In August, the Board and the Foundation’s expert members undertook a study trip to North Karelia. Over the course of two days, we had the opportunity to visit a number of topical sites, such as the Pampalo gold mine, Mondo Minerals’ talc plant, Mintec’s Smarttest test...

The Foundation's Board has decided to award grants totaling €1,291,540 to 59 projects. The funded projects can be found here.    

We received a total of 122 applications, and we would like to extend our warmest thanks to all applicants. Processing of funding proposals has begun, and the decision on the grants to be awarded will be made and announced on March 6, 2026.

The total amount available will be more than €1 million.

The call will be open from October 1st to November 30th 2025

On March 19. 2025, it was exactly 175 years since the birth of Karl Herman Renlund, the founder of the Foundation. The Foundation's representatives commemorated the anniversary by laying flowers on his grave from both of the foundations he established, the K.H.Renlund...

The Foundation's Board decided to grant funding to 56 projects. The total amount of the grant awarded is €1177600. The list of funded projects can be downloaded here.

Our Foundation has supported the participation of high school students in the Earth Science Olympiad for several years - this year's success is reported on the GTK blog (in Finnish) and in the latest issue of Geologi...

Thank you to all applicants. We received a total of 115 applications and the evaluation has started. Applicants will be notified on 28 February 2025 when a decision on the projects to be funded has been made.

The discussion organised by the KHR-funded project at the Nurmes Rural Parliament on 29.9. 2024 has been published in Yle's Hyvin sanottu - Bra sagt programme series (in Finnish)....