Fresh figures according to domestic grants, the foundation supports charitable purposes a total of 498 million euros in 2018.

the Sum is slightly decreased from the previous year. At that time, the Foundations and the funds the advisory board includes nearly 200 scholarships to the foundation are used for their intended purpose more than 516 million.

– the rest of the year 2018, the rate would dip and the global economy became gloomier prospects are the foundation of culture, whose task is to take care of ylisukupolvinen of justice, i.e. that share enough also in the coming years, said the Foundations and the funds the advisory board of the ceo Alice Suvikumpu .

the Private foundations in support of more than 200 million euros were allocated to science and research, nearly 80 million different artistic disciplines, and more than 80 million kinds of civil society activities. Independence celebration of the year for many, the foundation was prepared to support the usual more specific projects.

the Academy of Finland, the most significant research funding

according to a Finnish study the main funding is the Academy of Finland. It share last year, science scholarships for 430 million euros. This year the Academy will fund research to 458 million euros.

the academy of Finland operates in connection with the strategic research council (SRC) is funding the scientific research that has social significance and effectiveness. In 2019 STN financial research 55 million.

the Arts promotion center to share the art of grant of 35 million euros. Lottery funds for art was supported by 246 million and science 108 million.

Young scientists often have difficulty obtaining funding for doctoral after.Laura Kosonen / YleSäätiöiden financing increased in the 2000s

External funding importance of the research is considerable. State budget funds will cover less than half of the universities and research institutions research expenditure.

foundation funding is really significant. Researchers will still be the message that all the funding is just insanely tight, Scientists, alliance executive director Johanna Moisio said.

in Particular, young researchers suffer from the fact that the doctoral dissertation of the post-postdoc phase, when research career should get a boost forward, obtaining funding is difficult as from the Academy, universities as foundations.

foundation funding is, however, creditable to patch up a public finance deficit of the last government period, during surgeries, Johanna Moisio estimates.

universities profiled when all the research themes do not fit always priorities. Such freedom of research funding foundations, support is growing in importance.

– the most Interesting is that the medical and humanities areas are those in which foundation funding is significant, Moisio said.

the Private foundations to support science and research has been during the years of independence well over 4 billion, which survived the fall of 2018 to be completed at the Scientific support team -research project. (you move to another service)

the foundation of the meaning of art co-sponsored by (you move to another service) has grown in recent years. In 2017 the amount of aid was approximately eur 62 million.

the Foundation also maintains the art collection and museums. Last year Konstsamfundet opened the art museum Amos rex’s public two and a half years and 50 million of construction work after.

the International foundation days (switch to another service) is celebrated on 1. October. Europe is 147 000 foundation, which support annual total of 60 billion euros for charitable purposes.

please find the list on the 15 most fellowships in 2018 the share of the private foundation:

the Finnish Cultural foundation

eur 55.0 million

Svenska Kulturfonden

35,9

Machine Foundation

31,8

Föreningen Konstsamfundet

28,5

the Jane and Aatos Erkko foundation

28,3

Sigrid Jusélius Foundation

18,0

Stiftelsen för Åbo Akademi university

17,8

Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundation

12,0

cancer foundation

11,0

Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland r.f.

11,0

Stiftelsen Brita Maria Renlunds where

10,7

Emil Aaltonen Foundation

6,9

Svenska folkskolans vänner

5,5

Alfred Kordelin foundation

5,1

The business education fund

5,0

see also:

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the university of Turku the new principal of trust a better time: “the scientists should get to do research and not just apply for funding”

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