EXIST-Women
Funds a 12-month startup-qualification programme and scholarships for women in Germany.
EXIST-Women is a startup-qualification programme from Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) for women at German universities and research institutions exploring a start-up before founding a company — female graduates, scientists, students who have completed at least half their coursework, and women with vocational training connected to a university. It runs across vario…
The programme is aimed at women at German universities and research institutions exploring a start-up before founding a company -- female graduates, scientists, students who have completed at least half their coursework, and women with vocational training connected to a university. A concrete start-up idea is not required, and ideas do not have to be research-based, as long as they are aimed at eventual commercial activity.
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