From 6 June to 9 September 2024, founders and entrepreneurs can apply in one of the following three categories:
▸ FOUNDING: for (prospective) founders in the start-up phase (the focus is on you as a person with your goals and visions, but above all with your idea! Prospective founders with a special idea and companies founded on or after 1 January 2023 are eligible to participate)
▸ THROUGHSTART: for young companies in the growth phase (If you have already successfully established your company on the market and can look back on above-average development, then apply for the ThEx AWARD in the THROUGHSTART category).
▸ SUCCESSORS: for successfully realised company successions (Have you taken over a company that is already established on the market and are now successfully continuing to run it? Have you developed the company further and secured and created new jobs? Then apply for the ThEx AWARD in the SUCCESSOR category!)
In addition, one female founder or entrepreneur will be selected as the IMPULSE GIVER from all applications submitted in the FOUNDING, STARTING UP and FOLLOWING UP categories, who has set a special impulse in and for Thuringia due to their history, activity or vision.