The Foundation for Economic Education’s office will be closed for summer vacation from July 7 to August 3, 2025. We will resume service starting from August 4. There will be no grant payments in July. Grant advisory is available via the chat on the Foundation’s website (lsr.fi) in August: • Mondays from 10:00 to 12:00• […]
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Innovations, Commercialization and Growth – Thematic Research Grants Now Open for Application
💡Is your research turning innovation into success? The Foundation for Economic Education’s thematic special project Innovations, Commercialization and Growth focuses on the commercialization of business innovations and services, as well as their successful scaling in international markets. 🔍 Applications are open for 1–3-year research grants in business studies that have strong practical relevance and contribute to […]
The 2025 grant application round is now open – review the application guidelines and apply by August 15!
The Foundation for Economic Education (Liikesivistysrahasto) grant application period is open from June 1 to August 1, 2025. Grants for the year 2026 can be applied for by individuals, research and working groups, as well as organizations. Applicants may come from outside the field of business and represent new interdisciplinary scientific perspectives. The 2025 focus […]
€5.0 Million in Grants for Research in Business and Education from the Foundation for Economic Education
The Foundation for Economic Education has on Nov. 23 2024 granted 5,002,350 euros in funding to 403 projects. Grant applications totaled €29,537,167, of which 16.9 % were awarded. The research groups were allocated a total of 1.0 million euros. The topics of the 10 research groups include, among others, include global stakeholder collaboration to enhance […]
The 2024 grant round is open – Apply by 15 August
Are you a business economics researcher seeking funding? Complete your application soon – the deadline is 15 August 2024! We award about 5 million euros annually in grants for research and education that foster Finland’s growth and competitive edge. Read more and apply for a grant from the application page: Submit the application and attachments […]
The Foundation for Economic Education wishes Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
The fund’s office will be closed from 23 to 31 December 2023.We will serve at the office again on January 2, 2024.
THE FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION AWARDED €5.0 MILLION IN THE GRANT ROUND 2023
The Foundation for Economic Education has on Nov. 23 awarded 409 grants for research in business and economics, in total 5,037,220 euros. The distributed grant sum has previously exceeded five million euros during the fund’s centennial celebration in 2019, which makes the €5.0 million of the 2023 round a historically large support for the business and economics research. Likewise, a […]
The Foundation for Economic Education Grant Round 2023 is Open – Apply for a Grant by 15th August!
The Foundation for Economic Education Grant Round 2023 The Foundation for Economic Education grants for research in business and economics can be applied for between 1 June and 15 August 2023. For more than a hundred years, the fund has influenced the development of Finnish society by supporting economic research and education with grants. Future […]
The Foundation for Economic Education grant round 2023 is open! Almost EUR 5.0 million to be applied for research in business and economics
The Foundation for Economic Education grants for research in business and economics can be applied from 1 June to 15 August, 2023. The Foundation for Economic Education’s 2023 grant focus areas reflect the disruptive factors affecting the current operating environment, which include changes in the European security environment, cyber security investments, the importance of financing […]
Paula Erkkilä appointed as the new chairperson of the Liikesivistysrahasto Central Ostrobothnia Regional Committee
The Central Ostrobothnia regional committee of the Foundation for Economic Education (Liikesivistysrahasto) has elected CEO Paula Erkkilä as its new chairperson, succeeding the long-time chair, councillor of commerce Martti Eurola. Erkkilä will start on 1 October 2022. The Foundation for Economic Education is a fund established in 1919, the purpose of which is to promote […]