The Excellence Fund focuses on attracting top international scientists in five key areas of knowledge: Healthcare, Energy Transition, Digital Society, Climate, and Urbanisation & Mobility. These scientists stimulate the entire ecosystem through better research, education, and international positioning, which leads to greater appeal to students, business partners and financing. To achieve this, Founders, alumni, and friends of TU Delft support the fund with annual contributions. The Fund has now grown to 70 Founders, which has contributed to the arrival of eight professors and greater impact on society and economic development.
Studying at TU Delft has brought us a lot – a university of which we are still very proud. The Excellence Fund is a great way to give something back to TU Delft. The aim of the Fund is clear and ambitious. It nicely brings together the potential of TU Delft and the power of these kinds of private initiatives.
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Chris de Ruyter van Steveninck and Marlene Sybrandy
TU Delft has a new, entrepreneurial drive to reach the top. The Excellence Fund supports this and as an alumnus I am eager to contribute to ambitious Delft based initiative.
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Brian Joseph
TU Delft gave me the possibility to start my own company after my master’s degree, for which I am very grateful. Besides, I believe in the power of collaboration and the high added value of strong Dutch technical universities.
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Frederik Gerner
Attract top scientists
The first focus of the Excellence Fund is to attract top international scientists and to help accelerate high potentials. Together they form a driving force in strengthening the TU Delft ecosystem. The TU Delft Excellence Fund focuses on alumni and friends of TU Delft who may consider a donation of €25,000 or more. Donors (Founders) become members of the Delft Leaders Programme. This programme offers events and networking opportunities exclusively for Founders.
Parttime Professor of Decision Modeling, AI & Mobility Research. Reinforces TU Delft's international reputation in the field of interdisciplinary research in Decision Modeling, Machine Learning and Mobility & Transport, with a focus on travel behavior and self-driving cars.
Prof. Sebastian Geiger
Prominent role in the energy transition. Leading scientist in renewable geo-energy technology. Development of the GEoscience Twin for SubSurface Energy Lab (GETSS Energy lab) as a European center of expertise.
Since graduating from TU Delft I have worked on dozens of projects with students and I want to continue to support TU Delft to explore sustainable solutions and innovations that we can only dream of today
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Maikel Lobbezoo
Join the Delft Leaders Programme
As a Founder of the TU Delft Excellence Fund, you gain access to the wider Delft community. By obtaining and sharing high-quality knowledge, and connecting with scientists, start-ups, students and other alumni and friends of TU Delft, you become part of our ambitious and decisive community that makes the difference. You will receive the latest scientific insights from leading scientists and you will be introduced to ground-breaking start-ups. Of course, always in a small-scale, personal and exclusive setting that offers plenty of room for your personal interests and input.
Every year the Annual Founder Event of the TU Delft Excellence Fund takes place. During this special event we look at the excellence and impact we make together and there is of course time to catch up.
The TU Delft Excellence Fund and the Delft Leaders Programme focuses on TU Delft alumni and friends of TU Delft who want to contribute to the excellence strategy of TU Delft and who can consider a substantial donation. The initial focus is on donations of €100,000 (€20k per year for 5 years). However, every variant from € 25,000 (€ 5 k per year for 5 years) is negotiable. Together we support the TU Delft ecosystem based on the three pillars of Research, Education and Valorisation.
More information?
Would you like to know more about the TU Delft Excellence Fund and the donation options? Please contact Leonie Kalkman.
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