With the Young VDW, the Federation of German Scientists (VDW) now has a suborganization cut out for young scientists. Young VDW is a young, interdisciplinary, and independent think tank oriented towards the aims of the VDW such as the responsibility of science. National and international students, university graduates, doctoral candidates, and post-doctoral researchers are equally involved in this innovative and forward-looking think tank. The aim is to bring young researchers from different scientific disciplines into an active and constructive discourse with each other, to strengthen them in their competencies, and thus to improve their future prospects. https://vdw-ev.de/about-us/young-vdw/