The deadline for submitting your scholarship application is 15 January at 23:59 CET.  A scholarship application is submitted together with your LLM application. The entire application needs to be submitted before the deadline.

Trudie Vervoort-Jaarsma studied psychology at the UvA in the 1960s. Her parents were high-profile jurists in Surabaya in the former Dutch East Indies. The 2 funds established from her bequest commemorate her mother, a successful lawyer who amassed a substantial share of the family's wealth, and her own daughter, who also studied psychology at the UvA and who died at a young age. Believing travel to be vital in students' academic training, she designated the scholarship specifically for this purpose. (See also: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Jaarsma-Adolfs, text only available in Dutch, so please feel free to translate)

Candidates wishing to apply for the Mr. Julia Henriëtte Jaarsma-Adolfs Fund Scholarship must meet the following requirements:

• Have a non-Dutch nationality.
• Not be eligible for support under the Dutch system of study grants and loans (Studiefinanciering; for more information please refer to DUO.nl). The scholarship office should be notified as soon as possible throughout the academic year of any change in nationality, type of residence permit, and/or possible support via Studiefinanciering. 
• Apply to a Master's programme at the UvA for the first time. This scholarship will not be awarded to candidates who have already obtained a Master's degree at the UvA. If you have already obtained a Master’s degree at another university, you are welcome to apply.
• Be able to comply with Dutch visa regulations as indicated by the Dutch Immigration Service (IND).
• Enrol at the UvA as a full-time student for the academic year. This scholarship can only be awarded to applicants of:
  • International and European Law
  • Transnational and European Private Law
  • Law & Finance
  • International Criminal Law

Upload a letter of motivation (maximum 500 words) in which you explain the reasons for choosing the specific Master’s programme (broader context, relevance for future career) and the importance of receiving the scholarship.

• The degree on which your LLM admission will be based must have a GPA comparable to:
  • 4.0 (USA);
  • First class honours (UK);
  • 8,0 (Dutch EC-system, 10-point scale).

If you obtained a non-legal bachelor that gives admission to the LLM programme of your choice, we only include the law courses in the calculation of your GPA.

This scholarship will be awarded through a lottery system. The candidate will be randomly selected from the applicants who meet the requirements listed above.

A scholarship application is submitted as part of your LLM application. Submit your complete application before 15 January 23:59 CET.

1. On the ‘Scholarship’ tab of your LLM application, select that you wish to apply for a scholarship and select the scholarship(s) that you want to apply for. If you wish to apply for both the AMS and the Mr Julia Henriëtte Jaarsma-Adolfs Fund Scholarship, you can select both in your application.
2. On the ‘Additional documents’ tab you can upload your scholarship motivation letter. If you apply for both scholarships, you need to submit only one motivation letter.

If either of the abovementioned steps is missing, your scholarship application will be considered incomplete. Incomplete scholarship applications will not be taken into consideration.

You will be informed about the decision of the Selection Committee of the Amsterdam Law School by the end of May.