Project funding

Sitra provides funds for surveys, forward-thinking activities, experiments, and shared strategy processes that promote well-being and are ecologically and socially sustainable.

Project funding must be related to Sitra's themes or key areas. At the moment, operations are targeted at two current themes:

• Through the Empowered individual and social structures theme, Sitra encourages people to assume more responsibility for their own well-being and for that of their loved ones. We create means and incentives that help people promote the common good and look after loved ones.
• The Ecologial sustainability theme aims at affecting the ways of living and the use of natural resources with the purpose of creating a social environment that supports the idea of ecological sustainability.

Sitra does not provide funds for academic research projects, dissertations, or commercial research and development projects.

Surveys

Surveys funded by Sitra provide valuable information and offer new perspectives on current themes. Sitra itself does not carry out the surveys, but commissions them from specialists.

Foresight

Sitra gathers information to identify the future challenges and opportunities of Finland.

Strategy processes

Any social change requires the understanding and commitment of all parties involved. Sitra’s strategy processes and development projects provide useful information for decision-makers and create networking opportunities for operators in various sectors.

Experiments

Experiments aim to find and test new operating methods that accelerate social change. Sitra also tests promising operating models from around the world in Finland.

Contact information

There is no fixed application period or form for funding applications. Take your idea for a project directly to one of our contact persons.

Themes (contact person):

• Ecological sustainability (Jukka Noponen)
• Empowering society (Antti Kivelä)

Key areas (contact person):

• Solutions for e-Well-being  (Tuula Tiihonen)
• Towards an information society  (Janne Ahlström)
• Solutions for public service management (Kimmo Haahkola)
• Leadership (Antti Kivelä)
• New well-being business from nature (Lea Konttinen)
• Resource-efficient area  (Johanna Kirkinen)
• Industrial symbioses (Jyri Arponen)
• Local solutions in green economy (Karoliina Auvinen)

Current and past projects

See the archive for a list of all completed and current projects.