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).

Mission

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.

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Scholarship applications

This scholarship application page can be found here.

Foundation statutes and policy plan

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.

Annual reports (in Dutch)

Contact address

Stichting Olga Igonkina Foundation
Edward Masseystraat 18
1086ZL Amsterdam

KvK: 77829220

RSIN: 861161531

e-mail: OlgaIgonkinaFoundation@nikhef.nl

Bank account

Bank: ING Bank N.V., Amsterdam
BIC: INGBNL2A
Account nr: NL29INGB0008423948

Donations

Donations are kindly accepted. Please contact us for further information. Our foundation received the Dutch ANBI status in October 2020. More information on donations can be found here (in Dutch).

Foundation board

Chair: Wouter Hulsbergen
Secretary: Hella Snoek
Treasurer: Arjen van Rijn