Four researchers from the University of Jyväskylä received grants from the Väisälä Fund

The Vilho, Yrjö, and Kalle Väisälä Fund of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters awarded a total of 1.8 million euros to researchers in the field of mathematics and natural sciences. Four researchers from the Faculty of Mathematics and Science at the University of Jyväskylä were awarded grants.

Grant winners at award ceremony of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters on 8.12.2025. Picture: the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.

Published

10.12.2025

Vilho, Yrjö and Kalle Väisälä Fund distributes grants to representatives of fields of research included in the mathematical and natural sciences. The fund, which originated from a donation made by Professor Vilho Väisälä in 1963, awards grants for doctoral studies and short-term research visits abroad in the fields of mathematics and natural sciences. The fund supports research in the fields of physics, mathematics, geophysics, meteorology and astronomy.

The following researchers from the University of Jyväskylä awarded grants from the Vilho, Yrjö, and Kalle Väisälä Fund:

Physics

Master of Science Carlisle Aurabelle M. Casuga: Global Analysis of Non-linear QCD Dynamics in Deep Inelastic Scattering, 28 000€
Docent Mikael Reponen, Laser spectroscopy of 94Ag, 3 500€
Master of Science Pyry Runko, JIMWLK evolution of the odderon, 28 000€

Mathematitcs

Master of Science Miro Arvila, New methods for Independent Vector Analysis and their statistical properties, 28 000€

The renowned Väisälä Prize

The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters awarded the Väisälä Prize to Associate professor Sylvester Eriksson-Bique.

Read the news on Väisälä Prize (in Finnish)

Congratulations to all grant award winners!

The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters

All grants awarded from the Väisälä Fund (in Finnish)

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