The Stud Fund
The objective of Stud Fund is stimulating innovative ideas from local students. We are looking for ideas that will make our world a better place, by scoring high on either sustainability, innovation and/or social importance.
What is the Stud Fund?
Sustainability
Nowadays, sustainability is an important key to making the world a better place. Does your idea have a sustainable impact on the world. Then you are welcome to apply.
Innovation
Innovation is highly valued at the Stud Fund.
Does your idea break new ground and have the potential to disrupt existing norms?
The Stud Fund looks forward to receiving your application!
Social Importance
Do you have an idea that could have a positive impact on the local community or is of social importance? STUD Fund would love to support your plan.
Recent projects funded by us
Formula Student Team Delft and Our Autonomous System: Thanks to STUD, Reaching the Top!
FS Team Delft, consisting of 90 students, designs and builds an electric race car every year. Thanks to the support of STUD, we have made great strides in the development of our autonomous system. Our DUT24 runs fully electric: four wheels powered by high-performance motors, fueled by a battery pack at the rear. Despite the weight of the battery, the car weighs only 180 kilos, including the driver, resulting in extreme agility. In 2023, the team broke a world record in Hungary!
But what happens if you take the driver out? The DUT24 can drive itself thanks to our advanced autonomous system. This system uses LiDAR sensors to “see” its surroundings and combines state estimation, path planning, and real-time data analysis into a powerful software architecture. Everything is developed in-house for optimal performance.
At Formula Student Germany 2024, DUT24 completed the acceleration test autonomously in an impressive 5.85 seconds, earning a spot in the top 10. This achievement contributed to securing fourth place overall in the world’s largest and most competitive Engineering Design competition.
STUD made this possible, and thanks to their support, our team continues to grow. Stay updated via our Instagram: @fsteamdelft!
Thanks to the valuable support of Stud this year, we became the world’s first team to successfully develop a lane-switching system for the Hyperloop. This system allows the pod to smoothly transition between tracks, significantly boosting the flexibility and efficiency of this transportation network. A key highlight is the functional lane switch, composed of straight sections for cruising and braking, as well as a curved segment that enables switching. We designed a pod that is much better suited for large-scale production, thus marking a significant step towards the implementation of a hyperloop network.
With this design, we participated in the European Hyperloop Week in Zurich, and won the awards for technical scalability, infrastructure, and thermal management. Looking ahead, we will continue to scale up by developing new innovations, driving forward our mission to provide a sustainable and time-efficient alternative to short-haul flights, and reshaping global city connections.
Emergent Swarm Solutions is a Delft-based startup dedicated to revolutionizing swarming systems for various use-cases, such as search and rescue, forestry and reconnaissance. We develop highly intelligent swarming capabilities powered by decentralized algorithms, to tackle real-world challenges in denied and cluttered environments. Our drone autonomy stack is based on proprietary collision avoidance, navigation and localisation algorithms to allow fully autonomous flight through any terrain. With this technology we will be able to rapidly explore any environment and deliver detailed situational awareness. Many thanks to the STUD Fund for funding our development and increasing our simulation speed by 10x. Keep a close eye on our LinkedIn page www.linkedin.com/company/emergentswarmsolutions/ for updates and vacancies!
How does the Stud Fund work?
Here you see the roadmap for a fund request
Request
When you fill in the fund request, it will be discussed in the monthly meeting.
Contract
After your request is discussed you will receive a follow-up with an invitation to sign the contract at our office.
Return
After the contract has been signed we will receive photos and text from you to show what STUD has enabled within your project.
Invoice
As soon as the money has been spent, you can send your invoice to STUD. We will process it and the process has been completed
Fill in your information
Before you will apply, please check if your idea meets the criteria below. Firstly, fill in the application form which you can upload below. Both Dutch or English writing is fine.
- How many (TU) students are reached by contributing to this project?
- To what extent is Stud Fund necessary for the execution of the project?
- What is the duration of the project?
- Is it an one-off initiative or is the investment lasting for a longer period of time?
- Stud's logo must be shown on promotion materials of the supported project Stud Fund only supports one-off contributions.
- Stud Fund does not commit to long-term contracts
- Stud Fund does not support personal costs, for example, (flight) tickets, acommodation, food, etc.
- Stud Fund only grants amounts to legal persons, not to natural persons
- Responsibility of the organisation and execution of the project is yours
- In order to pay the granted amount, Stud Fund needs proof of payment/receipts on what the sponsored money is spent
- The applicants may not receive study credits for the project
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