Foundation scholarships
The foundation awards both research and travel scholarships. The scholarship application period for 2025 is January 2025 and the scholarships will be awarded in April.
Scholarships
The foundation awards both research and travel scholarships. The scholarship application period for 2025 is January 2025 and the scholarships will be awarded in April. The foundation will not award a scholarship to the same applicant in two consecutive years.
Apply for a scholarship using a form and append a free-form research plan. You can fill in the form here. Send your application electronically to: tykssaatio@tyks.fi
More information: tykssaatio@tyks.fi
The TYKS Foundation cooperates with the Rauno ja Anne Puolimatkan Säätiö Foundation: the TYKS Foundation’s scholarship board assesses the applicants for medical scholarships to the Rauno ja Anne Puolimatkan Säätiö Foundation.
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Writing a doctoral dissertation on neonatal oxygen deficiency while completing a medical degree
Niina Viitaharju, a fifth-year medical student, spun her advanced studies topic on neonatal oxygen deficiency into a doctoral dissertation project. Since 2023, she has worked for a clinical research programme on the topic in Turku. At the moment, her Lic. Med. degree and part of her dissertation work is set to be completed by spring–summer
Taru Garthwaite, PhD, received funding for a conference trip in sports medicine
Taru Garthwaite’s doctoral dissertation in clinical physiology and nuclear medicine was examined at the University of Turku in September 2024. In July 2024, she presented her research at the 29th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science in Glasgow. The TYKS Foundation enabled her participation with a travel grant.
More physical activity and mobility is needed in 24-hour care of older adults
“We in Finland have made shockingly low investments in caring for older adults. We are leaving older generations behind as we tear down our care services for older adults and make our care criteria increasingly stringent,” says Noora Narsakka, MSc (Public Health), who, in her doctoral dissertation on nursing, examines how physical activity and mobility
Artificial intelligence for developing clinical decision-making support systems
The development of modern-day health care is increasingly multidisciplinary, involving not only traditional medicine, nursing science and laboratory fields but also, for example, computing scientists and other natural scientists in joint technology projects. Akseli Reunamo graduated with a master’s degree in Biology, from Physiology and Genetics line, from the University of Turku, in 2022. At
