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 2022 the Foundation has granted a total of 1.2 million euros to mainly researches for their doctoral thesis in various universities. The Foundation library has now 135 doctoral theses. 

Grant Applications 2023

HPY Research Foundation Grants were open for applying during 2 Dec 2022 - 31 Jan 2023. The foundation supported dotctoral thesis students by awarding grants worth EUR 3,000 each.

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
DI Jan BergmanAdvancements in antenna arrays for frequencies beyond 100 GHz   
Aalto-yliopiston sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu
Elektroniikan ja nanotekniikan laitos
Ville Viikari


3 000 €
MSc Saiful Islam
Development of a Novel Resilient Software defined PNT ReceiverTampereen yliopisto
Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Elena-Simona Lohan


3 000 €
MSc Saku LindroosObserving and Forecasting Wireless Technology Adoption in the Information Society: A Systematic Long-term WLAN Security Landscape AnalysisTurun yliopisto
Faculty of Technology, Department of Computing
Seppo Virtanen
3 000 €
DI Jaakko MarinRadioturvallisuus - kaksisuuntainen tiedonsiirto full-duplex), tutkaaminen, häirintä sekä näitten toiminnallisuuksien yhdistäminenTampereen yliopisto
Sähkö- ja informaatiotekniikan laitos
Taneli Riihonen

3 000 €
MSc Maksim Masiukov
Towards reliable quasioptical and on-wafer measurement techniques at sub-THz frequencies for future short-range communicationsAalto-yliopiston sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Zachary Taylor

3 000 €
MSc Patrik RajalaHigh-speed vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers for long infrared wavelengthsTampereen yliopisto Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Mircea Guina

3 000 €
MSc Yasir ShafiullahDesign and Implementation of Integrated D-Band VCOs and Active Reflector Arrays for 6G ApplicationsOulun yliopisto
Center for Wireless Communications (CWC)
Aarno Pärssinen

3 000 €
MSc Andrei SpelmanDigital signal processing for wideband 5G transmittersAalto-yliopiston sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Jussi Ryynänen

3 000 €
SH Yamk Tiina Tarja VuohijokiOsallisuuden tukeminen älyvaatteiden avulla – käsintehdyistä designeista ratkaisuiksi yksilön arkeen/Participation and social inclusion trough intelligent clothing - from handcrafted designs to support individual’s everyday lifeTampereen yliopisto
Informaatioteknologian ja viestinnän tiedekunta
Johanna Virkki

3 000 €
MSc Lingyun YaoAI-based self-adaptive RF transceiver using hardware-efficient probabilistic modelsAalto-yliopiston sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu
Department of electronics and nanoengineering
Martin Andraud


3 000 €