June 1 – August 15, 2023
In the special fund application call, it is possible for the applicant to target his/her application for a special fund or pooled funds. Special funds are funds from which grants are allocated to areas of research and education or groups of applicants that meet criteria set by donors. The pooled funds thematically bring together several donors’ purposes, and they correspond with the selected JEL categories on the application form. The application may be addressed to one of the following special funds or pooled funds:
Application period June 1 – August 15, 2023
The circular economy is based on the re-use of resources (products, materials) and the renewal of systems that affect the economy and affect nature. Forestry and the bioeconomy play a key role in the circular economy model, which can be divided into a biological cycle (e.g. biocomposites) and a technological cycle (e.g. reuse of machine parts). In the Future Sustainable Environment focus area of the Foundation for Economic Education, the pool focuses on the links between climate change, natural loss and the sustainable use of natural resources in business, e.g. engineering wood products and lignin-based products enabling new types of wood construction in topics close to the timber and wood-based building materials industries. Of interest in the focus area of the data economy are the changes in value chains related to the management of fossil carbon dioxide (resource and energy efficiency) and their possible links to the industrial conversion of forest raw materials into high value-added fiber products using sustainable technology. As a special application criterion for Valmet Corporation’s fund, one of the grants can be named Jori Pesonen’s scholarship for research that promotes the export of Finnish paper technology to the world or increases customer value and the customer experience in the paper industry.
International trade is conducted through dynamic networks and flows of people, commodities and information. Trade facilitates the exchange of commodities and practices, involving value chains, global traders and commodities in many different ways. Business approaches, including, for example, emphasis on logistics, trade policy, and commercial shipping, bring new insights and knowledge about the role of global trade in creating economic growth and world trade in goods.
The green and responsible textile and fashion industry arouses wide interest in Finland and abroad. Research topics of particular interest in the call are the green transition of the textile and fashion industry and new fiber materials in the Finnish clothing industry, the retail trade of the textile industry and the foreign trade of the textile industry.
Application period June 1 – August 15, 2023
In accordance with the rules of the special funds and the Foundation for Economic Education rules, grants may also be awarded to special groups of applicants, or for narrower purposes. In the grant round application system, the applicant can submit his / her application to one of the following special funds: