{"id":21160,"date":"2026-02-27T12:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lsr.fi\/?page_id=21160"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:10:37","slug":"special-fund-applications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lsr.fi\/en\/grants\/for-the-applicant\/special-fund-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Fund Applications 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Application period 1 June \u2013 15 August 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Applications to special funds are part of the annual grant call. Applicants can direct their application to a designated special fund or a fund pool. Designated special funds are funds from which grants may be allocated to fields of research and education or to applicant groups specifically defined in the donor\u2019s statutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Liiketalouden liiton rahasto<\/strong> supports Skilla ry registered association\u2019s educational activity and education of its members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lyydia ja Heikki Rautiaisen rahasto<\/strong> supports the studies and other projects aimed at commercial subjects and business economics studies, primarily by the students and staff of the Oulu University of Applied Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SKO ry:n juhlarahasto<\/strong> promotes business cultivation and entrepreneurship in Finland by awarding grants for training and research, for the professional development of teachers in business and culture as well as for international interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Taloustoimittajien 50-vuotisjuhlarahasto<\/strong> accepts grant applications from the Taloustoimittajat registered association\u2019s members for the purposes of educational, research, and publishing projects in their respective fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Teknisen Kaupan Liiton 100-vuotisjuhlarahasto<\/strong> provides support for technical research and training to promote commerce while taking into account the views eventually presented by the Teknisen Kaupan Liitto registered association (the Association of Finnish Technical Traders) on the subject or on the research topic to be financed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a89de1a9 bg-beige-light box\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Forest Bioeconomy, Circular Economy, and Clean Transition Value Chains<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pooled Funds Call 1.6.\u250015.8.2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forest bioeconomy and the circular economy offer new business opportunities based on the sustainable use of natural resources and material flows. To advance carbon neutrality and the clean transition, innovative methods, products and services across value chains, as well as life\u2011cycle\u2011based concepts, can deliver significant benefits for the environment, people and the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Business research in this field also focuses on the strategic use of sustainability reporting, the development of low\u2011carbon value chains, and the study of foresight and investment processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Keywords:<\/strong>&nbsp;resource efficiency, circular economy, value creation, bio\u2011based materials, wood, paper processing, pulp and fibre products, net zero, reuse of materials and components, digital solutions, recycling technologies, P2X, CCUS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Main JEL categories in the application<\/span> (Journal of Economic Literature):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83c\udfed&nbsp;L \u2013 Industrial Organization<\/strong><br>Forest-sector products and bio-based materials: forest- and fibre-based value chains, and industrial solutions linked to biotechnology and chemicals<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u267b\ufe0f&nbsp;O \u2013 Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change<\/strong><br>Economic development connected to natural resources, energy, and the environment; industrialisation and technology choices; innovation processes, R&amp;D management, and the diffusion of technological change<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83c\udf31&nbsp;Q \u2013Environmental and Ecological Economics<\/strong><br>Clean-transition solutions (e.g., alternative energy sources), recycling and material flows, climate- and net-zero-related questions, sustainability and environmental accounting\/reporting; perspectives from ecological economics and industrial ecology<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Applications will also be evaluated against the general application criteria.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230; <a title=\"Special Fund Applications 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lsr.fi\/en\/grants\/for-the-applicant\/special-fund-applications\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Special Fund Applications 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":999,"parent":35107,"menu_order":24,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21160","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Special Fund Applications 2026 - The Foundation for Economic Education<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lsr.fi\/en\/grants\/for-the-applicant\/special-fund-applications\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Special Fund Applications 2026 - The Foundation for Economic Education\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"... 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