Frequently asked questions

AAPU’s pricing is public: setup 1,500 € (tailored application form, environment setup and initial training) and an annual fee of 2,999 €, which includes 100 electronically signed forms, maintenance, user support and all users. Beyond a hundred forms, additional forms cost 2 € each.

No. Applicants fill in the tailored application form directly in the browser without registering. This lowers the barrier to applying and reduces support requests.

Huiske customer service. Applicants get help directly from us with, for example, attachment uploads, a missing confirmation email or completing a submitted application. The foundation does not need to act as technical support.

Signatures use strong authentication. Committee decisions, applicant forms, minutes and other foundation documents are signed electronically. Nothing is printed or mailed.

Yes. The board receives invitations, agendas and materials from the system, records attendance and signs the minutes electronically. No separate meeting portal is needed, and the same credentials work for grant processing.

Yes. AAPU is designed around the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, and personal data processing is agreed per customer. We go through data protection in detail in a demo.

AAPU submits statutory pension insurance notifications to Mela automatically. Working grants of four months or more fall under MYEL insurance, and the system takes care of the notification obligation for you.

AAPU announces open calls to the research.fi (tiedejatutkimus.fi) service directly from the system, so your call reaches researchers without extra manual work.

Onboarding starts with tailoring the application form, setting up your foundation’s environment and initial training, all included in the setup fee. The schedule is fitted to your application rounds. In most cases the system is live before your next round.

Yes. The form is tailored to your foundation’s needs and adapts to the applicant’s answers, so applicants see only the fields that apply to them.

Yes. AAPU is developed in Kuopio, Finland, and customer support serves in Finnish: aspa@huiske.fi and +358 34 109 1110. We also answer in English by email.

The transition is planned together: we tailor the forms, agree on a schedule around your application rounds and train your users. Migration of previous applications is agreed case by case.

Yes. Both the application form and the admin panel run in the browser on any device. Nothing needs to be installed.

Traffic is TLS-encrypted, signatures use strong authentication and the server is backed up as part of maintenance. Ask about our security practices in a demo and we go through them in detail.