Cancer Foundation’s call for grant applications 2025
Cancer Foundation Finland opens call for applications for major, research and dissertation grants is open 2 July – 20 August 2025
Cancer Foundation Finland’s call for grant applications 2025
The Cancer Foundation Finland invites applications for grants for biological, clinical, epidemiological and psychosocial scientific research into cancer. Applications can be submitted between 2 June and 20 August 2025. A link to the application guidelines is given at the bottom of the page.
In the review of applications, particular attention will be paid to the scientific quality and feasibility of the research protocol, the applicant’s scientific merits and the project’s relevance to cancer research.
The Cancer Foundation Finland’s grants are awarded to support research conducted in Finland.
Major grants
Applications are invited for three three-year major grants of 450,000 euros each. The major grants are non-targeted grants intended for cancer research.
Other research and dissertation grants
The research grants are awarded for scientific research into cancer for a period of one, two or three years.
The dissertation grants are worth 4,000 euros each, and they are awarded only once to the same person.
Applications are submitted in the Cancer Foundation Finland’s electronic grant application system. A research protocol and a list of the principal researcher’s publications from 2015–2025 shall be appended to the application. Applications cannot be supplemented after the deadline. Late applications will be rejected, as will applications that do not comply with the instructions.
Links to the application guidelines and the grant application system are provided at the bottom of the page.
The Cancer Foundation Finland does not award research grants to researchers or research teams that are funded by the tobacco industry. The tobacco industry includes any company or group of companies that derives a major portion of its income from the manufacture or marketing of tobacco products.
Awarded grants will be announced in November 2025.
Helsinki, 30 May 2025
Cancer Foundation Finland
Guidelines to major grant
Guidelines to major grant applicants and link to application system
Guidelines to reserach grant
Guidelines to reserach grant applicants and link to application system
Guidelines to dissertation grant
Guidelines to dissertation grant applicants and link to application system
The Cancer Foundation is the largest private funder of cancer research in Finland. Donations are also used to support cancer patients and their loved ones.