Fondation Vincent Merkle is a Fribourg-based family foundation focused on strengthening the Canton of Fribourg through targeted support for young talent, public-interest institutions, and health-related research. It tends to back university-level training for promising local students, as well as cultural, social, scientific, and public-health initiatives that benefit the region; it also has a clear interest in innovation and research capacity. The discovered grantees suggest a particular affinity for academic and scientific institutions with long-term impact, especially those linked to the University of Fribourg and applied research.
Regional, relationship-driven philanthropy with program-specific support; offers scholarships, research funding, and institutional grants, mostly for Fribourg-based beneficiaries. Applications appear to require a formal PDF dossier for the scholarship program, while research and institutional support are targeted and likely selective rather than open-ended. Support may be ongoing for aligned institutions, with emphasis on local relevance and utility.
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Prioritize Fribourg ties and clearly demonstrate public benefit. For scholarships, submit the required single PDF dossier for master’s, doctorate, or other post-bachelor training; bachelor studies are not funded. For research and institutional support, frame the project as health, scientific, cultural, social, or public-health work with strong local relevance to the Canton of Fribourg.
Current and upcoming funding from Fondation Vincent Merkle that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Public-interest institutions, mainly in Fribourg, working in cultural, social, public health, or scientific domains. No individual support to private persons except within the training program.
Who can apply: Domicile dans le Canton de Fribourg (ou avoir effectué la plus grande partie de la scolarité jusqu'à la maturité dans le Canton de Fribourg). Destiné à ceux souhaitant faire un master, un doctorat ou une autre étude supérieure (pas de financement pour l'obtention du bachelor). Doit avoir déjà obtenu le bachelor ou être sur le point de l'obtenir.
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