Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation awarded a total of €16.1 million to projects in science, arts, and societal activities through its general grant application process. The foundation awarded a total of €186,000 to the University of Lapland.
One of the grant recipients is Nadezhda Filimonova, a postdoctoral researcher at the Arctic Centre who works in the Arctic Governance research group.
The grant was awarded to Filimonova's post-doctoral research project Waste Solutions Without Borders: Pathways for Circular Solid Waste Management in Peripheral Finnish Swedish Border Twin Cities (TWINCIRC) with amount of €36,000.
The research examines how cross-border cooperation can promote waste management based on circular economy and produce new administrative and practical solutions to support sustainable development.
All grant recipients can be found on the Wihuri Foundation website. Wihuri Foundation funding decisions in 2025