Legacy of € 600,000 for pedagogical and educational research
Riet van Tellingen-‘t Hooft, a former UvA psychology student who passed away in February last year, has left a sum of € 600,000 to a UvA fund that will enable pedagogues and educational scientists to conduct research, as she stipulated during her lifetime.
In the coming years, (novice) researchers will be able to submit proposals for a share of the research funds. “I’ve never seen anything like this before,” says Geertjan Overbeek, director of the Research Institute Child Development and Education at the UvA. “Scientific spending is under pressure, partly because funding opportunities are becoming increasingly limited. This legacy will enable us to start new, relevant research.”
Van Tellingen – ‘t Hooft specifically designated the Boer and ‘t Hooft Family Fund for research projects in the field of education and upbringing, with the aim of equipping young people as well as possible for their place in society. The relevance of the research projects to current practice in education and upbringing is paramount. Her mother’s surname, “Boer”, was also included in the name of the fund.
Every year € 100,000
Riet van Tellingen studied psychology at the UvA and had fond memories of her time there. She also had a keen interest in science and therefore established a research fund during her lifetime. From 2018 onwards, she made an annual donation of 10,000 euros to the fund. Last year, after her death, she also left € 600,000 to the fund.
The intention is that €100,000 will be made available each year from the fund, which is managed by the Amsterdam University Fund: €70,000 is earmarked for research in pedagogical and educational sciences, and the remaining €30,000 is intended for so-called “impact boosters”, smaller studies or projects that bring science directly into practice. Researchers in educational sciences can submit research proposals each year, after which an advisory committee will decide which proposals will be awarded funding.
