Applications Louise O. Fresco Emergency Fund
Are you a current student at Wageningen University and are you in financial trouble through no fault of your own? Then you might be eligible for support from the Louise O. Fresco Fund for students in force majeure situations. Please read the information below about the criteria and the procedure carefully.
Who is eligible
Applicants for the Louise O. Fresco Emergency Fund:
- Must be Bachelor's or Master's student or PhD candidate enrolled in one of the studies/PhD- programmes at WUR. All nationalities are eligible. Prospective students who are not yet enrolled are not eligible.
- Are in financial trouble through no fault of their own.
Criteria
- Applicants must have no other options for funding.
- The support of the fund is limited to the cost of living, including housing. The fund does not cover tuition fees.
- The application should be supported by documents that support your case and a financial plan. Please check which financial documents are needed in "step 2" below.
- For MSc- and BSc-students see info below.
- For PhD candidates: contact your promotor and/or supervisor of your Graduate School. They can send an application for their PhD-student to University Fund Wageningen directly.
Application Procedure
Step 1: Meet with your study advisor (BSc- or MSc-student) or promotor/supervisor of Graduate School (PhD candidate) to discuss your situation.
To apply as a BSc- or MSc-student a support letter of your study advisor is needed.
Step 2: Application for BSc- and MSc-students (PhD candidates need to contact their Graduate School supervisor, see above)
Please send in (BSc- and MSc-students only):
- A completed application form.
- The support letter from your study advisor.
- Overview of your grades and ects
- A financial plan for the coming months, demonstrating how the contribution of the emergency fund will help you graduate
- Bank statement from the previous month
- Your rental contract
- Overview of your fixed income and expenses per month
- If applicable, proof of unemployment (student job) or correspondence regarding your unemployment
- If applicable, correspondence from scholarship provided
Send your application to the email address on the application form and mention "Louise O. Fresco Fund" in the subject line.
Step 3: Review and decision
Applications will be reviewed by the selection committee. You will receive the decision made by the committee as soon as possible with a short motivation.
Applications will be processed once a month.
Please note that any application form without support letter from your study advisor or promotor/Graduate School advisor will not be reviewed.
There is no option to appeal against the decision of the selection committee.
More information
The Louise O. Fresco Fund was founded in honor of former chair of the Executive Board of WUR, Louise O. Fresco. The fund supports current WUR students of all disciplines and nationalities who still have a short period to go in order to graduate or obtain a PhD and find themselves in financial difficulties due to special circumstances or circumstances beyond their control. In addition, the fund supports academically trained refugees without status in taking a number of courses at WUR through the WURth-while programme.
"The students and young researchers form the heart of the university. They are the new generation in our field who can make a difference. We need all the talents to work on the big issues of our time. I like to support young motivated people who need something extra. Anyone who has studied at Wageningen University & Research is forever part of the involved WUR community, and I am happy to contribute to that myself." - Louise O. Fresco
Questions?
Get in touch.
EMA (Lies) Boelrijk, B Ec
Director University Fund Wageningen
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