Sjacko Sobczak is a geriatric psychiatrist at Mondriaan and a researcher at Maastricht University. She experienced the kick-off of her new Named Fund on Thursday March 31: the Age@Minds Fund. The new Named Fund was (partly) realized with the proceeds of the successful crowdfunding campaign ‘Give for dignified care without fear’ in 2021. The fund’s…
The University Fund Limburg/SWOL offers various scholarships to students of Maastricht University (UM). It facilitates this by cooperating with a wide range of organisations and private benefactors. The Fund is pleased to announce that it has recently joined forces with an UM alumnus who wants to start a new scholarship programme called the UM First…
A national media campaign by 14 university funds in the Netherlands will start on 21 February. With this awareness campaign we will inform the public about the importance of research and draw more attention to science as a good cause. The campaign consists of advertisements in de Volkskrant and Trouw, radio spots on NPO1 and…
At the end of 2021, CARIM supported the Queen of Hearts Fund with a wonderful contribution of €25,000. CARIM is the research institute for cardiovascular diseases at Maastricht University. The department stimulates crowdfunding campaigns, and thus the active connection with society. For example, it uses the so-called ‘doubler’ for one campaign every year. CARIM then…
Are You There For Each Other? With this question, we kicked off our annual fund campaign at the end of 2021. In recent weeks, we asked our UM community for a financial contribution for four special, social projects. Our partners have donated almost €16,000 so far. We are very grateful for their support. We have…
Last year, Redeat Assefa successfully completed her master’s degree in Global Health at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences. The student from Ethiopia was able to attend UM thanks to a scholarship from the Elisabeth Strouven Fund. Redeat Assefa is very grateful for that: “The Elisabeth Strouven scholarship gave me an opportunity to…
With this motto, Mayor Ryan Palmen of the municipality Horst aan de Maas presented two Noord-Limburg Region Scholarships to young talents on 22 December 2021. The scholarships were presented on behalf of the municipalities in the Noord-Limburg region and in the presence of Bouwien Janssen (director of UFL-SWOL) and Greetje Lep (strategic advisor/project leader for…
Call for all Maastricht University students and staff members! The University Fund Limburg/SWOL awards grants again to innovative and creative (research) projects, activities and events. The application deadlines are 11 February 2022 (staff members) and 25 February 2022 (students). You can find more information on this web page.
Prof. dr. Jo Ritzen officially awarded the Jo Ritzen Scholarship to Thaïs Gautry last week. The funding for this scholarship was raised by alumni, university staff and other sponsors during last year’s annual fund campaign. Many UM employees also donated (a part of) their Christmas gifts to this charity. The Jo Ritzen Scholarship is intended…
Our ‘For Each Other 2021′ campaign is live! In this campaign, the University Fund Limburg/SWOL is seeking contributions to four special UM projects: a new implant for diabetes patients, a scholarship programme for disadvantaged students, sustainability research for a healthy Maastricht, and funding for talented and ambitious researchers. Maastricht University is committed to the important…