EFL Foundation

Van Eesteren-Fluck & Van Lohuizen Stichting

Funding for international projects that develop and promote urban planning, urban design, and landscape architecture

The Van Eesteren-Fluck & Van Lohuizen (EFL) Foundation aims to develop and promote urban planning, and landscape architecture in the spirit of architect-urban planner Prof. Cornelis van Eesteren and his colleague and kindred spirit, urban planner Prof. Ir. Theodoor Karel van Lohuizen. The connection between knowledge, design, and policy is central to this mission. To achieve this, the Foundation grants subsidies to research projects, individual study trips (for master’s students), publications, and events such as debates, symposia, workshops, and exhibitions.

Mobility to or from

The Netherlands

The Caribbean part of the Kingdom (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten

Destination

Worldwide

Aruba

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

Curaçao

Discipline(s)

Architecture

Design

Who can apply

Individuals

Organisations

Professionals from the Netherlands or the Caribean part of the Kingdom (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten en Saba)working in the field of urban planning, urban design, and/or landscape architecture who wish to carry out a project such as a research, a publication, or an event (debate, symposium, workshop and exhibition) that develop and promote their working field;
Master students from the Netherlands or the Caribean part of the Kingdom (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten en Saba)in the field of urban planning, urban design or landscape architecture who wish to undertake an individual study trip.

For what

Project

Research

Travel

How much

Project grants: a maximum of €12,500.
Travel costs: a maximum of €1,500.

For individual study trips only the travel costs can be covered.

Requirements

Applications must:

Align with the objectives and scope of the foundation's field of work;
Meet at least one but preferably more of the following conditions:
- an innovative character
- serving as an example
- societal relevance.
- visible in the professional domain
- flling a knowledge gap
- advancing the debate on the design of the Netherlands
Preferably engage a broad audience, for example through presentations, discussions, exhibitions, etc;
Be accompanied by a structured project plan, a budget for the entire project, and a CV of the project leader;
In case of a publication, be requested by the publisher and accompanied by a synopsis, a budget, and a CV of the author(s);
In case of study trips, be accompanied by a letter from the supervisor of the graduation project, or the internship supervisor of both the educational institution and the institution where the internship is undertaken. Only travel costs, and not costs for living expenses and accommodation, are eligible for subsidy. Within Europe, the Foundation prefers travel by train where possible, even if it is more expensive than flying.

When to apply

Before a specific deadline

Upcoming deadline(s)

13 Nov 2025