The Chaotic Catalyst Scholarship is an independent, volunteer-run funding project from the community of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC).
Founded and organized by the Chaos Computer Club Flensburg and Chaotikum, it stands up for the core ideas of the CCC:
Open knowledge, digital self-determination, transparency, solidarity, and a future that belongs to everyone.
Our mission:
Understand technology. Change society.
We liberate knowledge because open research and transparency are the foundations of a just society. We build a community that does not judge technology solely by its technical capabilities, but questions it critically, holds it accountable, and shapes it responsibly.
We connect people who stand for open ideals, not buzzwords. Together, we develop ideas that improve society, expose power structures, and bring technology back to where it belongs: in the service of people.
Our principles:
We hack systems, not ideals.
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No tech buzzwords. No hype. We support substance, not marketing.
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Diversity of perspectives. Information technologies can and should not be viewed solely from a computer science perspective. Their benefits, consequences, and influence also manifest in politics, art, psychology, medicine, and ecology. We therefore support projects from all disciplines.
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Open by default. What we support should be freely accessible for research, activism, art, and the community.
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Independence. We work voluntarily, non-profit, and without institutional influence. Our decisions follow our values, not markets or stock prices.
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No elite or merit-based funding. We support people, not performance metrics. Those who engage socially, do care work, take detours, or face barriers must not be penalized for it.