Are you planning a research visit to a university or research institution abroad? The joint Researchers Abroad grant call by KAUTE Foundation, the Foundation for Economic Education, Walter Ahlström Foundation and Nokia Foundation for international research visits in business and technical sciences is open from March 1 to April 11, 2025.
The grant is primarily intended for a continuous research visit of 6 to 12 months at a foreign university or research institution. Individual grants can be up to EUR 50,000, and a total of EUR 450,000 will be awarded in this call.
The applicant must be:
- a Finnish citizen or have a permanent residence in Finland
- a doctoral researcher, a post-doctoral researcher in the early stages of their career or a researcher working in a company
- a researcher in technical or business sciences (grants are not awarded for research in medicine, biotechnology or architecture).
Check the application guidelines and submit your application by April 11, 2025!
International experience for over 260 researchers
The aim of the Researchers Abroad program is to support researchers in the early stages of their academic careers to gain international research experience at universities and research institutes abroad.
“We aim to support researchers whose work shapes the future. Finland’s competitiveness is built on international excellence, and we want to collaborate with other foundations to enable research visits that bring new perspectives, knowledge, and innovations to our country. For researchers, these visits are unique opportunities to network, deepen their expertise, and advance their careers in an international environment,” says Johanna Linna, Secretary General of the Walter Ahlström Foundation.
Since 2011, the program has awarded EUR 5.5 million in grants, funding international research visits for 262 researchers.
In 2024, nearly EUR 420,000 in funding was granted to 20 researchers—approximately one in four applicants. Funding was awarded to researchers studying fields such as smart business, robotics, materials science, machine learning, energy storage, and the circular economy.