Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft

Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw) describes itself as a Gemeinschaftsinitiative für Bildung (joint initiative for education). It states that it has supported young people nationwide through its scholarships for over 30 years, currently around 4,400 of them, and that it currently offers nine scholarship and funding programmes. It supports pupils, apprentices, students, doctoral candidates and young professionals. The non-profit foundation was founded in 1994 on the initiative of the Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände (BDA) and the then employers' president Prof. Dr. Klaus Murmann. Under the sdw umbrella, partners include employers' associations, the Murmann founder family, federal and state ministries, companies, foundations as well as sdw alumni. The sdw states that within its scholarship and funding programmes it operates exclusively and does not fund projects of other organisations.

The sdw states that it was founded in 1994 as a non-profit foundation on the initiative of the Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände (BDA) and the then employers' president Prof. Dr. Klaus Murmann. It describes itself as a Gemeinschaftsinitiative für Bildung and says it has supported young people nationwide through its scholarships for over 30 years, currently around 4,400. Under the sdw umbrella it lists partners including employers' associations, the Murmann founder family, federal and state ministries, companies, foundations and sdw alumni. It states that it currently offers nine scholarship and funding programmes.

A non-profit education initiative that supports young people across all educational paths regardless of their starting conditions.

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