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DONATIONS GRANTED 2013

21,021,350 € (the amount may include granted donations not yet published)

Professor Lauri Aaltonen

University of Helsinki

Unravelling hereditary cancer susceptibility through whole genome sequencing of Finnish cancer materials

2,504,700


University of Helsinki

Erkko Fellow program

2,500,000


Professor Mikko Hallman and professor Mika Rämet

University of Oulu

Spontaneous preterm delivery: susceptibility genes and timing of childbirth

1,500,000


Professor Jukka Jernvall

The genome of the Saimaa ringed sea

A 10,000-year natural experiment University of Helsinki

1,320,000


Professor Heikki Joensuu and associate professor Outi Monni

University of Helsinki

Targeted treatment in head and neck cancer

1,200,000


Professor Mika Rämet

University of Tampere

Development of novel vaccine against tuberculosis

1,000,000


Crisis Management Initiative

CMI Engaging high-profile women in conflict resolution

900,000


Finnish National Opera Foundation

900,000


PhD Iiris Hovatta

University of Helsinki

814,000


Professor Irma Thesleff and PhD Marja Mikkola

University of Helsinki

660,000


Professor Raimo Tuominen

New protein kinase modulators for cancer and Alzheimer’s disease – An academic drug discovery project aiming at new therapeutic entities

640,000


American Scandinavian Foundation

Jane and Aatos Erkko Fund

500,000


Professori Bjarne Udd

Finding the diagnosis and cause for thousands of Finnish patients with unknown neuromuscular disease

483,000


PhD Katri Koli

University of Helsinki

Gremlin and TGF-ß /BMP signaling balance as a new therapeutic target in fibrosis and cancer

440,450


Helsinki Missio

Three year project

440,000


PhD Timo Myöhänen

University of Helsinki

411,600


Savonlinna Opera Festival

Italian opera house visit in 2016

400,000


Helsinki Festival

International orchestras visit to Helsinki Music Center (2015–2017) during the Helsinki Festival

300,000


Professor Seppo Parkkila

University of Tampere

The role of carbonic anhydrase-like proteins in the development of neurodegeneration

294,000


PhD Anne Panhelainen

University of Helsinki

The effect of the novel cerebral dopamine neurotrophic factor (CDNF) on the function of dopamine neurons in Parkinson’s disease model

210,000


PhD Jaakko Pohjoismäki

University of Eastern Finland

The molecular mechanisms of mtDNA recombination and their role in oxidative damage response in mammalian heart mitochondria

200,000


Professor Pia Arenius

Hanken School of Economics

Study of the entrepreneurial startup process: How individuals seek to start new businesses in Finland (STEPP), 2014–2018

200,000


PhD Merja Voutilainen

University of Helsinki

Role of Novel Neurotrophic factors CDNF and MANF in genetic models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

200,000


Hamina Tattoo International Military Music Festival

200,000


Helsinki Think Company

University of Helsinki

From Science to Entrepreneurship

195,000


Professori Markku J. Lampinen

Aalto University

Research and development of multistage effective glucose fuel cell

189,000


PhD Luis Bimbo

University of Helsinki

Dendrimersomes as Artificial Cellular Reactors for Therapeutics

152,000


Military conductor Raine Ampuja

123,000


PhD Sisko Tauriainen

University of Turku

Pathogenesis of Parechovirus type 4 in neural cells

105,000


Into liikkeessä ry, Tero Saarinen Company Borrowed Light and HUNT

100,000


MD Jukka Pajarinen

Stanford University, USA

Biological Strategies to Extend the Lifespan of Artificial Joints

90,000


PhD Matti Lahti

Goodman Cancer Center, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Met Signaling in Tumorigenesis and Implications for Drug Resistance

90,000


Valo ry

International Working Group on Women and Sport IWG

6th IWG World Conference on Women and Sport 2014

87,300


Harbour Icebreaker S/S Turso Association

80,000


PhD Kirsi Ketola

Vancouver Prostate Centre, Canada

70,000


PhD Ville Veikkolainen

Deciphering the combinatorial code for epithelial pattern formation

67,900


Professor Mikko Juusola

University of Sheffield UK

From wiring to brain function in Drosophila; the role of intrinsic activity

66,000


PhD Jussi Tikkanen

Antibody-mediated rejection in lung transplantation

60,000


Crusell International Oboe Competition 2014

60,000


PhD Mikko Stenlund

Non-equilibrium and extended chaotic dynamical systems

45,250


PhD Johannes Leppä

California Institute of Technology, USA

Measurement of the enhanced growth of charged particles and development of parameterization of distribution of charges in a bipolar ion environment in varying conditions

41,000


MA Hanna Lignell

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Understanding Particle Phase Chemistry of Biogenic and Aromatic Secondary Organic Aerosol

40,000


Associate Professor Esa Korpi

National University of Singapore

34,000


PhD Rami Madanat

Harvard University, USA

Incidence of adverse reactions, reasons for revision surgery, and outcomes following metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty – a registry based study

31,000


Tanssin talo ry

The Dance House

30,000


PhD Gonghong Wei

University of Oulu

Genemic Approaches to Identify Diagnostic Markers for Prostata Cancer

30,000


Docent Jari Laukkanen

University of Cambridge, UK

The Value of Electrocardiography and Lifestyle Factors in Predicting and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death and Cardiovascular Mortality

22,000


Midnight Sun Pipers ry

Helsinki Pipes and Drums

5,250


Scholarships for Erkko Upper Secondary School of Orimattila

4,900