{"id":56014,"date":"2024-03-05T17:45:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T17:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assistscholars.wpenginepowered.com\/staff\/karolina-jirelova\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T11:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:21:09","slug":"denisa-makova","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/www.assistscholars.org\/en\/staff\/denisa-makova\/","title":{"rendered":"Denisa Makov\u00e1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ASSIST Scholars and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.org.uk\/about-us\/hmc-projects\/student-scholarships\/reduced-fee-scholarships\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">HMC Projects<\/a>&nbsp;are thrilled to welcome Denisa Makov\u00e1 as our new shared Program Coordinator for the Czech Republic! Denisa comes to us through our Czech partner organization, The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakalafoundation.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bakala Foundation<\/a>, which was established in 2007 to support young talented people on their way to quality education through scholarships and programs that promote freedom, democracy, human rights, and independent journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denisa has an MA degree in Public and Social Policy Studies from Charles University and has extensive experience with coordinating scholarship programs, namely working for the Czech NGO Romea&nbsp;coordinating a scholarship program for students from socially disadvantaged&nbsp;families from 2016 until 2018 and on a similar project for the Albatros Foundation since 2021. In addition to her NGO work, Denisa has worked as a Resident Assistant for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/prague.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"blc-broken-link\" data-blc-broken=\"1\">NYU Prague<\/a>. 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