Apkarian Foundation

Dedicated to advancing law and science in Armenian society.

Founded 2017

Supported Projects

  • Fellowships. Department of Physics; Yerevan State University (YSU); (2025 – )
  • Endowed scholarships at Akian College of Science and Engineering at the American University of Armenia (AUA).
  • Scholarships for veterans at AUA.
  • Research Fellowship. A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan State University Physics Institute.

  • Tuition and support. YSU doctoral student attending Summer Courses at the Hague Academy of International Law (2025).
  • Tuition and support. RAU doctoral student attending Winter Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law (2025).
  • Research scholarship at the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT); 2024 Scholarship and Research Programme (Rome, Italy).
  • Tuition. Master of Education at Harvard University (degree expected 2025)
  • Dissertation support for PhD in Heritage Crime at Cranfield University (UK), 2024. 
  • Fellowships and support for PhD students in the neurosciences at Yerevan State University in collaboration with the Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST).   
  • Tuition. Two-year Master of Law program at the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (RAU); (LL.M. degree 2025).
  • Tuition. One-year master's degree program at the International Tax Center at Leiden University (Netherlands). Degree granted 2019.

  • Participation and support. RAU Law Institute Moot Court team representing Republic of Armenia in the international rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court competition (Washington, D.C., 2025).
  • Exploring Opportunities for Improvement of International Peace and Security (XXIInd Congress of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War; Florence, Italy; 2022).

    link to ISMLLW

  • Human Rights and Accountability–a Path Forward for Nagorno-Karabakh (2nd Annual Conference of the Center for Truth and Justice; Yerevan, Armenia; 2023).

    link to cftj conference 2

  • Human Rights and Accountability–the Aftermath of War (Inaugural Conference of the Center for Truth and Justice; Yerevan, Armenia; 2022).

    link to cftj conference 1

  • Study of the Environmental Impact of Incendiary Munitions in Artsakh; National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Institute of Geological Sciences (NAS-RA-IGS).
  • Internships for students from the Institute of Law and Politics at the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (RAU).
  • Publication (Open Access) Support; Maghakyan, Simon (ed.), 2025 (forthcoming), Sovereign Heritage Crime: Security, Autocracy, And the Material Past, Cambridge Books Online.
  • Production support for Vic Gerami's 2022 documentary film Motherland about the genocidal attack on Artsakh in 2022.
  • link to Motherland trailer

  • Ongoing support for the Center for Truth and Justice—giving a voice to victims of human rights violations.

    link to cftjustice.org