The Lanckoroński Foundation is a Swiss-based charitable organisation with offices in Vienna

Vienna

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 and London

London

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 providing assistance to Polish causes, mainly in the cultural sphere.

The Foundation offers three scholarships to Polish students admitted to the Bruges

Bruges

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 campus of the College of Europe

College of Europe

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. Scholarships are granted after the selection interviews with the Polish selection committee (see http://www.coleurop.be/template.asp?pagename=admisscholar).

The Foundation was established in 1967 by the late Countess Karolina Lanckorońska

Countess Karolina Lanckoronska

Countess Karolina Maria Adelajda Franciszka Ksawera Małgorzata Edina Lanckorońska was a Polish World War II resistance fighter, historian and art historian.-Life:...

, a World War II

World War II

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 resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor from an ancient, noble, ethnic Polish family (see http://www.polishnews.com/text/book_review/karolina_lanckoronska.html).

The current (as of 2006) President of the Board of the
Lanckoroński Foundation is Zygmunt Jan Ansgary Tyszkiewicz (CMG

Order of St Michael and St George

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) of Cambridge

Cambridge

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, England

England

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