EMIL AALTONEN FOUNDATION
Emil Aaltosen Foundation was established in 1937 by industrialist Emil Aaltonen to support creative scientific research among Finnish researchers. The foundation aims to promote high-level national culture and scientific work, fostering a thriving environment for scientific and cultural development. It primarily supports Finnish-speaking researchers, especially those in the early stages of their careers, including doctoral candidates and recent PhDs, through various grants and funding opportunities.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
small (1-50)
Services
Administration and award of multiple grant types for researchers, including personal full-time and part-time work grants, encouragement and targeted grants, and multi-year project grants.
Three-year project grants provided as a fixed total amount with guidance on annual distribution, permissible budgeting for stipends and salaries, and rules for institutional routing of salary costs and overhead limits.
Web service for submitting grant applications, payment/disbursement requests and supporting documents; includes secure authentication and portal-based management of application state.
Provision of detailed application instructions, FAQs, form-filling guidance, technical support contact for the portal and administrative contact channels for grant queries.
Execution of awarded grant disbursements to recipients or institutions and statutory reporting to tax authorities; administration of deferrals, interruptions and special-case agreements.
Administration and award of multiple grant types for researchers, including personal full-time and part-time work grants, encouragement and targeted grants, and multi-year project grants.
Three-year project grants provided as a fixed total amount with guidance on annual distribution, permissible budgeting for stipends and salaries, and rules for institutional routing of salary costs and overhead limits.
Web service for submitting grant applications, payment/disbursement requests and supporting documents; includes secure authentication and portal-based management of application state.
Provision of detailed application instructions, FAQs, form-filling guidance, technical support contact for the portal and administrative contact channels for grant queries.
Execution of awarded grant disbursements to recipients or institutions and statutory reporting to tax authorities; administration of deferrals, interruptions and special-case agreements.
Expertise Areas
- Research grant program design and administration
- Electronic grant application systems
- Grant financial administration and compliance
- Project grant budgeting and fund routing
Key Technologies
- Web-based grant management portal
- Bank-credential and mobile-certificate authentication
- Electronic reference submission system
- E-invoicing for institutional payments