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Our primary activities are training, conferences, mentoring, and connecting our members. Each member’s journey begins with one of our fellowship programmes: Team LIMUN, Team WorldMUN or the Young Professionals Team. While Team LIMUN is named after the Model United Nations (MUN) conference in London, Team WorldMUN is named after the annually changing Harvard WorldMUN conference – in 2025, it will be held in Manila. The Young Professionals Team, however, is named after the people participating. Together, we are Team be.boosted. The fellowships are designed to enhance the self-awareness and skills of up to 40 students and Young Professionals annually. Fellows benefit from one-on-one alumni mentoring throughout the programme. At the end of the fellowship, they can test their newly developed skills at a final challenge. 

As an association, we foster cooperation within our alumni network to positively impact the respective communities and continue learning from one another. Beyond the fellowship, be.boosted hosts their own conferences, expert sessions, alumni networking events and workshops – open to alumni, current fellows, and all those interested.

Team WorldMUN 2025 has a strong political orientation that will deepen your personal development as well as your rhetoric, debating, and negotiation skills in diplomatic settings and beyond. This program culminates in practice at London International MUN and Harvard WorldMUN in Manila.

Team LIMUN is our fellowship with a specific focus on boosting.others. While the training program and participation in the LIMUN conference are similar to Team WorldMUN, this program culminates in the boosting.others challenge: The fellows put their acquired skills into practice by designing and running their own workshops in cooperation with a social enterprise.

The Young Professionals Team seeks to provide people in their early careers both with the leadership skills and with the navigation tools to make conscious decisions about their career and life choices. This program shares some of the content of Team LIMUN and WorldMUN, but won’t contain the Model United Nations aspect. Instead, its trainers will craft a final challenge for the participants.

Behind all our actions stands our motivation to shape future global leaders, that is to support young people like you develop the skills you need to drive the change you want to see in the world.​

The team at the heart of be.boosted consists of more than 40 students and Young Professionals who work for be.boosted on an entirely voluntary basis without any financial benefits. Our team members come from various backgrounds and places and have all completed the fellowship in one of the previous years.

Since the foundation of be.boosted in 2013, we have trained more than 200 future global leaders in eleven generations. Our participants have put their skills into practical use, founded their own startups, and conferences, are leaders in business and research or have won social engagement prizes. 

We have supported them in developing their own leadership styles and equipped them with public speaking, negotiation, and networking skills. By accompanying the fellows on their road to becoming the leaders they want to be, be.boosted has an impact far beyond the program itself, improving communities through our participants’ individual diverse engagement. 

Moreover, we established a network of highly talented and ambitious young people, who help and inspire each other both personally and professionally. Additionally, we continue to win awards at MUN conferences. In the last three years alone, we have won 39 Diplomacy Awards at LIMUN as well as 10 Diplomacy Awards at Harvard WorldMUN and, more importantly, we have been honoured with Delegation Awards at both LIMUN and WorldMUN.

be.boosted is a non-profit organization that started out as a completely student-run initiative.  All of our team members work on a voluntary basis. Since the foundation of be.boosted, many of our alumni have graduated, becoming Young Professionals, experts and leaders in their respective fields. We continue to work together and build our project on their skills and expertise. In addition, we are fortunate enough to collaborate with external experts whose backgrounds range from business to international organizations or politics, and who are willing to let us and our network partake in their vast experience.

The fellowship is centered around your personal development. Our weekly training sessions focus on improving your skills in public speaking, debating and persuasive negotiation. We will also help you to understand and shape group dynamics and networking.

We are convinced that self-reflection combined with peer feedback is not only a fun way to get to know yourself and the other fellows, but that it is key to sustained development and lifelong learning. We will therefore focus on and teach these tools to facilitate your joint learning experience.

While for the two student teams, Team LIMUN and Team WorldMUN, we use the Model United Nation (MUN) platform to teach personal & leadership skills, what you will learn is applicable beyond this context, so that anybody – be it an experienced MUN-attendee or a complete newbie – will have the opportunity to grow and refine their skillset.

​Have a look at our fellowship for students page to see all the differences in detail.

be.boosted is an initiative run by students and Young Professionals on a voluntary basis. The program is funded by voluntary contributions, sponsors and fundraising from the fellows as a team effort. The membership contribution is 300€ for Team WorldMUN and 200€ for Team LIMUN. This enables your participation in an intense five month personal development and leadership training programme which includes weekly online trainings, two to three offline training weekends and expert sessions. This leads up to the participation of both teams at LIMUN and for the more extensive programme also at WorldMUN in Manila. Within set boundaries we will cover your travel expenses to the offline weekends and to both conferences (up to 80€ per offline weekend; up to 120€ for travel to London for LIMUN; up to 800€ for travel to Manila for WorldMUN). We also cover your conference fees at LIMUN and WorldMUN and your accommodation in London and Manila. At offline weekends we aim to accommodate all fellows using our alumni network.

All additional costs, such as personal expenses or costs for social events at the conferences (40€ –  100€) are not included.

You will receive your travel support after handing in all of your receipts at the end of the fellowship (approx. April / May). be.boosted is a non-profit and voluntarily run organisation, which means that we rely on financial support ranging from grants to corporate sponsors. Thus, we might ask you to give us a hand in this process, for instance by approaching your University/College or other grant schemes available to you. We believe your involvement increases team spirit, motivation and program adherence.

If you need additional information, please feel free to contact our team and we will provide you with all details based on the experience of our past fellows. In case of financial hardship, do not hesitate to contact our team as well. We are selecting people on a need-blind basis and will find a solution for your participation irrespective of your financial background.

We get this question a lot! The fact that past fellows successfully studied, travelled, did job interviews and founded companies (yep, that happened!) during the fellowship shows that the time commitment is manageable as a full-time student. During the first weeks of training, we estimate you will need to spend approximately 1,5 – 3 hours per week for the weekly online call and weekly training exercises.

On top of this, there will be offline training weekends – three for Team WorldMUN and two for Team LIMUN (have look at our timeline on the fellowship for students page and check your calendar). The weekends will start on Friday afternoon and will run until Sunday afternoon. The whole offline weekends are an integral part of the Fellowship and participating in all conferences and offlines of the fellowship is mandatory for our programme.

In the run up to LIMUN/WorldMUN next year (i.e. in February and March 2025), you will spend some more time to prepare for the conferences, but this will as well be manageable (min. 1-3 days). 

After the fellowship, we encourage all of our participants to stay involved with be.boosted and become an active part of our alumni community.

Not at the same time, but it’s absolutely possible to apply for one Team when you were previously part of the other.

The fellowship is centered around your personal development. Our bi-weekly training sessions focus on improving your skills in public speaking, debating and persuasive negotiation. We will also help you to understand and excel at group dynamics, stress management and networking.

We are convinced that self-reflection combined with peer feedback is not only a fun way to get to know yourself and the other fellows, but that it is key to sustained development and lifelong learning. We will therefore focus on and teach these tools to facilitate your joint learning experience.

be.boosted is an initiative run by students and Young Professionals on a voluntary basis. The program is funded by voluntary contributions, sponsors and fundraising from the fellows as a team effort. The membership contribution for the Young Professionals Team will be 350€.  It will enable your participation in an intense five month personal development and leadership training programme which includes online trainings, 3 in-person challenges, expert sessions and mentoring. At the offline weekend we aim to accommodate all fellows using our alumni network, though you naturally may book your own private accommodation. The programme leads up to the participation at a final challenge for a weekend within Germany, which will be fully paid for.

All additional costs, such as personal expenses or travel costs are not included.

If you need additional information, please feel free to contact our team and we will provide you with all details based on the experience of our past fellows. In case of financial hardship, do not hesitate to contact our team as well. We are selecting people on a need-blind basis and will find a solution for your participation irrespective of your financial background.

We get this question a lot! The fact that past fellows successfully studied, travelled, did job interviews and founded companies (yep, that happened!) during the fellowship shows that the time commitment is manageable even with a full-time job. Our calls take place every other week, the expected time commitment is 1.5 hours in call weeks.

On top of this, there will be 3 in-person challenge weekends (more details will be announced on the fellowship page). The events will start on Saturday morning and will run until Sunday afternoon. The offline weekend is an integral part of the Fellowship and participating in all offline events of the fellowship is mandatory for our programme.

After the fellowship, we encourage all of our participants to stay involved with be.boosted and become an active part of our alumni community.

“MUN” is the abbreviation for Model United Nations. It is a simulation where students slip into the role of diplomats to the United Nations. Representing a foreign nation, they debate current affairs on the councils of the UN such as the Security Council, the World Health Organisation or other international forums. As an example, previous fellows discussed topics as water scarcity, space debris, the effects of climate change on indigenous women and the future of the NATO. For us, MUN Conferences represent the perfect playing field for applying leadership skills as well as seeing your progress with be.boosted.

Note that no prior knowledge on MUN, international relations or diplomacy is required to participate in our programmes. You will be taught all necessary skills.

From MUNing with us, you’ll gain valuable insights into international relations and current affairs, you’ll be able to meet students from around the world, and grow your network of inspiring peers. At the heart of our mission, we use MUN to teach you the skills that make the world go round. We strongly believe the setting of MUN is the perfect challenge to simulate leadership challenges that will await you down your career path, and help you learn how to effectively face them.

We are proud that many delegates and MUN friends have told our delegates they were excelling at the conferences they attended. Our MUN mantra is to take responsibility for driving committees forward, and to do so in a fair and inclusive manner. This has led many other delegations to tell us how much they enjoyed working with our delegates. If you want the hard facts: be.boosted trainers are proud to report that our delegation is the three times consecutive best German team at Harvard WorldMUN. In the last four years alone, we have won more than 39 Diplomacy Awards at LIMUN, 10 Diplomacy Awards at Harvard WorldMUN and were proudly honored as a team with Delegation Awards at both conferences. Even more important than that is seeing how impressively much the fellows develop and grow together within the few months of the fellowship.

“(…) They know what they are doing and they have already taken all the steps to create the ladder you need when dropping the M from MUN (…) Each and every one of their activities actually brings you a step closer to becoming a diplomat.”
Alexia Sideris, a passionate MUNer and member of various MUN associations on munplanet in 2018.

Not at all! We encourage you to stick to your MUN society, and see which of the things you learn from us you can apply there, too, and vice versa. However, during the be.boosted fellowship, in particular at LIMUN and WorldMUN, you will represent be.boosted.

Applications are open to enrolled students from all academic fields whose current location allows them to travel to Germany for monthly offline weekends and European conference venues. Your current location does not matter as long as you are enrolled and able to attend offline events once the fellowship starts.
We welcome applications from students regardless of gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, social status, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them unique. We strive for a diverse fellowship composition and encourage all eligible students to apply.

We require that you will be able to participate in all offline weekends as well as our weekly online trainings. We also expect you to attend the MUN conferences and the boosting.others challenge at the end of the programmes.

Team WorldMUN: 

• weekly calls over 17 weeks of 2 hours each 
• 3 offline weekends in December, January and February
• one weekend in February for LIMUN
• five days in March for WorldMUN

Team LIMUN: 

• weekly calls over 17 weeks of 2 hours each
• 2 offline weekends in December and January
• one weekend in February for LIMUN
• one weekend (including Friday) for the boosting:others challenge

Please find the exact dates in the timeline on our fellowship page.

You also need to be enrolled in a university for the duration of the programme. You do not need to be a German citizen to participate, nor do you have to live in Germany as long as you can attend all offline events.

You need to be able to show a proof of enrolment as a student at a university in February & March during your fellowship. It does not matter where you study and we welcome applications from PhD students as well.

No. All our trainings and events are conducted in English.

No. Academic performance is one of the multiple selection criteria and is always reviewed in the context of the application as a whole. We ask you to submit an official Transcript of Records for comparability between different fields of study and your academic progress. We also need this to evaluate whether we think you will be able to properly handle the fellowship without negatively impacting your study success.

No. Our training programme is designed to build your MUN skills from the ground up and we cover everything you need to know to succeed at LIMUN and WorldMUN. That being said, we do think that some MUN experience can help you during the fellowship and that it can also be beneficial for your peers in the fellowship. However, in the past delegations, we have accepted numerous applicants without MUN experience, and we will continue to do so.

We welcome applications from students across all academic fields and do not favour any specific study background. We particularly encourage students from disciplines that are currently underrepresented, including arts and humanities as well as engineering and technology, to apply. Our aim is to create diverse fellowship teams that reflect a broad range of academic backgrounds and viewpoints.

Applications are open to Young Professionals from all sectors whose current location allows them to travel to Germany for offline events. Your current location does not matter as long as you are able to attend offline events once the fellowship starts.
We welcome applications from Young Professionals regardless of gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, social status, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them unique. We strive for a diverse fellowship composition and encourage all eligible individuals to apply.

We require that you will be able to participate in all offline weekends as well as our online trainings. More information on the timeline and dates can be found on the fellowship for Young Professionals page. You do not need to be a German citizen to participate, nor do you have to live in Germany as long as you can attend all offline events.

We are looking for Young Professionals who:

• Are between 21 and 35 years old
• Have a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 3 years of work experience

Full-time interns and PhD students are eligible to apply if they fulfil the previously stated conditions. If you are unsure about your eligibility for Team Young Professionals, please contact recruiting@be-boosted.org.

No. All our trainings and events are conducted in English.

We welcome applications from Young Professionals across all sectors and do not favour any specific background. We particularly encourage individuals working in sectors that are currently underrepresented, including arts and humanities as well as engineering and technology, to apply. Our aim is to create diverse fellowship teams that reflect a broad range of backgrounds and viewpoints.

The application deadline is at 23:59 CET on September 17th 2024.

In the first round of the selection process, all applicants are asked to fill out an online form on our website. Based on our selection criteria, applicants are invited to a second round consisting of either an online interview or the Recruiting Day.

During both the Recruiting Day and the online interviews, you will participate in three different exercises testing your problem solving and public speaking skills. For most of the exercises, you will work together in a group with fellow applicants, making effective collaboration an important part of the process.

Final decisions are made shortly after the Recruiting Day.

The be.boosted recruiting team, consisting of trainers and alumni, reviews all applications. We have formulated clear internal selection criteria, accounting for peoples’ individual backgrounds, for every recruiting phase, and invite experienced members of the core team and alumni to join the selection committee. Final responsibility for selecting fellows rests with this selection committee. ​

Our criteria for selecting fellows include

• They demonstrate a keen interest in making an impact on society beyond academia,
• They have international viewpoint, fostered by a migration background, a stay abroad, a working experience with internationals in Germany, or other similar experiences,
• For students, their academic record allows them to follow the program without negative impact on their studies,
• And most importantly, they demonstrate a great potential and eagerness to learn and develop.

The Recruiting Day is going to take place on the 12th of October, 2024. We look forward to welcoming you in a major German city which we will announce soon, the exact address and all additional information will be forwarded to you via email.

We highly recommend you to be at the Recruiting Day as you will have a chance to meet be.boosted and your future fellow delegates. We are working hard on preparing a diverse program for you that’s more than “just” an application day and rather see it as your first opportunity to meet inspiring people, network and get to know the faces behind the program. This day will be an experience on its own! In case you cannot make it to the Recruiting Day, we also offer you the opportunity for an online interview. However, online spots are limited.

For all those unable to attend the Recruiting Day, there will be the opportunity to attend an online interview between the 5th and 10th of October. Interviews will be performed via Zoom with an approximate length of 90 minutes. The exact dates will be scheduled beforehand according to your availability – we will contact you in time.

We designed the workshop for students in their early to mid-twenties. The skills taught in the workshop are universal and strengthen participants in communicative situations such as interviews and their everyday life.

Boost.yourself is one weekend long (Friday afternoon until Sunday lunchtime) in order to fit into any student schedule.

Boost.yourself is held in English or German. Please indicate your preferred language when contacting us.

Currently we plan on holding the workshop in German cities. If your organization is from a different European country, please reach out to us, we will see if we are able to accommodate you.

Our workshop is free. We would, however, like your organisation to provide snacks for workshop breaks.

The workshop will be held by our team. We discuss in detail our workshop contents with you in a meeting beforehand. Therefore, you only need to provide a location and participants. As the workshop can be very intense we advise to also organise dinner and socialising options for the participants and our team.

We are looking to partner with any organisation working for or with young students. The idea is to bring this kind of soft-skill workshop especially to those who have not yet had extensive training yet and will therefore profit most from this easy access and free education.

Don’t hesitate to write an email to boost.yourself@be-boosted.org.

be.boosted works together with a variety of partners, including public bodies, companies seeking for future global leaders, high potential networks, experts from academia and other parts of society, as well as several student organisations.

Since 2023, the Karl Schlecht Foundation (KSG) has been supporting the leadership programme of be.boosted.

The Karl Schlecht Foundation (KSG) is a non-profit foundation with a focus on “Good Leadership”. Its guiding principle is the improvement of leadership in business and society through humanistic values. To this end, it supports projects that nurture the character development of young people and early career professionals in the areas of ethics, leadership, entrepreneurship, culture, and technology. It supports around 80 external projects, as well as its own projects, with approximately 7.5 million Euros annually. In 2023, the foundation was named “Academic Foundation of the Year” by the Deutsche Universitätsstiftung.

The Karl Schlecht Foundation, based in Aichtal and with offices in Berlin and Munich, was established in 1998 by Dipl.-Ing. Karl Schlecht, the founder of the concrete pump manufacturer Putzmeister.

Karl Schlecht Stiftung (KSG)
Gutenbergstraße 4 | 72631 Aichtal
Fon +49 (0) 7127 599 256

info@karlschlechtstiftung.de

www.ksg-stiftung.de

The support of our partners helps us to provide many of the benefits we deliver, such as travel funding or conference fees. Moreover, our partners, both individual and corporate, make their substantive expertise and knowledge available to our participants in talks, panel sessions, and skill workshops.