Maria Bojesen Fonden - Maria Bojesen Foundation

Maria Bojesen Foundation grant

You will receive a one-off financial grant designed to help you overcome financial difficulties if you are, or have been, a teacher. You can use this money to deal with financial or housing problems, or to fund retraining for a different profession. Individual grants amount to approximately 10,000 EUR, although the exact amount varies as the foundation allocates a fixed annual total across all recipients. The Maria Bojesen Foundation is a Danish charity administered by the Ingrid Jespersen Upper Secondary School in Copenhagen. It is named after the teacher Maria Bojesen (1807–1898), a pioneer of women’s education in Denmark.

Who can apply

• Profession: You work, or have worked, as a teacher.
• Financial need: You are experiencing financial difficulties, for example because you have lost your job, are ill or have run into difficulties for personal reasons.
• Students: In special cases, teacher-training students can get help to finish their studies.
• Who applies: Only individuals may apply; organisations are not eligible.
• Field of study: The funding is linked to the teaching profession, not to a specific subject.
• Nationality: All nationalities can apply.

How to apply

Please send a written application by post to the Foundation at the Ingrid Jespersens Gymnasieskole in Copenhagen. Please enclose a brief cover letter explaining your circumstances, as well as a copy of your tax assessment notice from last year as proof of your financial circumstances. The deadlines are 1 May and 1 November. The grants are usually paid out in June and December.