The Olga Igonkina Foundation was founded in 2020 in memory
of Prof. Dr. Olga Igonkina (1973-2019). Olga was a Russian-Dutch
particle physicist. During her career she worked on experiments in
Hamburg, Stanford and at CERN in Geneva. In her research she
concentrated on so-called lepton-flavour-violating processes. Since
2015 she was professor at the Radboud
University in Nijmegen (Netherlands).
The primary mission of the foundation is to promote international exchange of young scientists. Every year the foundation provides a scholarship to a promising student in particle physics. The scholarship is intended for travel to a conference or scientific institute outside their home country. Interested students can apply for the scholarship by sending in a concrete travel plan. A jury consisting of senior physicists in the field selects a winner. The next application round is in fall 2023.
Besides the scholarship the foundation also funds projects that aim to widen the interest of children in science. Interested parties can contact the foundation at the address below.
This scholarship application page can be found here.
The foundation statutes (in Dutch) can be found here. The foundation has no profit motive. The renumeration policy for members of the board can be found in the statutes. The policy plan ('beleidsplan', also in Dutch) can be found here.
Stichting Olga Igonkina Foundation
Edward Masseystraat 18
1086ZL Amsterdam
KvK: 77829220
RSIN: 861161531
e-mail: OlgaIgonkinaFoundation@nikhef.nl
| Bank: | ING Bank N.V., Amsterdam |
| BIC: | INGBNL2A |
| Account nr: | NL29INGB0008423948 |
Donations are kindly accepted. Please contact us for further information. Our foundation received the Dutch ANBI status in October 2020.
| Chair: | Wouter Hulsbergen |
| Secretary: | Hella Snoek |
| Treasurer: | Arjen van Rijn |