The board of Ivalo & Minik Fonden has at its meeting on 20 March decided to award six grants worth 399,000 kroner
“NunaFonden, Royal Greenland, Royal Arctic Line and GrønlandsBANKENs Erhvervsfond have donated the money we distribute. I would like to thank them sincerely for their contributions, “says Minik Rosing, chairman of the board of Ivalo & Minik Fonden. He continues:
“I hope that the grant recipients will have a good time abroad and that they the subsequent return to Greenland and use the knowledge they have acquired.”
The grant recipients
Alex Amâsa Olsen has received a grant to study for a semester at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, as part of his engineering degree at the Technical University of Denmark.
Ane Eva Lange has received a grant so she can attend one semester at Norway’s technical-scientific university in Trondheim in connection with her engineering degree at the Technical University of Denmark.
Ann Eileen Lennert has received a grant for her PhD studies in Norway’s Arctic University of Tromsø. She has to examine how climate changes will affect the Greenlandic nature in the long term.
Inuuteq Storch has received a grant to study photography at ICP – International Center of Photography – in New York.
Nick Bæk Heilmann has received a grant to read his master’s degree in Contemporary China Studies at Renmin University in Beijing, China.
Trine Jul Larsen has received a grant to read a Master of Public Health in Norway’s Arctic University of Tromsø.
Ivalo & Minik Fonden will of course continue to provide grants. Next deadline is 1 October 2015. The Board looks forward to receive many good applications.