?
- Appendix: Proof of non-profit status (§58a AO or §60a AO) or recognition of non-profit status by the tax office (Tax Exemption Notice – “Freistellungsbescheid”).
In addition, we invite you to suggest possible reviewers. You are also welcome to let us know if you would like to exclude individual persons as reviewers due to potential conflicts of interest.
After a positive initial assessment, we may ask you to go forward with a pitch or a full proposal. Please let us know which option you would prefer.
