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Promotion by ZEISS

Wide-ranging promotion of innovation at ZEISS

As the pioneer of science in optics, ZEISS continues to challenge the limits of our imagination. With our passion for excellence, at ZEISS we create value for our customers and inspire the world to see things in new ways.

Interesting professional development paths, support for young researchers or a high level of commitment to education and science – ZEISS promotes innovation in many ways, preparing the ground for excellence.
  

Honors and awards as important elements of ZEISS innovation promotion

  • 1990

    ZEISS Research Award
    Since 1990, outstanding achievements have been honored in optical research every two years.
    Many award-winners have subsequently received other important distinctions e.g. four Carl Zeiss Research Award recipients have won the Nobel Prize.

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  • 2003

    ZEISS Innovation Awards
    Since 2003, the company has honored innovative projects by its employees in five categories. A high-ranking jury of external and internal experts selects the award winners.

  • 2016

    Carl Zeiss Award for Young Researchers
    Since 2016, the Ernst Abbe Fund in the Donors' Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany has been presenting a research award with a new focus: the Carl Zeiss Award for Young Researchers – this is independent from the ZEISS Research Award.

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ZEISS President & CEO Dr. Karl Lamprecht

As a leading optics company, ZEISS believes it’s particularly important to promote the education of up-and-coming scientists, primarily in the field of photonics.

Dr. Karl Lamprecht ZEISS President & CEO

Promotion by ZEISS – initiatives and projects

ZEISS created the expert ladder for highly qualified specialists.
ZEISS created the expert ladder for highly qualified specialists.

The ZEISS Expert Ladder

Supporting personal and professional development

Innovation, research and development require highly qualified specialists. ZEISS created the Expert Ladder for these employees. In addition to the possibility of a career as a junior executive, it offers experts individual development and advancement possibilities in their profession. It focuses on the expansion and active application of their particular areas of expertise. With their expertise, these leading talents promote the development of innovative solutions across organizational boundaries.

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Promoting future scientists is anchored in the statue of the Carl Zeiss Foundation – a stipulation of its founder, Ernst Abbe
Promoting future scientists is anchored in the statue of the Carl Zeiss Foundation – a stipulation of its founder, Ernst Abbe

Promoting expertise in the STEM area

STEM stands for science, technology (including information technology), engineering and mathematics. Creating enthusiasm for the STEM field – with a focus on optics and photonics – is a central concern of ZEISS. The focus of the ZEISS Education and Science Fund, set up in 2013, is on promoting education among young people and their scientific skills, as well as projects and initiatives at universities and research institutes. Each year, projects are funded with more than 300,000 euros.

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On the occasion of the company's 175th anniversary, ZEISS launched "A Heart for Science"
On the occasion of the company's 175th anniversary, ZEISS launched "A Heart for Science"

A Heart for Science

Enthusiasm for nature and technology has always been an integral part of the ZEISS' DNA. On the occasion of the company's 175th anniversary, ZEISS launched "A Heart for Science" – an international initiative that aims to get young people aged 12 to 18 interested in STEM. STEM. What is special about it is that employees can share their knowledge with the explorers of tomorrow.

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Involvement in education and science at ZEISS
Involvement in education and science at ZEISS

Involvement in education and science

Photonics Academy

ZEISS is a partner of the Photonics Academy (German) which offers selected STEM students fascinating insights into the high-tech photonics industry with all its facets in an eventful practical week.

Network of scientific and technical centers of learning in Jena

Together with the city of Jena and the Thuringia Foundation for Technology, Innovation and Research, ZEISS is an institutional sponsor of the network of scientific and technical centers of learning (witelo e.V.) (German) in Jena. The goal is the cooperation of schools, companies and extracurricular centers of learning for STEM promotion. Witelo is also the sponsor of the Jena Student Research Center.

Aalen Student Research Center (SRC)

ZEISS is the main sponsor of the Ostwürttemberg SRC at Aalen University (German). This STEM promotion program is aimed at children and young researchers, as is the ZEISS-sponsored explorhino with its experiment museum and diverse events.

"Jugend forscht" Competition

Since 1998, ZEISS has been involved in "Jugend forscht" ("Youth Researchers"), Germany’s oldest and best-known competition for up-and-coming researchers.
As the sponsoring company for the regional "Jugend forscht" competition in Jena and the main sponsor of the Student Research Center at Aalen University of Applied Sciences, ZEISS has been a platform for children and young people in the region to present their scientific research questions and work.

Sponsorship from the Carl Zeiss Foundation
Sponsorship from the Carl Zeiss Foundation

Sponsorship from the Carl Zeiss Foundation

The Carl Zeiss Foundation promotes research and teaching in the STEM disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. As one of the largest foundations in Germany, it continues the founder's mission in a contemporary form. The foundation's activities are financed by dividends from the foundation's companies; the Carl Zeiss Foundation is the sole owner of the companies Carl Zeiss AG and SCHOTT AG. Following the reform of the foundation's statute, 867 projects have been funded since 2007.

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ZEISS Colloquium
ZEISS Colloquium

ZEISS Colloquium

Innovation Talk

From microbiomes to space debris: the ZEISS Colloquium Innovation Talks offer a platform for scientists to present their research in a one-hour talk followed by a discussion.