Application for Batch #3 can be submitted now! 

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Program Overview: Are you in academia and wondering about your future? Do you want to realize your own ideas, take on responsibility and aspire to a leadership role?

The Startup:Yourself – Leadership Talent Academy (LTA) helps you to find out whether you are a leader and provides you with valuable qualifications for a future leadership role in science, industry or as an entrepreneur. In workshops and individual coaching sessions, the LTA program focuses on personal strengths, people and leadership skills. We award 20 scholarships supported by the Karl Schlecht Stiftung (KSG). After successful completion, each participant will receive a certificate. 

Setup: The program consists of 3 modules, each lasting 3 days (Friday, 3pm to Sunday, 5pm) over a period of 3 months. In addition to intensive workshops, you are entitled to up to 5 hours of individual coaching sessions with external trainers and coaches and up 3 hours of coaching/consulting with the Startup Center team. The workshop language is English.

Target group: Academic members and alumni (with a master’s degree or higher) of the university and associated institutions (e.g. MPI Tübingen) with leadership potential and an inner drive and passion to make bold changes. 

Offsite location: The first and second modules take place offsite, away from your everyday life, so that you can focus solely on your personal journey. Be aware that the scholarships include all costs except a contribution towards the expenses of the overnight accommodation.

3 months – 3 modules – 3 days each

Kickoff: Thursday, February 13th, 2025 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Startup Center

There will be one-on-one coaching sessions throughout the program. 

Prospective participants in Batch#3, 2025 are invited to submit their applications until December, 31st the latest. You may register for the academy using the link below. Following this, selected candidates will undergo a comprehensive application interview, which will be conducted in the course of December 2024 and beginning of January 2025. We will inform you by January 20th at the latest whether you have been accepted into the program. On February 13th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm there will be a kickoff event at the Startup Center, Ob dem Himmelreich 7, 72074 Tübingen.

All participants agree to fully participate in all events and workshops on-site. To fully engage with the program, we expect clearing your calendar during these days to give yourself space and energy to focus on the LTA program. 

Costs: The scholarship includes all costs, except for a personal contribution of 345,00 Euro towards the expenses for overnight accommodation. 

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If you want to know more about the LTA, please check out the following links:

• Report and photos from the first batch
• Article about the program (in German) 

Questions? Feel free to contact us at: gruendenspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de