The Children’s Rights Research Fund supports research and projects that help to improve the daily lives of children around the world and that focus on working directly with, rather than on children, making sure that children’s voices are heard.
The Children’s Rights Research Fund raises funds for academic research on children’s rights and related educational projects. Although we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child some years ago, children’s rights are grossly violated on a daily basis and on a global scale. UNICEF director Anthony Lake argued that in 2014 ‘[c]hildren have been killed while studying in the classroom and while sleeping in their beds; they have been orphaned, kidnapped, tortured, recruited, raped and even sold as slaves. Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality’ (2014).
The Children’s Rights Research Fund mainly focuses on supporting educational and research projects within Maastricht University that:
Proposals can be submitted once a year. The maximum amounts are €5.000 (research project) or €2.500 (educational project). Applicants should make very clear that they do not have access to the financial means in another way. If you would like to receive more information or make an application, please send an e-mail to: marieke.hopman@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
All proposals that meet the requirements mentioned above, will be reviewed by an advisory committee. The members of this committee are:
Would you like to support the Children’s Rights Research Fund, part of the University Fund Limburg (ANBI), in its mission?
We would greatly appreciate your support. You can easily contribute via the donate button below or by transferring your donation to the bank account of the University Fund Limburg:
IBAN: NL21 INGB 0653 6632 42
for the attention of the Children’s Rights Research Fund
