2025 Pro Gradu Award up for grabs
Each year, the Finnish Centre for Pensions grants a Pro Gradu Award of €2,000 to a quality Master’s thesis accepted at a Finnish university in the previous calendar year. Applications for the 2025 Pro Gradu Award should be submitted by 13 March 2026.
The award is granted to a quality thesis on a topic of interest to pension provision, accepted at a Finnish university in the previous calendar year.
“Pensions can be studied within several disciplines and from very different angles. The award can be applied by both social scientists, humanists and mathematicians. This year, we look forward to receiving many applications for high-quality theses”, says Head of Research Susan Kuivalainen.
Applications for the 2025 Pro Gradu Award should be submitted by e-mail to tutkimus(at)etk.fi no later than Friday 15 March 2026. The winner will be announced in late May or early June 2026.
The 2024 Pro Gradu Award was awarded to Noora Lähteenmäki. In her Master’s thesis, Lähteenmäki examined the process of rehabilitation under the earnings-related pension scheme and the roles of different actors within the process.
