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Sitra (Finnish Innovation Fund)

Funds Finland's innovation capacity through strategic programmes that support economic growth and public value creation.

Finlandwww.sitra.fi

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Total grants4

About

Sitra is Finland's parliamentary public foundation, established in 1967 to support stable development, economic growth, and international competitiveness. It operates from a EUR 1.04 billion endowment and works through foresight, social innovation, and project financing rather than ministerial grant administration.

Since 2025 it has leaned more heavily into open competitive calls for municipaliti…

Programs & grants under this funder

Public Sector Productivity Programme (Julkisen sektorin tuottavuus -ohjelma)

Supports scaling proven productivity-improving solutions across Finland's municipalities, wellbeing service counties and central government using data and AI.

2 grants

Scaling Productivity-Improving Solutions in the Public Sector — 3rd

Between cycles

— pool

Continuous Call — Breakthrough Reforms for Public Sector Productivity

Open

— pool·Rolling submission

Trust and Societal Security — Strengthening Mental Crisis Resilience (Luottamus ja yhteiskunnallinen turvallisuus — Henkisen kriisinkestävyyden vahvistaminen)

Supports the programme supports the development and piloting of collaborative models to strengthen mental crisis resilience in Finland.

1 grant

Mental Crisis Resilience — Funding

Closed