Introduction
In 1989, Dr. Karel Neys founded the Stichting Neys-van Hoogstraten Fonds, known in English as the Neys-van Hoogstraten Foundation, named in honour of his parents. When Karel Neys passed away on March 3rd 1992, he bequeathed his fortune to the Foundation. Since 1993, the Neys-van Hoogstraten Foundation has supported about 35 research projects in Asia. In 2002, the NHF started with a Fellowship programme entitled Fellowships for MSc Research in Asia.
The main objective of the NHF is to support and stimulate socio-economic research in the field of household budgets and family nutrition in Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries.