Wannes Vanoyenbrugge & Elke Ausloos

Fellow student-researchers, we are incredibly excited to preside over LVSO together. And with good reason – there are so many thrilling projects currently starting within LVSO! Last year, we started a travel grant to support student-researchers wishing to pursue an internship abroad in a top university. In the first summer of our presidency, we sent our first four students abroad, which was an historic moment for our society which turns 25 years old in 2026.

When assembling our board, we invested heavily in the growth of our new grant project, and set up the new positions of Grant Developer and Grant Fundraiser. Stay tuned for our charity concert!

Last year, we also renewed LVSO’s focus on community building. Student-researchers are so passionate and talented, and we did everything to provide a new platform for meaningful connection: plenty of summer activities, workshops, talks, completely rebuilding our website and social media presence, and finally launching free membership and certificate. This year, we continue our efforts by launching an alumni platform, both for LVSO board members, LVSO internationals and LVSO grantees.

A natural consequence of our connection campaign was the enthusiasm of student-researchers to join the LVSO board, and we welcomed them with open arms, resulting in the largest LVSO board ever! We are so happy with our team, and so proud of all the initiatives they are taking. Follow our social media to stay up to date on their endeavours!