I’m so thankful, that the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation is supporting my research on acoustic 3D printing. Their grant gives me the opportunity to dive deeper into acoustic 3D printing and develop new applications.
I’m further thankful for the support of the University of Helsinki where I can perform my research for the next years.

This marks also one further step in my long journey in research funding. During the last 3 years, I have applied for funding from different sources and prepared all the documents. I stopped counting at some point, but it must have been more than 10 applications. As grant applications are a highly competitive process and the acceptance rates are usually low, I got rejections from most of them. What I have learned during all this process is, and that I want to share with you, that you should not give up if your first proposal fails. Refine it and just continue applying!