Hi !

Please find below some info about upcoming/ongoing research funding calls.

 

Happy holidays!

 

Best regards,

Päivi

 

 

UNIVERSITY OF OULU – KVANTUM RESEARCH PROJECT 2025-2028 CALL

Kvantum is now calling for new research projects for the four-year period of 1/2025 – 12/2028. The new Kvantum research projects should address the global challenges recognized in the strategy of the University of Oulu for the thematic area Climate Change and Safeguarding Biodiversity including profiling themes Changing Space Environment; Biodiverse, Arctic, Digital Water Systems and Global Resilience; Green Transition and Circular Economy; Hydrogen Future and Sustainable Steel. Deadline for the project applications is February 29, 2024.

Further information and the call text in Patio

RESEARCH COUNCIL OF FINLAND ( = ACADEMY OF FINLAND)

 

WINTER CALL 2024, DL 17.1.2024

Academy Research Fellowship,  Academy Project Funding

Please note ! You can send your proposal draft  to your faculty’s/unit’s research funding specialist  for comments by  5th of January , if you want.

 

International joint calls  

Research Council of Finland Joint call with U.S. Department of Defense 2024: Future Information Architecture for IoT, DL 3 May 2024

Research Council of Finland (RCF)–NSF joint call 2024: artificial intelligence and/or wireless communication technologies , DL 31 March, 2024

 

SRC /STN - Strategic Research Council, draft themes for 2024

Draft themes for SRC strategic research programmes 2024 are:  Water for welfare, security and peace and Interactions of immigration, work and wellbeing in future Finland

The proposed cross-cutting priority of the 2024 SRC programmes is democracy.

 

The Government’s decision on the new themes for strategic research programmes has been delayed. The theme proposals put forward by the Strategic Research Council (SRC) last summerr are still being discussed, which is why the SRC has not been able to open the programme calls with the same schedule as in previous years.

 

 

NORDFORSK

Preliminary information: NordForsk, Call for proposals on Sustainable Development of the Arctic  (February 2024 – May 2024)

NordForsk is opening a call for proposals on research that will contribute to new knowledge for a sustainable development of the Arctic. The call has no thematic priorities, but three keywords can inspire the applicants when developing their research ideas into proposals: security, natural resources and/or societal changes. Research projects will be required to consider Indigenous perspectives when relevant.

The call has two stages and will provide funding for international and interdisciplinary research projects.

 

RAKENNERAHASTOT/STRUCTURAL FUNDS    (only in Finnish)

Pohjois-Pohjanmaalla on avoinna seuraavat rakennerahastohaut:

Lisätietoja rakennerahastoista: https://patio.oulu.fi/fi/palvelut-ja-ohjeet/tutkimuksen-tuki/rahoituslahteet/rakennerahastot-eakr-esr-ja-jtf

Further information: https://patio.oulu.fi/en/services-and-instructions/research-support/funding-instruments/european-regional-development-fund

 

Interreg Northern Periphery and the Arctic (NPA)  Fourth Call DL 2.2.2024

Interreg Aurora

The next Interreg Aurora Call will open on 5th of February 2024.

 

Interreg Baltic Sea Region

Next Call will open on 17th  of January 2024

 

 

FOUNDATIONS

Check the deadlines of Finnish foundations in HERE. 

Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation supports high-level, international scientific research as well as arts and culture. The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation accepts grant applications every day of the year. Decisions to award grants are made by the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, which meets four times a year in March, May, September and December. Average processing time for applications is 4–6 months

EDUFI Fellowships for doctoral students from Ukraine (no specific deadline)

 

Suomen Tiedeseura / Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, DL 31.1.2024 

(natural sciences, biosciences, humanities and the social sciences.)

 

The Foundation for Municipal Development , DL 28.2.2024

 -Funding for research projects on municipalities as well as grants for researchers in the field. Applications are not restricted to a particular field of study or discipline.

 

Väisälä-hankeapuraha / Väisälä grants for establishing a research group and for research costs, DL 31.1.2024

(physics, mathematics, geophysics, astronomy and meteorology)
The applicant should be working in Finland and be in the initial phase of tenure track (assistant professor level).

 

Finnish Cultural Foundation, Regional Funds, DL 9.2.2024

 

BUSINESS FINLAND

Partnership Model Funding Call For Companies And Research Organizations DL 30.1.2024

Research To Business – Funding For The Commercialization Preparation Of Research Results, Call 1/2024 DL 1.3.2024

All open calls can be found in here.

 

HORIZON EUROPE

 

Horizon Europe, ERC  

 

MARIE Sklodowska Curie: COFUND 2023, call deadline 8th February2024

 

MARIE Sklodowska Curie: Staff Exchanges 2023, call deadline 28th February 2024

 

European Innovation Council - EIC Pathfinder call, DL March 2024

EIC Pathfinder Open supports early-stage research and development of such future technologies (e.g. TRLs 1-4) and the research must provide the foundations of the envisioned technology. The expected output is the proof of principle that the main ideas of the technology are feasible, thus validating its scientific and technological basis. Projects in any field of science, technology or application without predefined thematic priorities may apply. 

 

 

Horizon Europe: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness - open calls 

·    CL1: Health 

·    CL2: Culture, creativity and inclusive society 

·    CL3: Civil Security for Society 

·    CL 4: Digital, Industry and Space 

·    CL 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility 

·    CL 6: Food, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment  

   

All the calls for proposals in the 2023-2024 work programme are published and listed at the Search Funding & Tenders (europa.eu)-portal.   

 

OTHER

 

NATO:  Science For Peace And Security Call For Proposals DL 21.1.2024

Fulbright Finland Travel Grants for Research Collaboration, DL 29.1.2024

 

 

EVENTS 

Interreg Aurora info at Linnanmaa Campus 25.01.2024 at 10-12

 

 

Horizon Europe EIC (European Innovation Council) Pathfinder Open 2024 info 18.1.2024  at 14.00 - 15.30

Program:

You can join the info session here. No registration needed.

EIC Pathfinder Open supports early-stage research and development of such future technologies (e.g. TRLs 1-4) and the research must provide the foundations of the envisioned technology. The expected output is the proof of principle that the main ideas of the technology are feasible, thus validating its scientific and technological basis. Projects in any field of science, technology or application without predefined thematic priorities may apply. 

 

 

RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL FUNDING SEARCH   

Use the Research Professional  search tool to find further funding possibilities for your research. To log in open the drop-down menu on the log in page on the left under the tab "With your university account" and choose University of Oulu from the listed institutions. Use your Haka login information to sign in and save the information.

  

 

Päivi Tomperi

Research Funding Specialist (Faculty of Science, SGO, KSI, Kajaani)

University of Oulu

Research and Project Services

Pentti Kaiteran katu 1

PL 8000

90014 University of Oulu

Finland

 

tel. +358 294 483972

mobile: +358 (0)40 7468503

e-mail: paivi.tomperi@oulu.fi

 

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