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Huge support to scientific researches by Fundacion MAPFRE

Fundacion MAPFRE continues to support academic and pro-
fessional researchers. The foundation organizes several grant
programs in this respect, and has begun to accept applica-
tions for Ignacio Hernando de Larramendi Research Grant
Program 2019.

315 thousand EUR to be granted in total for projects in the
areas of Health Promotion, and Insurance and Social Pro-
tection

“Ignacio Hernando de Larramendi Research Grant Pro-
gram”, which is organized to honor the first chairman of cusing on “The challenges of the 21st century: Insurance and
Fundacion MAPFRE, provides financial support for research Social Protection”.
projects in the areas of health promotion, and insurance and
social protection. In ‘Health Promotion Area’, research- The deadline for registration and submitting the documents
es who work on the following topics will receive up to 30 to apply for these grants, which sum up to 315 thousand USD
thousand EUR per research and 240 thousand EUR in total: in total, is 14 October, 2019.
“Strategies for habit change: prevention of obesity and pro-
motion of physical activity”, “Patient education”, “Physical Fundacion MAPFRE Ignacio Hernando de Larramendi Re-
injury assessment”, and “Health management: clinical qual- search Grant Program accepts applications from all around
ity and safety”. Researchers working in the ‘Insurance and the world. For detailed information on the program, you can
Social Protection Area’ will receive up to 15 thousand EUR visit www.fundacionmapfre.org/grants2019.
per research and 75 thousand EUR in total for projects fo-

Güneş Sigorta employees compete in Corporate Games

organization attracted a great deal of attention within the
company and 23 employees from the Head Office, Aegean
Regional Management, Central Anatolian Regional Manage-
ment, Kadıköy Regional Management, and Marmara Region-
al Management participated in the competition.

Hatıra Gözkaya, an employee working at the Head Office,
Department of Claims Logistic and Monitoring, ranked third
in Table Tennis Open Women’s Single; in addition to another
third rank she gained together with Recep Kamator, an em-
ployee at Güneş Sigorta’s Auto Claims Department, in the
category of Table Tennis Open Mixed Doubles.
The idea of Corporate Games was initially developed by Dr.
Maureen Johnston for the first time in the world. After Dr.
Johnston observed that a world-wide organization is required
where people from every age can gather to proudly represent
Güneş Sigorta adds new achievements to its former ones dur- their companies in a sports field of their choosing, the idea
ing the 17th Corporate Games İstanbul
of “World Corporate Games” was brought forward. Having
been organized for the first time in 1988, Corporate Games
Güneş Sigorta once again attended Corporate Games İs- are today held in many different countries.
tanbul, which was organized on 3,4 and 5 May 2019. The