The Foundation for Economic Education, founded in 1919, promotes research in business and economics by awarding grants and scholarships.

49 million euros of grants awarded in 2016-2025
385 funded projects in 2025
5 million euros awarded annually in grants

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Support for Finland’s Future Seminar on 23 September 2026 at the University of Eastern Finland

The Foundation for Economic Education and the University of Eastern Finland are jointly organising the Support for Finland’s Future seminar …

The Foundations’ Post Doc Pool Autumn Application Round is Open from 15 Aug until 15 Sep 2026

The Foundations’ Post Doc Pool autumn 2026 grants are open for applications from August 1 to september 31. The pool’s …

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Oxford–Liikesivistysrahasto Visiting Scholars Programme Opens for Doctoral Researchers in Finland

The Oxford-Liikesivistysrahasto Visiting Scholars Programme offers outstanding doctoral researchers from Finnish universities the opportunity to spend two academic terms starting in …

Corporate Sustainability Becomes Measurable

In 2019, The Foundation for Economic Education awarded its three-year LSR 100th Anniversary Grant to a research group at Hanken, which was conducting pioneering research in Finland in the field of measuring and reporting corporate sustainability. Thanks to the funding, two doctoral dissertations in the field were completed, and three books and seven scientific articles were produced.