Karg-Stiftung

Closer is far ahead - together on the way to an education system that is appropriate for talent

We want an education system that is fair for all and which also enables highly gifted children and young people to develop their personalities based on their intellectual strengths.

The mission of the non-profit Karg Foundation is to improve the support of gifted children in daycare, school and counseling, before and during their school education. To this end, we are committed to promoting talented people with good ideas and new ways - in a spirit of partnership, professionally and practically.

Goals

The topic area. – Since its founding in 1989, the Karg Foundation has explored the topic of giftedness and initiated and supported many initiatives and model offerings. It has made a significant contribution to a reassessment of the topic. It remains their goal to address and break down prejudices about giftedness and gifted people, because children and young people in particular suffer particularly from the judgments of those around them.

Mission statement.– The Karg Foundation is committed to supporting highly gifted people and their cognitive abilities. She is an advocate for the promotion of gifted children in Germany. The topic of giftedness should be discussed in a complex and comprehensive manner in the spirit of the founders' Christian view of humanity. It is by no means a matter of a one-dimensional concept of performance or of an economically understood usability of knowledge and talent.

Education System. – Supporting gifted children and young people changes every educational institution and the education system as a whole. The education system should become more permeable to giftedness and continue to pay greater attention to the topic.

Partners and projects. – The Karg Foundation works with exemplary, transferable and qualified partners and projects in order to achieve the broadest possible impact of the funding. The foundation uses its overview of the topic and actors to network all those involved, those responsible and those interested.

WILLIAM STERN PROGRAM

Promoting young talent in talent research

The William Stern Program (WSP) is a research funding program for young scientists in the field of applied talent research. It commemorates the psychologist WILLIAM STERN (1871-1938), who was expelled from Germany, and is financially supported by Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Foundation supports.

The aim of the program is to stimulate new research on the topic of giftedness and to attract new researchers to the topic. The Karg Foundation provides a total of up to 500,000 euros per year for talent research projects. Every year one or two research projects receive funding. The first project started in October 2023. The William Stern program will enter its second round in 2023/2024.

Who can apply?

In the William Stern program, doctoral students conduct research independently or in tandem with a postdoc. The program is also aimed at young scientists who have not yet conducted research on giftedness. We offer those receiving funding initial help in the topic of giftedness, a scientific network, an attractive supporting program and operational support in achieving their goals. Only young scientists themselves can submit applications. The William Stern program offers you independent financing.

International cooperation projects with German participation are possible.

Application deadline: January 10, 2024

All information about the call for proposals and the application process can be found here https://www.karg-stiftung.de/aktivitaeten/karg-forschung/william-stern-programm/