Requested Grant Amount Nearly Reaches 10 Million Euros
KAUTE Foundation’s general grant application process, which closed at the end of January, received a total of 481 applications this year. The applications were fairly evenly distributed.
Business research generated 221 applications, engineering sciences received 206 applications, and other fields of science received 54 applications. The total requested amount was 9.5 million euros.
“The popularity of the call shows that there is a high demand for work-related grants, and on the other hand, KAUTE Foundation is well-known among researchers. In recent years, we have steadily increased the grant amount, but unfortunately, demand seems to be growing faster than that, which lowers the approval rate,” says Tuomas Olkku, the CEO of KAUTE Foundation.
In 2024, 391 applications were submitted, with a requested amount of 7.7 million euros.
Grant decisions will be made in May. “The applications will now be reviewed and directed to the appropriate evaluators. The majority of the grants awarded by KAUTE Foundation in this round will come from special funds.”
Thank you to everyone who participated in the application process!
Next KAUTE Foundation Grant Calls in Spring 2025:
- The “Researchers Abroad” grant program, funding international research visits, will be open from March 1 to April 11, 2025.
- The “Postdocs in Companies” program, supporting the employment of postdoctoral researchers in companies, will be open from March 1 to April 15, 2025.