Apkarian Foundation

Dedicated to advancing law and science in Armenian society.

Founded 2017

Supported Projects

  • Fellowships. Armenian International Physical Society (AIPS) fellowships; Department of Physics, Yerevan State University (YSU); (ongoing; 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.

  • Fees. The Hague Academy of International Law Summer Course on Private International Law (The Hague, Netherlands; 2025).
  • Partial Scholarship; LLM program in Human Rights Advocacy; Nova School of Law and the University Network for Human Rights) (Lisbon; 2025-26).
  • Program support and scholarships. LLM program at YSU (2025).
  • Tuition. RAU PhD student (and practicing attorney) attending European Law Student Association Course in Business Law (Bulgaria, 2025).
  • 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 support. Armenia Jessup Team 2026; Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court competition (Washington, D.C., 2026).
  • Participation 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

  • Fees. Law student participation in the Future We Want Model United Nations College and University Conference (New York, NY; 2026).
  • Participation support. Jessup Team 2026 representing the Republic of Armenia in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court competition (Washington, D.C.; 2026).
  • Fees. International Arbitration training program; Resolve Academy (remote; 2026).
  • Participation support. PhD student at RAU; conference in business law; European Law Student Association. (Bulgaria; 2025).
  • 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 (2021).
  • Internships for students from the Institute of Law and Politics at the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (RAU).
  • Publication support. Maghakyan, Simon, 2026; Sovereign Heritage Crime: Security, Autocracy, And the Material Past, Elements In Critical Heritage Series, Cambridge University Press.

    link to Book

  • 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