Bayer Science & Education Foundation starts third school support program

Commitment to education and volunteerism

One example of projects covered by Bayer's school support program:Lisa Adam (14), student at the Junior Uni, explains how DNA can be extracted from ticks to Peter Jung, Lord Mayor of the City of Wuppertal, and Thimo V. Schmitt-Lord, Managing Director of the Bayer foundation.

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One example of projects covered by Bayer's school support program: Lisa Adam (14), student at the Junior Uni, explains how DNA can be extracted from ticks to Peter Jung, Lord Mayor of the City of Wuppertal, and Thimo V. Schmitt-Lord, Managing Director of the Bayer foundation.

The Bayer foundations have announced new grants. In a third round of funding, the Executive Committee of the Bayer Science & Education Foundation selected 39 scholastic projects to receive a total of €369,000. The money will go to projects aimed at improving scientific and technical instruction at schools and training centers in the communities near Bayer’s German sites. “These projects deserve our support because they teach science in a modern and interesting way,” explained Bayer AG Management Board member Dr. Wolfgang Plischke, who also serves on the foundation’s Board of Trustees.

In addition, the Bayer Cares Foundation, in its fourth round of funding, will support a further 19 social projects with total funding of €49,650 as part of its volunteerism program. Said Dr. Richard Pott, who is responsible for strategy and human resources on the Bayer AG Management Board and also a member of the foundation’s Board of Trustees: “In this way we are rewarding the social commitment of people – particularly Bayer employees – who assume responsibility for others in special ways.”