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The October Round

Teksti: Reeta Holma In the coming years the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, which focuses on early music, will delve into the history of classical music in the Baltic Sea region with the support of the Finnish Cultural Foundation. The three-year project, which is interesting both musicall...

The October round is the largest of the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s four annual application rounds. This year it led to grants totalling EUR 31.5 million. All in all, the Finnish Cultural Foundation supports the sciences, the arts and culture in Finland with nearly EUR 60 million ea...

Fil. Dr. Antti Karttunen. Photo: Petri SummanenText: Elina Venesmäki Could lost heat be recovered more efficiently? This is the subject of research for Ph.D. Antti Karttunen and Ph.D. Maarit Karppinen and their teams at Aalto University. The Finnish Cultural Foundation d...

Geneticist Petri Auvinen running a project examining two types of samples that take them on a journey far back through time. Photo: Petri SummanenTeksti: Emma Nikander Ancient DNA can reveal a lot about the history of people and the environment. At the same time, it can p...

The sciences received 55% and the arts 45% of the grant funds. A total of 447 full-year working grants were awarded, of which 295 in the sciences and 152 in the arts. The most full-year grants were awarded for doctoral dissertation work. 128 multi-year grants were awarded, of which 91 ...

Text: Marika Aspila Pasi Räbinä. Photo: Kaisa TiriHaving designed costumes for 35 years and for more than 100 productions, including tens of thousands of individual pieces of clothing, Pasi Räbinä knows the materials and how they are treated. He has worked full-time as a ...

Text: Minnamaria Koskela Photography: Katrin Havia Romany children are overrepresented among Finland’s social service customers, and young Romanies are more likely to end up in prison than their peers from the majority population. According to singer-musician Hilja Grönf...

Text: Antti Kivimäki Photos: Petri Jauhiainen About half a million Finns have adult-onset (type 2) diabetes. Their risk of getting heart and blood vessel disorders is much higher than that of other people. – Lifestyle changes can prevent or delay the onset of type 2 dia...

Kati Juuti-Uusitalo (left) and Katri Kaukinen.Wheat, barley and rye contain a protein called gluten. In about two percent of the population, it causes an inflammatory reaction that damages the lining of the small intestine, in other words celiac disease. Gluten is howeve...