1st ADC young talent competition
Students and graduates in the fields of graphic design, visual communication, photography, advertising film, text, digital media, scenography, temporary architecture, etc. are honored in various categories.
Web address: http://www.adc.de/vergleiche/adc-nachwachsenwettb/uebersicht.html
Deadline for entries: December 9, 2013 and December 2014
2nd German Youth Video Prize
Anyone under the age of 26 can submit meaningful videos either on a topic of their choice or on the annual theme “Now or never!”.
Web address: http://www.hochwassernotgemeinschaft-rhein.de/hochwassernotgemeinschaft/
Closing date: January 15, 2014
3. history codes
Every year, the Federal Foundation for Reprocessing calls on students at German universities to take part in artistic competitions with different thematic focuses.
Web address: http://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/gewinnunge-1440.html
Closing date: expected February 2014
4. ITG sponsorship award
Information technology students with particularly original dissertations can apply for the award. The focus of the work should be on linking theory and practice.
Web address: http://www.vde.com/de/fg/ITG/Ehrungen-Preise/Foerderpreis/Seiten/ITG-Foerderpreis.aspx
Deadline for entries: February 7, 2014
5. MicroMountainsROBO
Students in the 1st to 4th semesters have eight weeks to solve various tasks with the help of a self-made robot. The best teams then compete against each other.
Web address: http://www.irobihk.de/
Closing date: expected February 2014
6th Prenzlauer Berg Literature Prize
Students up to the age of 35 can submit unpublished prose texts on a topic that changes every year. The submitted text should be able to be presented in ten minutes.
Web address: http://www.literaturortprenzlauerberg.de/content/view/14/68/
Closing date: expected February 2014
7. Poster competition
Every year the German Student Union organizes a poster competition on an annually changing topic, next year on the topic: “Diversity? Yes please!” Students majoring in graphic design, visual communication or communication design can take part.
Web address: http://www.studentenwerke.de/main/default.asp?id=05101
Registration deadline: December 5th, 2013
Deadline: February 20, 2014
8th German Study Prize
The call for applications is aimed at doctoral candidates from all scientific disciplines. No matter what age, as long as they have completed their studies with honors.
Web address: http://www.koerber-stiftung.de/forschung/deutscher-studienpreis.html
Closing date: March 1, 2014
9. Go Green in the City
The international competition aims to find intelligent solutions to energy problems. Student teams from all over the world compete against each other. The finalists finally meet in Paris at a two-day workshop.
Web address: http://www.gogreeninthecity.com/
Closing date: expected March 2014
10. Teach for life
Teacher training students can take part in the BMELV competition with interdisciplinary teaching concepts.
Web address: http://www.consumercompetence.de/
Closing date: expected April 2014
11. Imagine Cup
Under an annual theme, technology students from around the world compete against each other in a programming competition. First in regional and online preliminary rounds and then in the finals in a city that changes every year.
Web address: http://www.imaginecup.com/
Closing date: expected May 2014
12. WiWI Talents Program
Together with business partners, the program promotes exemplary WiWi students.
Web address: http://www.wiwi-online.de/
Closing date: expected May 2014
13th Generational Justice Prize
Every year, the Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations awards a prize to research work from each department that stimulates discussion about generation-fair policies.
Web address: http://www.generationenjustigkeit.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=238&Itemid=255
Closing date: probably June 2014
14. go out!
Every year the DAAD sends students from journalism disciplines abroad for a rally. The prerequisite is that you have previous journalistic experience and are not older than 30 years.
Web address: http://www.go-out.de/de/21516/
Closing date: expected July 2014
15. good prospects
Photography students can take part in the competition with their current theses. The prize aims to support young German photography in Germany.
Web address: http://www.gute outlooken.org/
Closing date: expected end of July 2014
16. open mike
The Literaturwerkstatt Berlin and the Crespo Foundation award prizes for poetry and prose to authors under the age of 35. The prerequisite is that the submitted work has not yet been published and must be presented in 15 minutes.
Web address: http://www.literaturwerkstatt.org/de/open-mike/h/
Closing date: expected July 2014
17. Science Slam
In funny and clear short lectures about their scientific work, students from a wide range of disciplines compete against each other, first in regional and then in a nationwide competition.
Web address: http://www.scienceslam-im-wissensjahr.de/
Deadline: varies in each region, probably July 2014
Closing date: expected July 2014
18. The Democratic Scholarship
The non-profit association Diploma eV supports specific projects as part of your studies. Grades, subject area, etc. do not play a role. Individual projects are voted on online.
Web address: http://www.stipendium.de/
Closing date: expected August 2014
19th Generation-D
We are looking for creative and innovative ideas that have social added value. Students from all disciplines can take part, with a creative and implementable idea or an innovative start-up.
Web address: http://www.gemeinsam-anpacken.de/
Closing date: expected August 2014
20th H&W Research Prize
The prize honors final and doctoral theses in the field of nature or landscape protection.
Web address: http://www.hintermannweber.ch/forschungspreis/Allgemein/
Deadline for entries: August 15, 2014
21st Logistics Masters
Students from all disciplines can solve tasks over a period of seven months. At the end, the individual results are added up and the winners are chosen.
Web address: http://www.verkehrsrundschau.de/logistikmasters/gewinnung/
Deadline: January 31, 2014
22. Opus Primum
Every year the Volkswagen Foundation selects the best young publications. The aim of the prize is to underline German research and the importance of science. The award goes to German-language, high-quality research papers that are easy to read.
Web address: http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/foerderung/wissensvwerbung-und-kommunikation/foerderpreis-opus-primum.html
Closing date: expected August 2014
23. Living with flooding
The HWNG Rhein is looking for creative and implementable project ideas and food for thought on how to deal with floods and create effective precautions.
Web address: http://www.hochwassernotgemeinschaft-rhein.de/hochwassernotgemeinschaft/
Closing date: August 15, 2014
24th Youth Prize for committed lateral thinkers
Students up to the age of 26 can apply for the award. The condition for participation is your own social, school, church, cultural, charitable or political project.
Web address: http://www.evpfalz.de/akademie_typo3/index.php?id=185
Deadline for entries: expected September 15, 2014
25. Media imagery
Students up to 25 years of age can qualify for the prize with their own animations, blogs, websites, computer games, etc.
Web address: http://www.mb21.de/
Closing date: expected September 2014
26th MINT Award 2014
The “Creating the MINT Future” initiative organizes competitions for students on various key topics every year.
Web address: http://www.mint-award.de/
Deadline: Expected September 2014
27th Future Prize for Communication
Students can take part in the competition with concepts for future communication and thus directly shape the future.
Web address: http://www.zukunftspreis-kommunikation.de/
Closing date: expected September 2014
28th Innovation Prize for Health
The BKK Prize aims to stimulate ways of thinking and patterns of action that contribute to improvements in the healthcare system. Students and graduates can take part.
Web address: http://www.bkk-innovationspreis.de/
Closing date: expected October 2014
29. medius
The prize honors innovative, scientific and practice-oriented German-language theses that deal with aspects of media, pedagogy or youth medical protection.
Web address: http://fsf.de/veranstaltungen/medius/
Deadline for entries: expected October 31, 2014
30. Stock market simulation game
In a ten-week online competition, students can trade prices from real stock exchanges and securities.
Web address: http://www.planspiel-boerse.de/toplevel/deutsch/index.htm
Closing date: expected November 2014
All information is provided without warranty. Many of the competitions and prizes are annual competitions, but were not yet advertised for 2014 at the time of going to press.
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