Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion awarded over 800 000 € for research in the field of technology in 2025

The purpose of Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion is to promote the development of technology in Finland by supporting education and research related to it. Additionally, the foundation aims to increase the influence of technical action in various fields of business life.

In 2025, the foundation awarded over 800,000 euros for research in the field of technology. This includes 25 full-year and part-year grants, totalling 462 200 euros, and 47 encouragement grants, totalling 235,000 euros. The names of the grantees will be published on the foundation’s website at the end of May.

The focus of the grants is based on the scientific quality of the applications. The emphasis of the awards is on full-year scholarships for doctoral studies. The grants are allocated among technical disciplines based on application pressure.

One of the foundation’s strategic focus areas in 2025 is sustainable development. This is why we paid special attention to the research’s impact on sustainable development when scoring the applications and research.

The foundation also gave out 10,000 euro awards to the Young Researcher and Good Teacher of the year. The winners will be announced in week 21.

Thank you to all applicants and congratulations to the grantees!