HPY Research Foundation

HPY Research Foundation was founded in 1999 and supports research studies of telecommunications technology, studies closely related to telecommunications business or to the use of telecommunications. These research studies should be in the areas of technological, economical or behavioral sciences and the level of post-graduate studies aiming to doctoral thesis or higher-level studies.

By 2024 the Foundation has granted a total of 1.2 million euros to mainly research for doctoral thesis in various universities. The library of foundation has now 146 doctoral theses. 

HPY Research Foundation 2025 grants are open for applying from 4 December 2024 to 31 January 2025. This year the foundation supports doctoral thesis students by awarding grants worth 3,000 euros each.

HPY Research Foundation Grants 2025

HPY Research Foundation 2025 grants are open for applying from 4 December 2024 and the call closes on Friday 31 January 2025. The foundation supports doctoral thesis students by awarding grants worth 3,000 euros each.

The foundation supports research studies of telecommunications technology, studies closely related to telecommunications business and studies of the use or impact of telecommunications. The research area of studies should be technological, economical, business, behavioral or social sciences.

The grant application is sent using the foundation’s online application service during the application period.

Here is the link to foundations application service.

The application service requires you to input info on applicant, studies, research project, previous rewards, recommendations, applicants closely related parties.

The following attachments are obligatory:

  • Research plan, max three pages, with following content: Description of the problem, Objectives of the study, Methodology
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV) or equivalent
  • Proof of grades ie. diploma
  • Transcript of records of post-graduate studies

You may also attach other documents like list of publications, letters of recommendation or other relevant documents.

Deadline for submission of application is: Friday 31 January 2025 

Late arrival, incomplete application and/or missing attachments shall result in rejection of the application. 

Contact information

Mail address:

HPY:n Tutkimussäätiö – HTF:s Forskningsstiftele sr / HPY Research Foundation
Asiamies Ilpo Aarni
Kultakummuntie 1
00940 HELSINKI

Representative of the foundation:

Ilpo Aarni. Lic.Tech
Email: ilpo.aarni@kolumbus.fi
Phone:  +358 (0) 50 2435

Previous grants 

NimiTutkimustyön aiheYliopisto & valvojaMyöntö
Maria Cojocari Graphene enhanced anapole metasurface for room-temperature THz bolometry
Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Fysiikan ja matematiikan laitos, Polina Kuzhir, Maria Kafesaki


3 000 €
Pyry Kiviharju
Receiver Advances in Radio Technology of Wireless Capsule EndoscopyAalto-yliopisto, Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulum, Katsuyuki Haneda


3 000 €
Mehdi LetafatiGenerative AI for Wireless Communications: Towards Efficient and Resilient AI-native SystemsOulun yliopisto, Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Matti Latva-aho, Samad Ali3 000 €
Hsiao-Chun Lin Stress Detection and Work: Cross-impact of Information and Communications Technology for Improving Wellbeing in Future NetworksTampereen yliopisto,
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Jari Nurmi

3 000 €
Mikko Majamaa
Enhancing the Performance of Non-Terrestrial Networks in 5G and BeyondJyväskylän yliopisto,
IT tiedekunta,
Timo Hämäläinen, Jani Puttonen

3 000 €
Nils Meyer-KahlenTransfer-Plausible Acoustics for Augmented Reality TelepresenceAalto-yliopisto, Sähköekniikan korkeakoulu, Department of Information and Communications Engineering, Tapio Lokki, Sebastian Schlecht

3 000 €
Albert SalmiMonisyöttöantennisuunnittelun laskennalliset menetelmätAalto-yliopisto, Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu, Elektroniikan ja nanotekniikan laitos, Ville Viikari

3 000 €
Nassim SehadHuman-Computer Interaction in the Metaverse — A Journey Towards the Internet of SensesAalto-yliopisto, sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu
Information and Communication Engineering, Riku Jäntti, Hadid Abdenour 

3 000 €
Mohammadjavad Sojdeh
Energy Efficiency in Cache-aided Multi-antenna NetworksOulun yliopisto, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Antti-Heikki Tölli

3 000 €
Abolfazl ZakeriScheduling and Sampling Algorithms For Information Freshness and Semantic CommunicationsOulun yliopisto, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, CWC - Radio Technologies, Marian Codreanu, Mohammad  Moltafet


3 000 €