- The foundation supports research in economics and technical sciences and the dissemination of research results.
- Awarded grants: working grants, travel grants, grants for research costs and project costs.
- Deadline 30.1.2026
- Major Cultural projects
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- The foundation funds ambitious, breakthrough-oriented projects with social, scientific, cultural, and/or artistic significance.
- Funding is intended for a two-year period.
- Funding is intended for broad, integrated initiatives rather than individual work.
- Deadline 31.1.2026
- The fund promotes the studies and scientific qualification of Finnish women.
- Scholarships are awarded to Finnish citizens pursuing a doctoral degree or a degree from an upper secondary vocational school. Students pursuing a doctoral degree can apply for work or travel scholarships.
- Deadline 31.1.2026
The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
- Awards grants for all academic fields except mathematics, physics, astronomy, and chemistry.
- Deadline 31.1.2026
- Awards are intended for post-doctoral research abroad (6–24 months).
- Spring application round deadline 31.1.2026, autumn application round deadline 15.9.2026
OP Financial Group Research Foundation
- The foundation awards grants intended for economic research and postgraduate studies. Research into cooperative banking and the financial sector on a more extensive basis is given priority.
- Deadline 3.2.2026
The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Regional Funds
- The Pirkanmaa Regional Fund awards grants for artistic work, scientific postgraduate studies and research, various cultural undertakings, and local culture projects.
- Deadline 6.2.2026
Dr h.c. Marcus Wallenberg’s Foundation
- The foundation awards grants to high-quality scientific research. Importance is placed on the fact that the research area is within business administration or is otherwise central from a management perspective. The Foundation may also grant support for researchers’ participation in international conferences and the organisation of international symposiums and international guest lecturers in Finland within the area of business administration.
- Personal grants, dl 9.2.2026
- Application period for research projects: May-June 2026
Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion
- The foundation supports education and research in the field of technology in Finland.
- The foundation awards grants for basic degree students, postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers
- Deadline 12.2.2026
- The foundation offers grants as a rule to Finnish-speaking researchers only. For applicants, whose native language is not Finnish, it is possible in exceptional circumstances to grant an award if the applicant is working in what is effectively a Finnish-speaking research community (a Finnish-speaking university or research institute) and is well integrated into it.
- An application form is available only in Finnish.
- Deadline 15.2.2026
- Funds working life research and development.
- Research project grants, deadlines: February (16.2.2026) and September 2026
- Personal grants for PhD student, postdoc, research visit deadlines: January, May, and October 2026
- Development and travel grants: continuous call
- Please note, that the grant applications must be written in Finnish or in Swedish.
The Foundation for Municipal Development (KAKS)
- The foundation allocates funding for research projects on municipalities as well as grants for researchers in the field. Applications are not restricted to a particular field of study or discipline.
- Please note: The research aim must be in Finnish, other documents can be in English.
- Application periods: February (dl 28.2.2026), August 2026
Ella ja Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation
- The foundation awards grants primarily to young postdoctoral researchers and for completion of doctoral theses for doctoral candidates.
- Grants will not be awarded to medical, health or technical sciences, mathematics, physics and chemistry.
- Deadline 28.2.2026
The Sakari Alhopuro Foundation
- Grants are awarded to research in medical science and related fields, environmental research as well as research that advances biodiversity and environmental protection.
- The research can be multidisciplinary.
- Researchers with doctoral degrees may apply for grants.
- Deadline 28.2.2026
The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland
- Working Grants
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- Doctoral students, PhD’s and associate professors (docent) can apply for a scholarship.
- Researchers in all fields of humanities and social sciences can apply for a working grant.
- The research plan must relate to Swedish in Finland, either entirely or in the form of comparative research in which Swedish in Finland is an important part of the study.
- Research results can be published in Swedish and other languages. There are no restrictions on the researcher’s nationality, language, or place of residence.
- Deadline 28.2.2026
- Project funding
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- Grants funding for a number of research projects in the humanities and social sciences that concern the Swedish language and the Swedish cultural heritage in Finland and are based at a Finnish university.
- Deadline 31.3.2026
Migration Institute of Finland
· Supports Finnish migration research and documentation.
· Individual grants from the funds will average between €500 and €1,000.
· Deadline 28.2.2026.
The Foundation for the Advancement of Finnish Securities Markets
- Supports and promotes a wide range of securities saving, the development of the securities market and the formation of risk capital for Finnish business through the securities market.
- Awards grants and recognition awards for research and publishing activities related to securities saving and the development of the securities market, as well as related study trips.
- Funded projects are typically related to the fields of finance, economics and corporate and tax law.
- Deadline: 28.2.2026
Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion
- In accordance with its grant policy, the Foundation directs grants to research areas that are essential for its operations. These include ownership, financial literacy, investor behaviour, owner taxation and taxation in capital markets, capital market regulation and international comparisons in these themes.
- Deadline31.3.2026
Researchers Abroad (Tutkijat maailmalle)
- The program provides grants for research in technology and economics abroad. The purpose of the program is to support ambitious technology or economics researchers to conduct research at a high-level foreign university or research institute. Applicants must have at least a master’s degree, but the grant may also be suitable for an early postdoc. Researchers working in companies can also apply for a grant.
- Deadline 17.4.2026
PoDoCo – Post Docs in Companies
- Aimed for doctors who have recently completed or will soon complete their doctoral degree. There are no limitations regarding the branch of science or branch of industry.
- For a PoDoCo researcher the program offers a research period followed by a targeted research period lasting all together 1-2 years. PoDoCo foundation pool offers research grants for the research period. After the research period the company hires the Post doc to deepen the research results and to create company specific insight.
- Deadlines 15.4.2026 and 31.10.2026
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
- Grants can be applied for doctoral thesis work, post-doctoral research and other research. In addition, it is possible to apply for a homing grant which is research funding for a person returning to Finland after post-doctoral research abroad, intended to the establishment of a research group of one’s own. Research groups can apply for part-funding of their research projects. Grants may also be applied for other activities that further research or the appreciation and impact of science in the society.
- Grants are awarded broadly to different fields of science to both basic and applied research.
- Deadline May 2026
- The foundation promotes Finnish research in economics and medicine.
- In the May Application Period, applications are accepted for grants for first- and second-year doctoral studies in economics. Only the applicants appointed by their University’s Departments of Economics are eligible to apply for a grant. Deadline 15.5.2026
- In the September Application Period, applications are accepted for grants for research in economics, medicine and health economics. Deadline 30.9.2026
- Grants for postdoctoral research work outside Finland are intended for doctoral graduates no more than 35 years of age.
- The Foundation serves as the main source of funding for an average of one year’s work at a university or research institute outside Finland.
- Deadline 15.6.2026
Foundations which have continuous call:
The University of Tampere Foundation, continuous call
- Grants for doctoral researchers’ conference travel
Industrial Research Fund at Tampere University of Technology, continuous call
- Grants for Master’s thesis and doctoral dissertations.
The Ami Foundation, continuous call for projects
- The Ami Foundation examines the changing competence needs and structures within the labour market, from the perspectives of people, organisations, and the society as a whole. The support people and organisations in the fields of education and development to understand and resolve challenges in the future development and labour markets of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.
- Project grants: continuous call
- Personal grants: deadline 30.1.2026
Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, continuous call
- Promotes top-level research, especially in the fields of medicine, technology and economics.
- Awards grants for internationally significant scientific research with breakthrough potential and for art and culture that has the potential to meet demanding international criteria. Also selectively awards grants among other things for projects relating to higher education, sports and third sector activities.
- As a general rule, working groups and organisations and their consortia can apply the funding.
- Awards grants in open competition across a wide range of areas within science, education & outreach, sustainability, innovation as well as social & humanitarian initiatives.
- Please, see open and upcoming calls
