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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Applications for 2025 projects can be submitted until end of November
The total amount available is around €1 million.
Summer excursion of the Board 2024
The Board of the Foundation made a field trip to Kokkola at the end of June to visit the K.H. Renlund Museum, the Keliber mining project and groundwater studies in Kurikka. In the photo, participants listen to a presentation by CEO Hannu Hautala from the construction...
K. H. Renlund foundation supports development of sustainable crushing
Read more about the project on the Oulu university website (in Finnish).