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Over 8 Million Euros from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation for Future Solutions

June 3, 2025 8:00 am Published by Comments Off on Over 8 Million Euros from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation for Future Solutions

Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation has granted €8.3 million in funding to 12 initiatives in the fields of technology, art, and culture. The funded projects highlighted basic research, new technologies, and socially relevant themes. The largest grant, €1,562,000, was awarded to Professor Konstantinos Sarakinos from the University of Helsinki for a physics research project.


Microbes as tomorrow’s production factories 

December 19, 2024 8:00 am Published by Comments Off on Microbes as tomorrow’s production factories 

The industrial revolution boosted by biotechnology is already here, says Academician of Science Merja Penttilä. Finland has excellent starting point for this, and opportunities should not be missed.