Previous Grants
Previous Grants by Child and Nature Foundation
Grants in 2025
Noora Nurminen
Doctoral dissertation on the interaction between environmental microbial exposure and the immune system in the development of immune-mediated diseases
€ 10.000
Taina Ylenius-Högfors
Nature to hospital project
€ 11.641,12
Mika Saarenpää
Development of health-supporting growth substrate for urban green areas
€ 12.000
University of Eastern Finland
Wild plants and traditional treatments - significance for health as experienced by users - study
€ 34.900
Grants in 2024
Elina Mantere and Chintana Seppä
Continuation of Länsäolon piiri project
€ 26.913,70
Green Care-keskus Könkkölä ry
Starting of the Könkkölä shore's nature school
€ 29.000
Mika Saarenpää
Studying biodiversity garden samples (Doctoral thesis)
€ 10.000
MIELI Lounais-Suomen mielenterveys ry
Conversation help while walking in nature (project Helmassa)
€ 7.800
Grants in 2023
Elina Mantere & Chintana Seppä
Developing and testing a method that supports children's holistic well-being
€ 21.975,44
Yhdistävä Lääketiede ry
A study of the use and perceived effectiveness of the CAM in the Finnish adult population
€ 33.500
Grants in 2022
Raakel Silvennoinen
Babies nature bath project
€ 21.000
IkiOma Ikä ry
Taimitarha project
€ 13.070
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Touch as part of natural childcare
€ 17.800
Grants in 2021
Green Care Finland ry
Nature package for newborn families
€ 15.000
Yhdistävä Lääketiede ry
A study of the use and perceived effectiveness of the CAM in the Finnish adult population
€ 45.000
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Touch as part of natural childcare
€ 37.700
Grants in 2020
University of Turku
Biodiversity education in the botanical garden
€ 30.000
Mika Saarenpää
Research on how nature recreation and nature tourism affect the diversity of microbial communities in the body and microbial immune control (Doctoral study)
€ 20.000
Dodo ry
The alphabet of urban farming
€ 7.000
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Touch as part of natural childcare
€ 12.650
Ulla Pulkka, Jenna Puikkonen ja Anna-Kaisa Varjus
Tivoli Utopia Junior future game
€ 10.500
Grants in 2019
MLL Strömsinlahti local association
Compassionate parenting guide
€ 23.500
Luontotaito ry
Nature guidebook
€ 8.000
Suomen luonto- ja ympäristökoulujen liitto ry
Ulos-Ut-Out 2020 project
€ 9.000
Vivika Mäkelä
Research on pedagogy and its impact on children's and youth's relationship with nature
€ 23.700
Mika Saarenpää
Research on how nature recreation and nature tourism affect the diversity of microbial communities in the body and microbial immune control (Doctoral study)
€ 30.200
Luonnontie
Research on the effects of Terveysmetsä operations on the welfare and recovery of the outpatient care of a health center
€ 20.000
Grants in 2018
Katri Savolainen
Pre-school in nature (post doc)
€ 29.000
Pia Pannula Toft and Lisbeth Jul Olsen
Nature-based therapy programme
€ 6.700
Marikki Arnkil
Eco-social primary school project
€ 24.000
Luonnonlääketieteen keskusliitto LKL ry
Follow-up of a pilot study on treating babies with colic by using reflexology
€ 13.000
Luonnontie
Research on the effects of Terveysmetsä operations on the welfare and recovery of the outpatient care of a health center
€ 20.000
Grants in 2017
Only Good Things ry
Lapinlahden Hyvinvointikeskus project
€ 25.000
Luonnontie
Research on the effects of Terveysmetsä operations on the welfare and recovery of the outpatient care of a health center
€ 20.000
Luonnonlääketieteen keskusliitto LKL ry
A pilot study on treating babies with colic by using reflexology
€ 31.278
Suomen Terveysjärjestö STJ ry
Translating and publishing Pure, white and deadly book in Finnish
€ 9.500
Pauliina Römpötti
Developing the content of the Greenfulness nature wellness method and testing the method in test groups
€ 12.000
Virpi Tallqvist
Prosperity from Yoga - Yoga for elementary schools
€ 1.500
