Velux Stiftung

Grant-giving foundation

What you need to know

https://veluxstiftung.ch/foundation/funding-policy/ https://veluxstiftung.ch/applications/eligibility/

What we do not support

Current priorities

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Target Group

Professional Group According to the Foundation's Orientation (e.g. Artists, Researchers)

The Most Important in Brief

The foundation aims to have an impact on and contribute to sustainable improvement and the benefit of society. This is achieved by supporting the creation of new knowledge through cutting-edge research and the fostering of its application and dissemi... show more

Purpose (SOGC)

Die Stiftung bezweckt im Sinne einer gemeinnützigen Tätigkeit die Unterstützung der Forschung auf dem Gebiet der Tageslicht-Technologie und bezüglich der Bedeutung des Tageslichts für den Menschen und die Natur, auf biologischen und medizinische... show more

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Goals

Actively supporting research worldwide. At Velux Stiftung, we put our support behind researchers who aim to discover and transfer new knowledge to those who can foster change to create a positive impact on all humankind.
Funding Policy

The foundation supports research projects in the following funding areas: - Daylight Research: research on the effects and utilization of daylight in three fields: 1) Daylight & Humans 2) Daylight & Nature 3) Daylight Technology - Healthy Ageing Research - Ophthalmology Research - Forestry Research
Principles

The foundation aims to contribute to sustainable change and impact for the benefit of humankind. While there are many important and unsolved topics in the supported funding areas, Velux Stiftung focuses on those ideas or challenges which are relevant, but have been neglected by the system, and/or take an interdisciplinary, outside-of-the-box approach where other funding opportunities are lacking. As knowledge entrepreneurs, our grantees have a clear vision of the impact their research could have, and how they can foster the necessary change. We support researchers who aim to actively transfer their newly gained knowledge, and put it on the path to make a real impact. This ultimate objective determines which audiences need to be targeted, and which format the output should have. This makes it possible for the new knowledge to transcend the borders of a single discipline, and go beyond the academic community.