Your ideas for the community platform
This platform grows with you. To ensure it supports you in your daily life as best as possible, we develop it together with the community. Get involved – with feedback, as a tester, or directly in the development of the platform.
Overview of Platform Features
Current Status and Outlook
Ideas
Networking feature
The networking feature allows you to connect with other professionals or organizations and categorize your contacts into lists.
Matching feature
An algorithm suggests suitable projects, organizations, and professionals for you..
Interaction
You can react to existing content such as projects or posts via interactions (such as liking or commenting).
MINT-Campus connection
See who is creating courses, which courses are being taken by others and show which courses you have completed.
In development
Integration of Open Educational Badges
With the integration, we enable the display and awarding of badges as digital evidence to make learning successes and skills acquisition visible.
Already implemented
Create your own events
As a STEM actor, you can create your own events and manage the participants.
MINT-Community Map
The MINT-Community Map provides an overview of organizations active in the STEM field. You can filter by region, organizational form, network affiliation, and area of focus.
Accessibility
You should be able to use the platform as easily and accessibly as possible. Many areas are already well accessible – and we continue to work on enabling you to use it even more inclusively.
MINT-Sharepic-Generator
The Sharepic Generator helps you quickly and easily create graphics for your STEM public relations work.
MINT-Media Database
You can find free, stereotype-free STEM photos and graphics for your public relations work here.
Visualize Networks
We aim at showing the diverse connections and networks within our community. You can present your own network and discover other network structures, such as STEM clusters, STEM regions, fablabs etc.
Funding tool
A web crawler gathers STEM funding opportunities and presents them to you on the platform.
Add yourself to organizations
You can add yourself to an organization and no longer have to have a team member add you.
FAQ
In this FAQ list, we collect frequently asked questions and answers about the community platform which provide you with further information about using the platform.
Dashboard
The dashboard provides an overview of all platform functions at a glance and keeps you informed about the latest news after logging in.
Filter function
With the filter, you can search persons, organizations, events, or projects based on specific criteria.
Projects
All community members can share their experiences from insightful and successful projects, providing valuable information for learning and inspiration. This includes downloadable materials, details on project setups, and funding information.
Language setting: English
With the extended language setting, we enable a broader group of professionals to effectively use the community platform.
Eventmanagement
Browse for suitable MINTvernetzt events, register and see who has also registered for the event.
Profile & organization profile
You introduce yourself to the STEM community using your profile and by creating your organization with its team members.
Search
With the search function, you can search for persons, organizations, events, projects, funding opportunities, and keywords. With the help of search suggestions and an integrated filter and sorting function, you can now reach your results faster.
MINT-ID
In order to be able to easily switch between the two offers MINTvernetzt and MINT-Campus, there is the MINT-ID, with which you can use both platforms (single sign-in).
What happens in the second funding phase of MINTvernetzt?
Our second funding phase started in January 2026 – with a clear focus on collaboration. The platform is intended to support you even better in finding suitable collaboration partners and sharing knowledge and resources. Particularly important to us is strengthening the networking between school-based and non-school-based actors in MINT education.
Shape and develop with us
Become part of the open-source development. Contribute as a designer or programmer and work with us on features that create real value.