Czech students supported by the family foundation of Mrs Renáta Kellnerová and Mr Petr Kellner will study at 36 universities in seven countries this academic year

The Kellner Family Foundation has been supporting university students since 2009. Students receive grants totalling approximately CZK 10 million every year. Over the time during which the project has been in existence, 126 students (including the 52 receiving grants in the current academic year) have won grants totalling approximately CZK 61 million.

“In the past academic year, 27 of our grantees graduated. We are delighted to watch their continued academic paths and the professional careers they have embarked upon. Some of them will go on to attend master’s programmes, for example, at the University of Cambridge, or doctoral programmes at Yale University, while others will start to gather professional experience”, said Mrs Hana Halfarová, Director of the Universities and Open Gate projects at The Kellner Family Foundation.

The single largest group of students is heading for schools in the UK (33 students). Others will travel to the Netherlands (3), the US (2), France (1), Japan (1), and Sweden (1). Eleven students will enrol at universities and colleges in the Czech Republic with the Foundation’s support.

Almost 200 students have vied for grants from the Universities project this year. This academic year, the 52 will include the largest number of students from Prague (12) and from the Ústí nad Labem Region (6). Other students come from the Central Bohemian region (5), the Zlín Region (5), the Olomouc Region (4), the Plzeň Region (4), the Vysočina Region (4), the South Bohemian Region (3), the Hradec Králové Region (3) and the Moravian-Silesian Region (3). One student comes from the South Moravian Region and one from the Karlovy Vary Region; one comes from Somalia.

Compared with the past academic year, there are more medical students (their number rose from six to 11), art students (from two to six) and engineering students (from three to five) among the grantees. On the other hand, the group includes a smaller number of mathematics, physics and economics students.