Sigrid Juséliuksen Säätiö is Finland’s largest private supporter of medical research, with a clear emphasis on research that can help prevent or combat major diseases. It tends to back established and emerging medical researchers in Finland through multi-year fellowships, professorships, and large program grants, while also supporting international research stays and high-quality scientific symposia. The foundation is especially distinctive for its long-term, career-shaping support and its interest in strengthening Finnish medical research capacity at the top level.
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Primarily competitive, program-based grants with set application windows; awards are often multi-year and substantial, ranging from fellowship support to large professorship and research-program funding. Some schemes are recurring annually, while others are intermittent or biennial, and several are focused on career development, research group support, or bringing top talent back to Finland.
Monitor the foundation’s annual call periods closely, especially the autumn and spring windows, since several programs are time-limited and not offered every year. Applicants should be established medical researchers or rising group leaders with a strong scientific track record, and those seeking fellowship support should note that the foundation funds research stays abroad only if the project has not already started there.
Current and upcoming funding from Sigrid Juséliuksen Säätiö that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Docent or equivalent independent medical researcher without their own research post or employment for the period; for the clinical category, a postdoctoral clinician/medical researcher working 30–50% on research and maintaining clinical employment throughout the grant period.
Deadline: 15.09.–15.10.2026
Who can apply: Dosentti tai vastaavan pätevyyden saavuttanut itsenäinen lääketieteen tutkija. Kliinisen tutkijan työsuhteen tulee olla voimassa koko apurahakauden ajan.
Deadline: Hakuaika 15.09.–15.10.2026 (next cycle).
Who can apply: Foreign senior medical researchers; the applicant's research group must also have a foundation Senior Researcher grant; the visiting professor must not yet work in Finland; the application is a joint application with the senior researcher and the visiting professor.
Deadline: 01.11.–30.11.2026
Who can apply: Senior researchers and young group leaders; the foundation states at least 75% of grants are awarded to Finnish researchers.
Deadline: 01.11.–30.11.2026
Who can apply: Ulkomainen varttunut tutkija kutsuttuna suomalaisen tutkimuslaitoksen vierailijaksi. Yhteinen hakemus varttuneen tutkijan kanssa.
Deadline: Hakuaika mainittu 01.11.–30.11.2026 (next cycle). Apuraha on käytettävä kahden vuoden kuluessa myöntämisestä.
Who can apply: Kaksi kohderyhmää: varttuneet tutkijat (vähintään dosenttitason) ja nuoret ryhmänjohtajat (tohtori tai vastavalmistunut dosentti). Pääsääntöisesti vain yksi hakemus per hakija hakuajassa.
Deadline: Hakuaika 01.11.–30.11.2026 (mainittu seuraava hakukierros). Apurahakausi yleensä toukokuusta seuraavan vuoden huhtikuun loppuun.
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