About the Fund ****************************************************************************************** * Our mission and goals ****************************************************************************************** We support excellence, resilience, and mental health in the academic environment. We contribute to making Charles University both a prestigious center of education and scie where students and academics find support in their professional and personal development. Development of Cutting-Edge Science We provide financial support to talented students, young scientists, researchers, and acad can develop their potential, participate in prestigious international conferences, or carr research. We support activities that contribute to the high standard of teaching and resea University. Support for Mental Resilience At the same time, we understand that a university is not only a place of study and researc community of people who share values of education, cooperation, and mutual support—and who things become overwhelming. That’s why we care about mental health and psychological resil projects focused on the well-being of students and academic staff, as well as programs tha stress and the challenges of today’s world. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone can feel stable and sufficiently suppo We also enable alumni and supporters of Charles University to contribute to the university and prestige through partnerships or donations. ****************************************************************************************** * Structure and governing bodies ****************************************************************************************** The governing bodies of the Charles University Endowment Fund (NF UK) are the Board of Tru Supervisory Board. The Board of Trustees currently has five members. It approves proposals calls and decides on the allocation of contributions. The supervisory body of the Endowmen Supervisory Board, which consists of three members from the Academic Senate of Charles Uni university leadership, and operates in accordance with the founding charter of the NF UK. operations of the Endowment Fund are managed by a team led by Director Tomáš Vokáč. ****************************************************************************************** * Open Sub-Funds ****************************************************************************************** Currently, three sub-funds are open within the Charles University Endowment Fund: • The Resilience Fund • The Memorial Fund of Dr. Lenka Hlávková • The Memorial Fund of Dr. Jan Dlask The Resilience Fund focuses on strengthening the resilience, sense of belonging, and menta students, academics, and university staff. The Memorial Fund of Dr. Lenka Hlávková supports students of musicology and students who a events in their families. The Memorial Fund of Dr. Jan Dlask supports the academic development of students of Finnis Scandinavian studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, and the advancement of th Czech Republic. ****************************************************************************************** * How You Can Support Us ****************************************************************************************** The Endowment Fund welcomes financial support from individuals, companies, and institution be made via transparent bank accounts or through the Darujme platform, which allows for ea contributions using a payment card or Google Pay. All relevant information can be found in the “I Want to Contribute” section. We value every donation and thank you for your support. ****************************************************************************************** * Origins and History ****************************************************************************************** The Charles University Endowment Fund was established at the end of 2020 with the vision o the financial foundation for the university’s key activities. Since its inception, it has involved in the development of the academic environment and supports projects that contrib in education and research—primarily through grant calls. A list of current and past calls for proposals can be found here on the website. To date, the fund has supported 36 projects with a total value of CZK 1,247,110, focusing students, students affected by the war in Ukraine, and support for students during the pan At the end of 2023, a fundraising campaign was launched to aid those affected by the Decem the Faculty of Arts of Charles University. Thanks to the generosity of donors, more than C raised. The Endowment Fund is distributing these funds among three groups of recipients. T support is currently underway. ****************************************************************************************** * Key documents ****************************************************************************************** Founding Charter [ URL "https://nf.cuni.cz/NFN-22-version1-zakladatelska_listina_nf_uk.pdf Statute of the Charles University Endowment Fund [ URL "https://nf.cuni.cz/NFN-22-version1 statut_nf_uk_na_web_bez_podpisu.pdf"]