The Bergþóra Magnúsdóttir and Jakob Júlíus Bjarnason Memorial Fund - Grant application

-Automatic translation

The couple Bergþóra Magnúsdóttir and Jakob Júlíus Bjarnason made a will in 1932, stating that after their deaths, they would donate all their belonging to a memorial fund. The Bergþóra and Jakob Memorial Fund is a non-profit organisation/fund that operates according to a confirmed charter (Icelandic).

The fund aims to strengthen quality and scientific work in the Icelandic health service. Quality in healthcare means that healthcare services are safe, well-timed, efficient, non-discriminatory, user-centred and effective. Grants from the Memorial Fund can be allocated to well-defined quality projects or for scientific research, which the Ethics Committee has approved. When granting money from the fund, cancer research shall be a priority.

The board of the Memorial Fund consists of three individuals: the Medical Director of Health, the University of Iceland Faculty of Medicine President and the Icelandic Health Insurance Director.