Donors in the spotlight

We collect the stories of our donors and publish them in, among other things, the LUF newsletter and the alumni magazine Leidraad. All interviews can be found on this page. They paint a picture of the diversity in background of our donors and the different motivations for becoming a donor.

Read more about our donors

Special donor makes stroke recovery research possible 19 September 2024
How do you ensure that people who have had a stroke get the right therapy at the right time? This is the question researcher Jorit Meesters wants to a...
‘I want to give young researchers the opportunities that I had’ 18 March 2024
Riet Groenen was able to spend almost a year in Fiji for her thesis research on fertility and family planning thanks to donations from funds. Her stud...
Committed stem-cell-research donor sets up third named funds 06 July 2023
Behind each named fund is a special story, but it is not often that, having already set up two very personal funds, a donor chooses to make a third co...
Research into future-focused farming thanks to a new named fund 23 May 2023
The Joskind Fund was signed in the Academy Building on Monday 22 May. The fund focuses on food production and biodiversity. Erna Barèl and Bas Reicher...
Utopa donation creates room for research 01 May 2021
From a stunning building right in the city centre, Leiden psychologists conduct research into financial behaviour. They share their knowledge widely b...

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