{"id":28458,"date":"2025-01-24T14:23:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/service\/female-founders\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:34:20","slug":"female-founders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/en\/service\/female-founders\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Founders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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\n Are you interested in innovation, impact, and entrepreneurial thinking \u2013 even if not everything is fully defined yet?
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\r\nPerhaps during your internship, master\u2019s thesis, or doctoral research, an idea has emerged that you can\u2019t let go of. Perhaps you are wondering whether it could develop into something bigger.
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\r\nThen become part of EXIST Women and further develop your ideas together with us.
\r\nThe application deadline for 2026 has passed. The next round is expected to launch again in 2027. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Change requires space, dialogue, and people who think ahead together.<\/p>\n

With financial support, personal mentoring, and a strong network, EXIST Women<\/strong> helps women explore and develop their potential and future ideas \u2013 whether or not a concrete idea already exists.<\/p>\n

Become part of the EXIST Women<\/strong> community at h_da, Goethe University Frankfurt, and JGU Mainz \u2013 for exchange, inspiration, and mutual support in the Rhine-Main region.<\/p>\n

The application deadline for 2026 has passed. The next round is expected to launch again in 2027.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n

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females@HIGHEST meets EXIST women<\/h2>\n
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EXIST Women<\/strong> is a funding program of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWK), designed to inspire and empower women to embrace entrepreneurial thinking and innovative solutions.<\/p>\n

At the Technical University of Darmstadt, the program is implemented and coordinated by HIGHEST \u2013 the Innovation and Startup Center of TU Darmstadt<\/strong>. Each year, up to ten participants are admitted to the TU Darmstadt cohort.<\/p>\n

Simultaneously, EXIST Women<\/strong> is organized across universities in the Rhine-Main region: together with Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz<\/strong>, Goethe University Frankfurt<\/strong>, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences<\/strong>, and Mainz University of Applied Sciences<\/strong>, a regional cohort of up to 50 participants is formed (up to ten per university). Workshops and program activities are conducted collaboratively across locations, fostering a strong network in the Rhine-Main area.<\/p>\n

The application deadline for 2026 has passed. The next round is expected to launch again in 2027.<\/p>\n

For more information on the nationwide program:<\/p>\n EXIST Woman<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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