Yrjö Uitto Foundation grants

The Yrjö Uitto foundation has allocated 50,000 euro for grants during the Spring of 2026 for research and teaching in business economics regarding private enterprise and for projects supporting the conditions required for academic entrepreneurship. The purpose of these grants is to support doctoral studies in economics at the Aalto University and doctoral students, who are working on entrepreneurship related dissertation projects. In addition, it is possible to get a grant for long term entrepreneurship research projects. Grant is also available to get for Aalto University students, whom are working on entrepreneurship related master’s thesis. 

Please send a free-form application containing a detailed research plan, schedule, cost estimate, curriculum vitae and a statement from the supervisor and which mentions any other funding obtained or applied for, by Tuesday, March 10, 2026 to the office of The HSE Support Foundation at the following address: P.O. Box 21210, 00076 AALTO.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to make sure that his or her application to the Yrjö Uitto Foundation with appendices reaches the HSE Support Foundation Office by Tuesday, March 10, 2026. The envelope should be marked: “Uitto”.

NB: You may bring your application to Yrjö Uitto Foundation to the Information desk of the Aalto School of Business main building at Ekonominaukio 1, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 8.00 pm at the latest.

For additional information contact Tuula Murremäki, tel. +358 50 373 2241, e-mail: ext-tuula.murremaki@aalto.fi

Helsinki, February 9, 2026
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