Henry Fordin Säätiö - Scholarship

Henry Fordin Säätiö scholarship

You will receive a grant for your own academic work, your studies or a research project in two areas: motorised transport (vehicle technology, road safety, smart mobility) and mechanised agriculture (tractors and agricultural machinery). The Foundation determines the amount of each grant on a case-by-case basis and awards a substantial total sum each year. In 2026, it awarded a total of 632,600 EUR: 430,100 EUR for transport projects and 202,500 EUR for agriculture. The grant comes from the Henry Ford Foundation Finland (Henry Fordin Säätiö), a Finnish foundation established in 1947, which has since disbursed over 10 million euros. This is not the US company or Henry Ford College.

Who can apply

• Who you are: You may apply either as an individual for your own academic work, or as a school, college, university, association or organisation for a research project.
• Field: Your work must fit motorised transport or mechanised agriculture, for example vehicle technology, road safety or farm machinery.
• Where: The funds are being channelled into teaching and research in Finland.
• Based in Finland: You are applying from Finland, regardless of whether you are an individual, a school or an organisation based there.

How to apply

Applications must be submitted online via the Foundation’s funding portal. The application window is open every year from 15 January to 15 February. Only applications submitted during this period will be considered. The Foundation publishes the results on its website.

If you are exploring further transport or agriculture funding opportunities in Finland, our guide Scholarships in Finland brings together additional options worth considering.