It supports teaching and research at public and private universities as well as projects involving children and young people.
The main goals of the organization have been set as: In 2013, the Klaus Tschira Stiftung established the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation (HLFF).
This is based on the assumption that digital geographical media will help students to better explore the Earth and facets of global change.
In January 2010, the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) opened its doors as the successor of the European Media Laboratories (EML) Research, which was founded in 2003.
As a sister institute of the application-oriented EML, it has the agenda to engage in long-term oriented, fundamental scientific research, irrespective of popular trends.
Since 2006, the Klaus Tschira Stiftung has been looking for young scientists who write a generally understandable article in German about their research and the content of their PhD thesis.
The prize is awarded in each of the categories biology, chemistry, information technology, mathematics, neurosciences and physics as well as in closely related fields.
With this competition, the Klaus Tschira Stiftung pursues the goal of advancing public awareness for the natural sciences, mathematics and information technology.
The vision of the National Institute for Science Communication (NaWik) is to improve the information flow from academic research to the public with the goal of a more scientifically literate society.
For that purpose, the NaWik trains scientists to communicate their intentions, findings and issues to a wider audience and engage with society for a dialogue.