Funding agency for research and sustainable use of geological resources
The foundation awards grants
In 2024, the K.H. Renlund Foundation distributed more than €1 million in grants to various research and communication projects related to geological resources. The main theme supported was ore exploration and the basic geological research that promotes it, as well as projects exploring new ways of using raw materials, recycling and environmentally friendly enrichment technologies.
We support the promotion of sustainable use of groundwater resources and various education and publication projects.
The Foundation awards annual prizes to the best MSc theses accepted at Finnish universities and we subsidize the costs of amateur mineral prospectors in cooperation with the GTK’s Layman sample office.
The grants are open for applications from 15 September to 30 November each year.
doctoral theses completed between 2004 and 2023 with the support of the K. H. Renlund Foundation
Legacy of K. H. Renlund
Karl Herman Renlund (1850-1908), the founder of the Foundation, successfully invested his accumulated wealth in various businesses. Renlund was very wealthy at the time of his death, but had no heirs. In his will, he left most of his fortune to his mother’s memorial foundation, Stiftelsen Brita Maria Renlunds minne, which provides a wide range of support for children’s day care and schools.
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Call for applications 2026
The call will be open from October 1st to November 30th 2025
K. H. Renlund 175 years
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 2025 grants have been decided
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.