A foundation to advance heart disease and cancer research

The purpose of Kirsti and Tor Johansson’s Heart and Cancer Foundation (KTJS) is to enable long-term and sustainable medical research. We award grants to researchers at various stages of their careers for their work in research institutions in and outside Finland. We strive to increase the value of research data and researcher careers in society and to advance socially impactful research. 

The Foundation has supported heart disease and cancer research since 1987. Learn more about establishing the Foundation and about its operations. 

About the Foundation

This is how we support scientific research

Grants

Every year we distribute grants for Finnish heart disease and cancer research. 

Apply for a grant

Residence

Our idyllic 19th-century property of 60 sq. m. in the centre of Ekenäs, Finland, is available pro bono for Finnish heart disease and cancer researchers’ short-term use as a workspace or for leisure.