The Dr A.M. Blok Fund was established with a bequest from Marianne van Silfhout-Blok, LL.M., who died on 3 October 2000. The fund is named in honour of her father, Dr A.M. Blok, who studied medicine at Leiden University from 1918 to 1926. After obtaining his PhD in 1931, he practised as a neurologist in The Hague. Two of his children, B.M.N. van Silfhout-Blok and Dr A.P.R. Blok, are also alumni of Leiden University.

Purpose

The fund offers grants for Leiden University students who are going to study or conduct academic research at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

The Dr C.L. van Steeden Fund was created by a testamentary disposition of Mrs M. van Steeden-Smith on 18 January 1944, in memory of her husband Dr C.L. van Steeden, a physician in Wassenaar. The fund’s capital was transferred to the Leiden University Fund in November 2004. 

Purpose

The fund provides grants for study and/or groundbreaking work of a spiritual, scientific or artistic nature.

The Elise Mathilde Fund Foundation was founded in 1935 by Elise Mathilde van Beuningen with the aim of financially supporting individuals and organisations that pursue a general social, cultural or idealistic goal. The collaboration with the Leiden University Fund started in 2008. Through the Leiden University Fund, the foundation subsidises projects by scientists affiliated with Leiden University. 

This named fund was established in 2023 based on the assets of the dissolved Foundation for the Promotion of the Study of China at Leiden University.

Purpose

The objective of the fund is to promote the study of China at Leiden University in the broadest sense. The fund aims to achieve this goal by providing financial contributions for research projects and for scientific conferences, symposia, workshops and other scientific meetings and by providing financial contributions to lecturers, PhD candidates and students in the field of China Studies.

The Gratama Fund subsidises projects by scientists affiliated with Leiden University. In addition, the Gratama Science Prize is awarded to a Leiden University researcher in odd-numbered years.

The fund has been made possible by the Gratama Foundation, a family fund founded in 1925 that supports and encourages projects in the field of scientific research and education with social relevance. 

The Hakkenberg αβγ Integration Fund was established on 5 December 2019, funded by a donation by Ms Anneke Hakkenberg. The events of the Second World War made Ms Hakkenberg realise that the best way to gain freedom was to be smarter than the soldiers who were in control of the city. After the war, she decided to study mathematics at Leiden University so that she could take full advantage of her newly acquired freedom of choice. After completing her studies, she dedicated herself to applied research and to investigating how she could contribute to this field, in her role as a pure mathematician. This contribution took the form of using mathematical reasoning and insights to clarify texts. 

Purpose

The purpose of the fund is to facilitate the application of fundamental mathematical and logical concepts across the entire spectrum of scientific disciplines. Mathematics can be used to prove that something does not exist or cannot exist, but it does not prove that something can exist. That is a task for researchers from other disciplines who have the knowledge and creativity needed for this. The results of the collaboration between researchers from various knowledge domains calls for an understanding of each other's possibilities and limitations. Every success is the result of a joint effort made up of closely interwoven individual contributions. 

In principle, any project that applies mathematical building blocks to topics of scientific and/or social relevance is eligible for funding. The focus is on collaborative efforts, preferably with other faculties and disciplines.

The fund was established in 2020.

Purpose

The fund was set up to provide funding for studies, study trips, projects and initiatives which contribute to (1) to expand knowledge of the goals of the European Union, (2) the realization of the goals of the European Union. More information can be found on the Leiden University Europe Institute. 

The J.J. van Enter, LL.M. Fund ‘Pro Universitate’ was established in 2010 with a gift from Mr J.J. van Enter, LL.M. (1924 - 2022) and supports the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

Purpose

The revenue from the fund can be used for a range of purposes, including:

• providing scholarships to exceptionally gifted and deserving students and PhD candidates;
• contributing to the costs of study trips relating to theses and academic works;
• supporting academic investigations of acquiring valuable academic works and manuscripts that are of interest to the University Library.

The Leiden Empowerment Fund (LEF) was established with the aim of creating an academic environment with equal opportunities for everyone. An environment in which people with different backgrounds and qualities will inspire and motivate one another. An environment where every talent (large or small) can feel at home.

Purpose

The purpose of the fund is to enable researchers and students at Leiden University to fully realise their ambitions, regardless of their gender, cultural background, sexual orientation or physical disabilities. It does this by creating equal opportunities for everyone.

First-generation students and researchers, whether or not they have a migration background, encounter a range of obstacles during their studies or research. They may have considerably less access to networks within and outside the University, and a lack of financial resources often hinders their studies or research. Care responsibilities can also form a barrier: researchers with these usually have a lower academic output, while such students are much less likely to gain experience of studying abroad. Offering networking opportunities, setting up buddy systems and awarding grants for periods of study or research abroad are all examples of how we can combat inequality of opportunity and facilitate our students and researchers in their empowerment.

To stimulate research and education projects concerning the environment.

This fund was established by the Lutfia Rabbani Foundation, an organisation whose aim is to improve the dialogue between Europe and the Arab world. The present chairman, Salim Rabbani, is the son of Mahmoud Rabbani, who created the Lutfia Rabbani Foundation.

Purpose

The Lutfia Rabbani Foundation, in partnership with the LUF, supports excellent students who have a strong motivation to promote Euro-Arab dialogue. Each year, the fund provides one full scholarship to a student from an Arab country who wishes to follow an advanced master’s programme at Leiden University. The student is additionally offered a mentoring programme and given access to the Lutfia Rabbani Foundation’s extensive and diverse network. 

The Minerva Class of 1957 Alumni Fund was established in 2007 by Minerva and LSC alumni of the Class of 1957, on the occasion of their 50th anniversary. In 2011 the Minerva and LSC alumni of the Class of 1961 joined in with this initiative, in 2015 the alumni of the Class of 1965 joined and in 2023 the Class of 1973 joined as well.

Purpose

The fund is used for the annual Leiden University Thesis Prizes. Three prizes can be awarded: the first prize is worth 3,000 euros, the second 2,000 euros and the third 1,000 euros.

The original foundation was established in 1975, when J.J. van Walsem, LL.M. bequeathed a capital sum to the State of the Netherlands. The capital was held by the foundation, which was managed by the Leiden University Fund. In May 2002 this foundation merged with the LUF and became a named fund. The J.J. van Walsem Fund supports the humanities and social sciences at the University. 

Purpose

The fund’s purpose is to promote research at Leiden University in the areas of law, economics, sociology, literature, philosophy and theology, giving special priority to law and economics. The fund endeavours to achieve its goal by:

• providing scholarships to exceptionally gifted and deserving Dutch or Swiss students;
• in specific situations, contributing to the costs of printing or otherwise reproducing theses and academic works;
• contributing to the costs of study trips relating to theses and academic works;
• supporting academic investigations of acquiring valuable academic works and manuscripts that are of interest to the University Library.

The M. Enthoven Fund was established on 9 May 2014 by the Enthoven Foundation Inc. 

Purpose

The fund pays a Keyholder donation from M. Enthoven ‘for life’. After his passing, the revenue from the fund will benefit the growth and prosperity of Leiden University. 

The Van Bergen Fund was established in 2005, on the retirement of Joris E.J. van Bergen, M.Eng., Vice-President of the Executive Board of Leiden University. The fund’s capital consists of the retirement gifts from individuals and organisations, a University grant and a contribution from Mr and Mrs van Bergen. In 2012, the capital was transferred to the Leiden University Fund.

Purpose

The fund’s purpose is to promote contact between Dutch and international students with the aim of increasing their understanding of each other’s cultures and thus helping to prepare them for professional and social interactions in international environments after their graduation. 

Scholars all around the world are threatened because of their work, ideas or critical questions. Protecting these scholars and their academic freedom is of great importance to a free and prosperous society. The Fund for Scholars at Risk was established in 2014 and provides temporary shelter for scholars in need. They can thus continue to work or study in a safe environment.

Purpose

The VVJF 3: Fund for Scholars at Risk supports the University in its aim to provide a safe haven for colleagues in need. 

This fund was established in 2023 by Mr. A.M. Ploos van Amstel, Esq., and Mr. D. Hordijk, LL.M., in memory of their mother(-in-law) Wanda Ploos van Amstel-Malefeijt, alumna of Leiden University.

Wanda Ploos van Amstel-Malefeijt studied pharmacy in Leiden from 1948 to 1956. She always looked back on her time as a student with great pleasure, a period that gave her lifelong friendships and laid the foundation for her working life. After her studies, she lived her entire life in The Hague, where she raised her family and worked in the 60s, 70s and 80s at the Boerhaave pharmacy, at the School for Pharmacy Assistants, and as a Medicines Inspector at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. Wanda was a committed, enterprising woman with many interests. She passed away in 2022 at the age of 93.

Purpose

The aim of the fund is to encourage first-generation students living in the Netherlands to follow and successfully complete an academic study and/or to protect, maintain and develop democratic values, human rights and good governance.