Since its establishment in 2011, the Fondation Zdenek et Michaela Bakala Geneva has supported various initiatives related to education and human rights. Its primary goal has always been to support students studying in Switzerland and in the Czech Republic in their pursuit of top-quality higher education outside of their native and living environment, as well as to endorse projects related to the above mentioned fields.
In november 2012 the Fondation Zdenek et Michaela Bakala Geneva launched its Swiss Scholarship Program. The scholarship seeks to suppport students studying at Swiss universities including the University of Geneva (UNIGE), University of Lausanne (UNIL) and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in their quest for a higher education at top ranked universities, mainly in the US and UK.
The foundation’s scholarship program exists to help talented and motivated individuals to reach their full potential by giving them the financial support they need to pursue a first-class education abroad. An exceptional academic experience gave Zdeněk Bakala the skills he needed to make his own success happen; our scholarship program provides gifted, ambitious young people the same opportunity.