In 2009, the First Lady of Georgia, Sandra E. Roelofs initiated the Stan Storimans' Scholarship in order to pay respect to the Dutch journalist Stan Storimans who lost his life in Gori due to the Russian aggression in August 2008. By way of this, every year she gives the opportunity for Georgian journalists to receive a higher education degree, to receive professional training and to enhance their skills (www.storimansscholarship.ge).
Within the framework of this scholarship, as of September 1, 2009 one journalist was sent to a two year master's degree course at the Webster University in Leiden, The Netherlands.