News from the University Fund Wageningen
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18 April 2023
Crowdfunding for biodiversity restoration in South Limburg
- Biodiversity in the Netherlands is declining rapidly, partly due to the fragmentation of nature reserves. David Kleijn and Philippine Vergeer,... -
17 April 2023
Wheelchair basketball player and softball player receive sports grants of 2000 euros
- Two Wageningen students have received grants from the Fund Niels Smith to support them in combining their studies with top sports. Softball player... -
15 March 2023
New Nature-Based Future Challenges thanks to philanthropic donation
- Climate change, loss of biodiversity and food insecurity are threats to the global food supply and our society that require pioneering solutions.... -
10 March 2023
WUR Research Award 2023 for discovery of bacterial immune system
- PhD candidate Balwina Koopal received the WUR Research Award 2023 for her discovery of a new bacterial immune system. The University Fund... -
15 February 2023
Sustainable brewing and oral vaccines win entrepreneurship awards
- WUR student-entrepreneurs are the winners of the AtlasInvest Entrepreneurship Grant 2023 with their initiatives MoVax and BrewRight. The team of... -
10 February 2023
Talented female WUR alumni supported in advancing their global health career
- WUR alumni Martyna Hogendorf and Adita de Haan-Fuentes Usquiano will be able to take the next step in their career thanks to the Marina van Damme... -
27 January 2023
AtlasInvest Entrepreneurship Grant takes sustainable businesses to the next level
- Start-ups that win an AtlasInvest Entrepreneurship Grant can use the money to set up their own lab or expand their business, for example. For many... -
18 January 2023
African Food Fellowship connects new generation of leaders for food system change
- How to change food systems in Africa so that everyone has fair access to healthy and sustainable food? The African Food Fellowship brings together a... -
20 December 2022
Crowdfunding WUR alumni has already provided 7,000 water filters for Ukraine
- Many people in Ukraine have barely had access to clean drinking water for months. The University Fund Wageningen therefore started a crowdfunding... -
14 December 2022
Five innovative young WUR entrepreneurs finalist for the AtlasInvest Entrepreneurship Grant
- Vegetable gardens for prisons to reduce recidivism, a circular CO2 system for small breweries, and vaccines in the form of a pill; these are some of...