Yvoor Fund

The Yvoor Fund is aimed at students from social clubs who are socially active either within or outside their club. The course the student undertakes abroad may also be outside their own discipline, such as a language course. In this way, the student is challenged to broaden their horizons. 

You must meet the following criteria to be eligible for a grant:

• You should ideally be a member of a social club in Utrecht; you must be able to demonstrate that you are active within or outside your club (on the executive committee, a committee of sufficient significance, or the executive committee or a committee of another organisation of sufficient significance); this is an advantage when assessing your application
• you are seeking funding for a short study programme abroad (maximum 3 months), such as a Summer School, which contributes to broadening your horizons and personal development (in addition to your studies). Preference is given to an experience abroad that broadens your horizons alongside your studies and which, in principle, is not necessarily directly related to your course of study; this is also an important criterion in the assessment process
• you contribute towards the costs of your experience abroad yourself
• you are, or will become, a student friend of the Utrecht University Fund
• you are enrolled as a Bachelor’s or Master’s student at Utrecht University
• You have achieved good academic results and earned at least 40 ECTS credits per year
• You will depart after the grant award date and not before it

The following documents are required:

• an explanation of your budget; what are your income and expenditure relating to your stay abroad (maximum 250 words); you must use the budget template for this;
• a brief description of your activities within or outside your society (maximum 250 words);
• curriculum vitae; a letter of confirmation from the institution you intend to visit abroad (if applicable) or other proof of enrolment on the desired course (if you do not yet have this, you must state this in your application, giving a reason. If a grant is awarded, you must still submit proof of enrolment before departure in order to finalise the award);
• a recent transcript of marks/credits showing that you have achieved good academic results and obtained at least 40 ECTS per academic year.

The Yvoor Fund operates on an annual application cycle. This means that applications can be submitted once per academic year. Awards are made in June. Your application must be submitted to the Utrecht University Fund during the application period for the current academic year.
A grant from the Yvoor Fund consists of an amount between €250 and €1,000. In exceptional cases, a higher amount may be awarded. The grant will never exceed the eligible shortfall.
The board of the Utrecht University Fund decides on the award of grant applications on the advice of an advisory committee to be appointed in consultation with the founder(s). This committee consists of the founder of the named fund, Ms Y.C.M.T. van Rooy; the director of the Utrecht University Fund; and a representative of the Student Committee of the Utrecht University Fund.
You will be notified in writing of the decision as soon as possible. You will also be notified if your grant application is unsuccessful. Enquiries regarding the decision will be handled by the University Fund’s office.

If you are awarded a scholarship, you must submit a report on your stay abroad, of between 500 and 1,000 words, within two months of the end of your time abroad. In a personal account, describe your aim in choosing the course and destination, and what you have gained from the experience in terms of your studies, your preparation for the job market and your personal development. Also tell us about the experiences that made your stay abroad special and worthwhile. Include a few digital photos (of yourself) that illustrate what you experienced. The report and photos become the property of the Utrecht University Fund and may be used for publication purposes. 
Please submit your report to the Utrecht University Fund: Robbert Jan Feunekes r.j.feunekes@uu.nl
In addition, you must publicise your experience abroad and your grant from the Yvoor Fund within your society by publishing your report or in another appropriate manner. You must inform the Utrecht University Fund of your approach.