Ragnar Granit Foundation

    Founding Members

     

    Academy of Finland
    University of Helsinki
    Nobelinstitute for Neurophysiology, Karolinska institutet
    University of Oxford
    University of Pennsylvania

    In addition, Ministry of Education has participated in creating the Founding Capital of the Foundation.

     

     

    The purpose of the Foundation

     

    It is the purpose of the Founation to promote on international level the basic and applied research of Bioelectromagnetism and Biomedical Engineering, their international education and other development.
    To implement its purpose, the Foundation supports financially the Ragnar Granit Institute and awards grants for Finnish and foreign researchers and research institutes. In addition, the Foundation supports scientific publishing.

     

    Professor Ragnar Granit

    Professor Ragnar Granit was born in Helsinki on October 30th, 1900. He received his education in medicine at University of Helsinki and the MD degree from there in 1926. He served as Professor of Physiology at University of Helsinki 1937-1940.
    In 1940 he was invited to Nobelinstitut for Neurophysiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. There he served as Professor of Physiology from 1945 to 1967 when he retired. Thereafter on the same year he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Haldan K. Hartline and George Wald from that work which he had made at the Institute of Physiology, University of Helsinki before moving to Sweden. He could not receive the Nobel Prize earlier because, when in office, he was member of the Nobel Committee.
    Professor Ragnar Granit died on March 12, 1991 and is buried to Korppoo, Finland.

    Ragnar Granit Institute at University of Helsinki

    "Ragnar Granit Institute" is a registered trademark of the Ragnar Granit Foundation. Therefore the Foundation has the right to decide of the location of the Ragnar Granit Institute.
    Because Ragnar Granit studied at University of Helsinki, served there as Professor and made there the research work for which he received the Nobel Prize, it is generally agreed that Ragnar Granit Institute should be located at University of Helsinki.
    In its meeting on 9.5.2008 the Board of the Ragnar Granit Foundation decided that Ragnar Granit Institute shall move to University of Helsinki. National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland registered this transfer on 8.10.2008. Which institute at University of Helsinki will use the name Ragnar Granit Institute will be decided later.

     

    For more information, please contact:

    Chairman of the Board
    Professor Jaakko Malmivuo
    Ragnar Granit Foundation
    Meritullinkatu 16 A 5
    00170 Helsinki
    Finland

    +358 500 621 246

     

    Ragnar Granit Institute