Published 13.1.2022

The 2022 application period for grants from the Sakari Alhopuro Foundation is 1–28 February. Grants will be awarded to research that advances medical science and multidisciplinary environmental studies, biodiversity and environmental protection.

The Foundation wishes to support postdoctoral researchers’ opportunities to continue to pursue high-level research, so applicants are required to have earned a doctoral degree in medicine or the natural sciences.

The application shall be submitted through the Foundation’s online grant application service. Simply log in using the link found on the Foundation’s website. The application criteria and detailed instructions can be found on the website as well.

Researchers can apply for project grants, personal research work grants or both at the same time. The total sum of the applied funding can be a maximum of EUR 60,000.

As part of the process of assessing research projects, focus will be placed on the research topic and plan, as well as on previous research and the researcher’s possibilities to carry out the research.

Grant applicants will be informed about the decision by e-mail. The names of the grant recipients will be published on the Foundation’s website at www.sakarialhopuronsaatio.fi no later than 31 May 2022.

 

Further information:              
Carita Rantanen, Managing Director
carita.rantanen(at)sakarialhopuronsaatio.fi

 

The purpose of the Sakari Alhopuro Foundation is to support and promote high-quality medical research, biodiversity, entrepreneurship as well as cultural and social well-being in Finland.