Grants from the Ida Kokkonen and Walter William Hill Memorial Student Fund to undergraduate students have been awarded at the University of Eastern Finland. The Committee of the Fund awarded grants to a total of 10 students in its meeting in May. Following the donor’s wishes, the grant is intended for undergraduate students who lack sufficient funds to support themselves fully while attending the university. The aim is to avoid the need for the student(s) to work part-time in the fields that do not support their studies.
The grants were applied for from 1 April to 29 April 2022, and a total of 23 students submitted applications by the deadline. Of these applicants, 7 are from or are currently living in Northern Savo, 3 from Southwest Finland or Satakunta and 13 from other parts of Finland. The Committee determined that the grant can be awarded to those with their first Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree not eligible to continue to Master’s.
As the grant aims to support the completion of studies, the Committee also determined that a maximum of one academic year studies (up to 60 credits) may be missing from the applicant’s degree. Based on these criteria, there was no need to differentiate between applicants according to their place of residence or domicile, but the grant could be awarded to all applicants meeting the criteria.
The donor hopes that the student who receives the grant will support the Fund in the form of a donation after graduation. In this way, the future of the Fund will be secured.
For more information, please contact:
Sari Rissanen, Chair of the Ida Kokkonen and Walter William Hill Memorial Student Fund, sari.rissanen@uef.fi, tel. +358 40 5943774
Outi Suorsa, Secretary of the Ida Kokkonen and Walter William Hill Memorial Student Fund, outi.suorsa@uef.fi, tel. + 358 50 375 2155