mission

The foundation’s core mission is to expand opportunities for students in Kosovo to pursue STEM education and research, both locally and internationally. This mission is advanced through funding and initiatives across five key areas:


  • Scholarships: Providing financial aid for students attending educational initiatives outside of Kosovo.
  • Support for academic travel: Funding travel for exceptional students to participate in interviews, internships, or academic programs abroad.
  • STEM educator engagement: Sponsoring visits to Kosovo by specialized educators and organizing conferences to promote collaboration and knowledge exchange.
  • Educational resources: Donating essential equipment, such as computers, lab apparatus, and scientific tools, to strengthen STEM learning environments in Kosovo.
  • Environmental Neuroscience Research (ENRI): Supporting original research through the Environmental Neuroscience Research Incubator (ENRI), which investigates how environmental stressors impact brain health. ENRI engages youth in hands-on research, builds local research capacity, and fosters global scientific partnerships.


The Xheladin & Xhufe Morina foundation grew out of BrainCamp Kosovo, a project initiated by Egzona Morina, a doctoral student in neuroscience at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London. BrainCamp Kosovo was a week-long course, held in April 2018, where Ph.D students from UCL taught neuroscience to ATOMI students in Prishtina, Kosovo. Established in 2011, ATOMI is an organization that identifies and supports children with extraordinary intelligence  (IQ 140 and above, 99.6 percentile rank – top 0.4% of the population). Struck by the raw intelligence of the ATOMI students, but saddened by the lack of opportunities afforded to this talented group of young people, Egzona founded this charity with the hope that these students could pursue education and careers in STEM outside of Kosovo.

Kosovo has the youngest population of any country in Europe, and thus the most opportunity for growth and future success. This success however, is reliant on the education of its young population. It is our hope that students supported by the Xheladin & Xhufe Morina foundation will not only become successful individuals but will return to Kosovo and contribute to the education of future generations. Allowing the enormous potential of this young country to be realized.