{"id":37532,"date":"2025-10-05T11:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T06:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37532"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T06:28:49","slug":"mnu-students-learn-about-national-geographic-grant-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/mnu-students-learn-about-national-geographic-grant-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"MNU Students Learn About National Geographic Grant Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Maqsut Narikbayev University hosted a lecture by Yannick Kuehl, Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Region at National Geographic Society. He spoke about the opportunities available for young researchers to obtain National Geographic grants.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">During his presentation, <strong>Yannick Kuehl<\/strong>&nbsp;outlined the history and mission of the international organisation. <strong>National Geographic Society<\/strong>&nbsp;is dedicated to preserving ecosystems and supporting research initiatives in the fields of nature, culture, and sustainable development. In recent years, the organisation has implemented more than 15,000 projects across 83 countries, producing scientific articles in multiple languages and unique photographic materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Yannick Kuehl<\/strong>\u00a0emphasised that projects submitted for grant consideration must be relevant and make a meaningful contribution to the chosen field of study. He also answered students\u2019 questions during the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"37510\" src=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-8-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-8-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-8-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-8-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-8-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-8-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"37513\" src=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-25-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-25-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-25-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-25-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-25-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-25-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"37516\" src=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-23-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-23-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-23-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-23-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-23-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/02.10-lekcziya-national-geographic-23-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37521,"template":"","news-cat":[],"news_tag":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MNU Students Learn About National Geographic Grant Opportunities - MNU<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/mnu-students-learn-about-national-geographic-grant-opportunities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MNU Students Learn About National Geographic Grant Opportunities - MNU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maqsut Narikbayev University hosted a lecture by Yannick Kuehl, Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Region at National Geographic Society. 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