Klaus Tschira Foundation  The Klaus Tschira Stiftung (KTS) is a German Foundation established by the physicist Klaus Tschira in 1995 as a non-profit organization. Its primary objective is to support projects in the natural and computer sciences as well as mathematics. The KTS places strong emphasis on the public understanding in these fields. Klaus Tschira’s commitment to this objective was honored in 1999 with the "Deutscher Stifterpreis" by the German National Academic Foundation (German: Studienstiftung). The KTS is located at the Villa Bosch in Heidelberg, Germany, the former residence of Nobel Prize laureate for chemistry Carl Bosch (1874–1940). The foundation mainly initiates academic and non-profit, non-academic research projects in the natural sciences, computer sciences and mathematics. It supports teaching and research at public and private universities as well as projects involving children and young people. Its main goal is to arouse public appreciation for natural sciences, to engage in research for the benefit of society and to present science in an understandable format for the general public. Furthermore, upon application, the foundation supports projects in line with the mission of the foundation. The main goals of the organization have been set as:  In 2013, the Klaus Tschira Stiftung established the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation (HLFF). The HLFF organizes the annual Heidelberg Laureate Forum, an event in Heidelberg, which gives a select group of young researchers the opportunity to meet pre-eminent scientists from the fields of mathematics and computer science. The foundation induces children and young people to be enthusiastic and curious about natural phenomena. The "Forscherstation" is the name of the Klaus Tschira Competence Centre for Early Science Education. It seeks to instill kindergarten children and their caretakers with enthusiasm for the natural sciences. Children are encouraged to playfully explore natural phenomena from their immediate environment. The explorer station is a research facility of the college of education Heidelberg. It also investigates the effects of further training on the teacher’s development of competence and the children’s learning processes. The "GIS-Station" is the Klaus Tschira Competence Centre for digital geographical media. It offers learning opportunities in the fields of remote sensing, geographical information systems and GPS. With this, the station seeks to support teachers' and students' skills in using digital geographical media. This is based on the assumption that digital geographical media will help students to better explore the earth and facets of global change.