University lecturer in criminology and research fellow Dr Joni Reef can make a start on her research on family-focused work in criminal sentencing. She has been awarded a subsidy of €24,000 from the partnership between the LUF and the Gratama Foundation.

Dr Sarah Cramsey (Humanities) has received a LUF grant for her research project ‘Re-thinking the Holocaust Rescuers: An Interdisciplinary Comparison of Dutch and Polish “Righteous Gentiles”.’ She will use the grant to research those awarded the title of ‘Righteous Gentiles’ by Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre. There Righteous Gentiles are more than 28,000 people from 51 countries who helped Jews during the Holocaust and the Second World War.

With the contribution from our donors, the LUF supports innovative and impactful projects by talented, often young, researchers. For example, we award dozens of subsidies every year to research and education projects in various scientific areas.

An excellent thesis, the most impressive report or the best research question. LUF stimulates ambitious students and researchers to get the best out of themselves. Here is a selection of the prizes we make available each year in recognition of exceptional talent.

With support from the LUF International Study Fund (LISF), Janset Nil Genç spent three months conducting research in Turkey. ‘This grant meant I could do my first fieldwork and develop as an academic.’

The Leiden University Fund plays an important role in promoting scientific research and education at Leiden University. One of the ways the LUF achieves this through professorships.

The Leiden University Fund (LUF) has announced a new annual Snouck Hurgronje grant and prize. The grant is for an interfaculty research or teaching project and the prize is for innovative initiatives from the student community.

The Leiden University Fund’s (LUF) Committee for Academic Expenditure CWB) awards grants for research and teaching projects in various academic disciplines.

'We can uncover new, non-pharmacological strategies to help individuals, especially those struggling with weight loss', reveals psychologist Aleksandrina Skvortsova about her LUF grant for the project 'Mind Over Meal'. We spoke to Dr. Skvortsova and asked her three questions about her research.

Your student days are about more than amassing credits alone. They are brimming with personal development opportunities. LUF gives students with big dreams and original ideas the chance to study or do research abroad.