Grant decisions for 2026
The Foundation's Board has decided to award grants totaling €1,291,540 to 59 projects. The funded projects can be found here.
The foundation’s annual grant application period has ended
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.
Applications for 2026 projects can be submitted until end of November
The total amount available will be more than €1 million.
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.
The Earth Sciences Olympiad brought Finland many medals
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...
The Foundation’s annual call for grants has closed
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.
”Minerals as part of the green transition” at YLE Arena
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)....
Applications for 2025 projects can be submitted until end of November
The total amount available is around €1 million.