Named funds
The Utrecht University Fund has several named funds that were founded by our donors. You can donate to these named funds or apply for a subsidy.
What is a named fund?
In short, a named fund is 'a charity within an existing fund'. The founder of the named fund determines the name and objective(s).
Set up your own named fundDonate or apply for subsidy:
- A.F. Monna Fund Goal: broaden mathematics students' horizons & promote mathematics education + research at the Mathematical Institute of the UUMore info
- BINF-Fund Goal: support scientifically relevant and socially irrelevant bioinformatics research projects that are difficult to fund by other meansMore info
- First-Generation Fund Goal: To support (future) students who are the first in their family to study at Utrecht University and UMC UtrechtMore info
- Genmab Jan van de Winkel Scholarship Fund Goal: Providing donations to students and researchers.More info
- Global South Impact Fund Goal: Provide donations to projects that contribute to the energy transition in Global South countries.More info
- Hofvijverkring Goal: promote Utrecht based scientific research and award educational scholarships on specific topicsMore info
- Minderhoud Fund Goal: grant scholarships for prestigious study projects or internships of U.V.S.V./N.V.V.S.U. membersMore info
- Olaf Schuiling Fund Goal: enable additional research and teaching programmes in the field of geochemistry for which regular resources are insufficientMore info
- Right to Learn Fund Goal: support initiatives and projects aimed at helping refugees and other disadvantaged people develop their talents to the fullMore info
- Ronald van Kempen Fund Goal: stimulate PhD and postdoc research in the field of Human Geography and Spatial PlanningMore info
- Rosanna Fund for Women Goal: stimulate the academic development of talented women at Utrecht UniversityMore info
- UCU Fund Goal: preserve and foster diversity by providing financial support to highly qualified students, who would otherwise not be able to afford an education at UCUMore info
- USC Scholarship Fund Goal: support ambitious members of the Utrechtsch Studenten Corps in excellent study or research projects at home and abroad with scholarshipsMore info
- Friends Botanical Gardens Goal: enable projects in the field of nature education, biodiversity, science education and culture taking place in the Botanical GardensMore info
- Friends of Vetmed Goal: support scientific research, high-profile projects and care that sustainably improve animal welfare and healthMore info
- Friends of Humanities Utrecht University Goal: advance humanities education and research at Utrecht UniversityMore info
Other named funds (passive/allocate own subsidies)
- Complex Systems Fund Goal: stimulate scientific research and education at the UU in the field of complex systemsMore info
- Henk Visscher Fund Goal: stimulate scientific research and education in the fields of paleobotany, palynology, and organic petrologyMore info
- Van Leerzem Fund Goal: contribute to clinical law. research by young researchers in the field of internal medicineMore info
- Swaantje Mondt Fund Aims to give Dutch PhD students the opportunity to conduct research abroad and foreign PhD students the chance to come to Utrecht for research.Read more