In honor of its anniversary, the Foundation of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East is collecting donations for scholarships supporting the study of the Middle East (collection number: RA/2024/1382). If you want to help to support research of the Middle East, you can donate an amount of your choice to the account IBAN: FI2666010010494698, BIC: AABAFI22. You can also donate through MobilePay via number 16998. We request the word “donation” and the name of the donor – if we are allowed to publish it – as the message of the bank payment. We will publish the result of the collection and the awarded scholarships on the foundation’s website.
Terms and Conditions
General
Operator: Foundation of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East, Business ID 1046184-7, address: Kalliollinantie 4, 00140 Helsinki, Finland
These terms outline the foundation’s principles of receiving donations by bank transfer and via the Vipps MobilePay application.
Payment and purpose of use
A donation is an action taken by a legal entity in which they give a gift without receiving anything in return.
The primary purpose of the donation is to collect funds for scholarships awarded in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Foundation of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East. The foundation gives out scholarships to support research related to the Middle East. Scholarships are awarded to private individuals and can be applied for and received e.g. for research and research-related travel in the Middle East, Arabic studies, and study of the Middle East.
If the funds cannot be awarded as special scholarships collected in honor of the anniversary, they will be awarded as a graduate grant or graduate grants for writing master’s theses related to the Middle East and/or grants to support Arabic studies.
A small collection permit (number: RA/2024/1382) has been issued for collecting donations, and is valid from 24.09.2024 to 20.12.2024.
Right of cancellation and returns
If the donor has made a mistake when making the payment, they can contact the foundation’s administrations assistant (laura.aho@fime.fi). In the event of a mistake, it is possible to return the donation in full or partially to the donor.
Complaints and reclamations
Due to their nature, it is not possible to make a complaint or a reclamations about the donations. If the donor has made a mistake when making the payment, he can contact the foundation’s administrative assistant (laura.aho@fime.fi).