In 2025, the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation awarded a total of €38.4 million in grants. The quality of applications throughout the year was strong and, overall, well balanced. One key focus was the renewal of science and the arts, which the foundation actively promoted.
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The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation has awarded €9.2 million in grants to ten projects in engineering, other scientific fields, and culture. This brings the Foundation’s total grants awarded in 2025 to €38.4 million.
The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation has awarded €9.9 million in grants to 13 projects in the fields of medicine, science, arts, and culture. The announcement coincides with International Foundations Day on October 1, which highlights the role of foundations as contributors to wellbeing in society.
In spring 2025, the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation carried out the first stakeholder survey in its history. As part of this effort, we asked for feedback from grant applicants over the past three years.
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.
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