Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation is a Finland-based funder focused on advancing the sustainability transition through research, applied projects, and civil society initiatives. It primarily supports doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, but also backs smaller nonprofit and public-interest projects that address environmental change and the systemic drivers of overconsumption. The foundation appears especially interested in work that translates research into practice and targets concrete sectors such as food and construction.
Mixed funding model with a general annual call for doctoral, postdoc, and project grants, plus smaller thematic and small-grant calls. Grants appear to be Finland-focused, often research-oriented, and include both academic funding and operational support for practice-based initiatives; some calls are time-bound and others run within the general funding cycle.
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Watch the annual general funding cycle and the separate March small-grants round; the general call next opens 17.8.–28.8.2026. Applicants should align proposals closely with the foundation’s sustainability-transition mission, emphasize evidence-based impact, and show clear relevance to Finland and/or structural change in areas like food or construction.
Current and upcoming funding from Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Open to doctoral and postdoctoral researchers and to projects based on researched evidence; exact criteria are described in the program guidance pages.
Deadline: Next call announced as 17.8.–28.8.2026.
Deadline: Included in the foundation's general funding cycle.
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