The Leiden University Fund (LUF) offers various grant calls that support research and education at Leiden University. These include grants for scientific projects, study visits for PhD candidates, innovative initiatives, and international internships for students.

Quick resuscitation can save lives, but under 1% of the population of Leiden is a community first responder. Student associations and various partners in Leiden want to give a resuscitation course to 500 residents and students of Leiden. This special project has won the LUF’s Snouck Hurgronje Prize.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has also had dramatic consequences for Ukrainian students at Leiden University. Besides their intense concern about the fate of family and friends, they also face major financial problems. This also applies to Russian students who can no longer access their bank accounts. Support all these students through the LUF’s Emergency Fund.

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.

‘The LUF grant meant I could build new collaborations with other researchers in Chile.’ Astronomy master’s student Wout Goesaert travelled to Chile for his research on a ‘supermassive black hole’ in the Circinus galaxy.

At the meeting held in March 2018, Leiden University Fund’s (LUF) Committee for Academic Expenditure (Commissie voor Wetenschappelijke Bestedingen, CWB) discussed 95 applications.

LUF also supports scientists at Leiden University who are involved in organising conferences and workshops. Decisions on funding are based not only on the scientific objective, but also on how relevant the field of science and the findings are to society.

A better understanding of schizophrenia and its medical treatment was the goal of the Schizophrenia symposium for Royal Dutch Pharmaceutical Student Association (K.N.P.S.V.) members. A LUF donation helped make the symposium possible.

With your contribution, you make a difference. As a donor to the LUF, you directly support students, researchers, and innovative projects at Leiden University.

They didn’t study at Leiden University, but Patrice Gerlach and Ellen Reuter have still chosen to leave a legacy to the LUF. A journey through Cambodia made them realise just how much of an impact education can have on the well-being of an entire family.