Orion Research Foundation grants EUR 1,109,000 for research in 2025

Press release dated November 22, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. EET

Orion Research Foundation sr distributes 1,109,000 EUR in research grants based on applications for 2025. Orion Research Foundation awards grants of up to 50,000 EUR to 19 researchers for postdoctoral research and up to 6 000 EUR to 93 young researchers for doctoral thesis work.

Orion Research Foundation sr distributes its return on investment and donations from Orion Corporation each year in the form of grants to young researchers for doctoral dissertation and postdoctoral research work. In recent years, the Research Foundation has distributed annual grants on request for a total amount of 1 MEUR for research in medicine, veterinary medicine, pharmacy and related sciences, such as chemistry and physics.

Grants for 2025

Fellowships for postdoctoral research, 25,000 to 50,000 EUR

Aatsinki Anna-KatariinaLT, Turun yliopisto, Toiminnalliset vatsavaivat ja suolistomikrobiston kehitys lapsuudessa, 25,000 EUR

Acosta Manzano Francisco Miguelresearcher, Turun yliopisto, Medicity (University of Turku) and Turku PET Center (Turku University Hospital), Unlocking the power of brown fat: new targets in the fight against cardiometabolic diseases, EUR 50,000

Shaded AwadMD, Ph.D., University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Identification of the role of molecular vulnerabilities in the leukemic evolution of the TP53 mutant of myeloproliferative neoplasms, 25,000 EUR

Carpén Timo Pertti MikaelLKT, dosentti, erikoislääkäri, palliatiivinen erityispätevyys, Helsingin yliopisto, Virtual symptom screening with targeted early palliative care (STEP2) versus usual care for patients with advanced cancer: a randomized controlled trial., 40,000 EUR

Göös Helka Linnea, FT, Suomen Punainen Risti, Veripalvelu, Improving the effectiveness of CAR-NK cells with the basic edition, €25,000

Häkli Martta Ida EmiliaTekniikan tohtori, iPS Cell Research and Application Center, Kyoto University, Hypertrofinen kardiomyopatia kantasolupohjaisissa sydänorganoideissa, EUR 30,000

Kim DaehongPostdoc Fellow, University of Zurich, University of Helsinki, Unraveling gastrointestinal graft-versus-host Disease: Organoid Transplantation and Advanced Immuno Profiling in Preclinical Models, €25,000

Korvenlaita Nea KaroliinaFarmasian tohtori, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Molecular & Comparative Pathobiology, Baltimore, United States, Aivosairauksien diagnostiikkaa uusin menetelmin: Solunulkoisista vesikkeleistä parempia biomarkkereita, 50,000 EUR

Kositski AdamFT, Itä-Suomen yliopisto Kuopion kampus, Piezo1 for tendon: understanding the biomechanical and bioregenerative effects (PiezTUBBE), 30,000 EUR

Koskinen Maija-KreettaFilosofian tohtori, Helsingin yliopisto, Sleep well and stay calm: neural mechanisms of anxiety induced by sleep disturbances, 25,000 EUR

Laivuori Silja MirjamiLääketieteen tohtori, Helsingin yliopisto, Peripheral arterial disease in women., 25,000 EUR

Lautaoja-Kivipelto Juulia HeleneLiikuntatieteiden tohtori, Oulun yliopisto, The effects of exercise on adipose tissue mitochondrial function and NAD+ metabolism, 30,000 EUR

Muroke ValtteriLT, Helsingin yliopisto, Helsingin Yliopistollinen Keskussairaala, Inflammation and coronary heart disease – Effects of colchicine on proteomic and metabolomic biomarkers in the COLCOT trial, 40,000 EUR

Makitaipale Heidi JohannaELT, pieneläinsairauksien erikoiseläinlääkäri, Helsingin yliopisto, Kaniinien suun mikrobiomi ja sen yhteys krooniseen hammassairauteen, 30,000 EUR

Parvanian SepidehPhD, MBA, Åbo Akademi, Department of Cell Biology, Contrasting immunogenic and non-immunogenic bladder tumors: immune microenvironment, metabolic influences and therapeutic resistance, 25,000 EUR

Rajamaki Blairresearcher, Itä-Suomen yliopisto Kuopion kampus, Temporal changes in comorbidity clusters among people with type 2 diabetes in Finland and Australia, EUR 25,000

Savukoski Susanna MarianneLääketieteen tohtori, Oulun yliopisto, Hormonikorvaushoidon pitkäaikaiset terveysvaikutukset ennenaikaisesti vaihdevuosiin tulleilla naisilla, 40,000 EUR

Urpa Léa MarttaResearcher, Helsingin yliopisto, Understanding the relationship between sleep disorders and autism symptomatology, EUR 40,000

Yrjölä Pauliina Anna HenriikkaTekniikan tohtori, sairaalafyysikko, Helsingin yliopisto, Biomarkers of adverse structural-functional development in premature infants, EUR 30,000

The Orion Reaserch Foundation awards grants of up to EUR 50,000 to 19 researchers for postdoctoral research. These grants amount to a total of 610,000 euros.

Grants for doctoral thesis work, 3,000 to 6,000 EUR

In addition, the Orion Research Foundation awarded between 3,000 and 6,000 euros to 93 researchers for doctoral thesis work. These grants total 499,000 euros.

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More information:

Siiri Lehtinen
Director of the Orion Research Foundation
Tel: +358 (0)10 426 4409
siiri.lehtinen(at)orion.fi

Editor
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  List of scholarship holders 2025