Anne van den Ban Fund
The Anne van den Ban Fund provides scholarships for promising students from low-income countries to follow a master's at Wageningen University & Research. After their graduation, they return to their home country and contribute to solving pressing societal issues.
The Anne van den Ban Fund is the biggest scholarship named fund within University Fund Wageningen. The named fund was established by the Stichting Anne van den Ban Fund.
Donate to the Anne van den Ban Fund
One-off donation
You can donate directly via the button below. You can also transfer your donation manually to NL62 ABNA 0447524658 in the name of University Fund Wageningen with description "Anne van den Ban Fund".
Donate to the Anne van den Ban Fund
Structural donation
With an authorization, you can support the fund with an annual donation.
If you have a European bank account you can mandate the Fund to make a direct debit for a yearly donation of a minimum of € 75. For more information, please visit our page on regular giving.
Annuity gift
Do you have a Dutch bank account or do you pay taxes in the Netherlands? It can be fiscally interesting for you to support the foundation for a longer period.
By means of a long term gift agreement you donate a fixed amount for five or more sequential calendar years. This agreement is recorded in a gift agreement. This form of donation is financially the most tax efficient for the donor because your gift is tax deductible for Dutch taxes without a threshold.
Please contact us if you want to establish a bank mandate or annuity gift via ufw@wur.nl!
For structural donations from the USA, please visit our webpage on Giving from the USA.
More information
The board selects once a year students together with Wageningen University based on the advice of study coordinators and alumni active in developing countries. The students receive complete or partial financing of a MSc programme at Wageningen University & Research. Candidates of an Anne van den Ban scholarship will be selected only amongst accepted new students of a full MSc study. Applying directly to the fund is not possible.
- Prof. dr. Johan Verreth (president)
- Prof. dr. Anke Niehof (secretary)
- Dr. ir. Ingrid Duchhart & ir. Willy ten Haaf (student affairs)
- Dr. Ron van Lammeren (treasurer)
- Ir. Bert Bruins
Information for applicants
Are you a prospective student and are you curious to learn more about the application procedure? Visit our page for Applications to the Anne van den Ban Fund.
The Anne van den Ban Fund was founded in 1992 by two Wageningen alumni who named it after dr. ir. Anne van den Ban. He was a professor in Applied Communication Science at Wageningen University & Research.
Dr. ir. Anne van den Ban: "One of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals is to halve the amount of people that need to live off of less than a dollar per day. Lack of knowledge is one of the driving forces behind poverty. Knowledge is thus an indispensable factor in combating poverty and I decided to do something about it. At Wageningen they learn, with the aid of knowledge and insight, to search independently for new solutions for developments in their home country. In 1992, I decided to pay the amount of money necessary to give a student the chance to gain international experience. The Anne van den Ban Fund developed from this idea."
Prof. Anne van den Ban, founder of extension science in Wageningen, passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at the age of 88.
Postal address
Anne van den Ban Fund
p.a. Postbus 9101
6700 HB Wageningen
Bank information
IBAN: NL62ABNA0447524658 in name of UFW- Anne van den Ban Fonds in Wageningen
BIC-code: ABNANL2a
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