Bakala Foundation

[7] The scholarship can cover their expenses including tuition, accommodation and living costs, with the exact amount depending on a range of factors.

[11] The inaugural competition was won by Ondřej Michálek, a graduate of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.

[13] The winner in the competition’s second year was Petra Ross, a graduate from the Faculty of Arts and Architecture of the Technical University in Liberec.

The 2016 jury of experts comprised M. Arch, Melodie Leung from Zaha Hadid’s studio, Mr. Deyan Sudjic OBE, director of the Design Museum in London, and the project’s guarantor, doc.

[15] Achilles Data is a three-month course of investigative journalism designed for students and media graduates from the Czech Republic.

[18] The Bakalas have supported a number of nonprofit organisations in the Czech Republic and abroad, such as The Aspen Institute Central Europe, Václav Havel Library, the Centre for Contemporary Art DOX in Prague and London's Design Museum.