The Nokia Foundation

Mission of the Nokia Foundation is to support the scientific development of information and telecommunications technologies and to promote education of the sector in Finland. Multidisciplinary research that bridges approaches from other fields, like social, behavioral, business and services sciences, is highly valued.

The Foundation makes available grants and awards for the purposes mentioned above. Decisions are made by the board of the Foundation consisting of four representatives of the Finnish universities and three representatives of Nokia.

Established at the initiative of Nokia Oyj, Nokia Foundation was entered in the Finnish foundation registry in August 1995. However, Nokia Foundation is not part of Nokia Oyj. Its mandate is limited to granting funds in the scope of the mission.

Applying

Applications for scholarships of Nokia Foundation are submitted once a year in the fall. The application period is opened in the end of August and closed in the beginning of October. Scholarships for Visiting Professors. can be applied all year around. These applications are reviewed quarterly.

Deadlines for applying Nokia Visiting Professor applications / quarterly review:

Applications sent by Board decision
1 August 2010 16 August 2010
3 October 2010 18 October 2010
23 January 2011 3 February 2011
24 April 2011 9 May 2011

Deadlines for Nokia Scholarship applications:

Applying starts Applying ends Board decision
22 August 2010 3 October 2010 18 October 2010

The grantees will receive diplomas in the Nokia Foundation Awards Ceremony on 11 November 2010

Deadline for 2010-2011 Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair applications is 2 August 2010.

1995-2004

The Nokia Foundation celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2004. Read more about the history and activities