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ACADEMY OF FINLAND

The next call for Academy Research Fellowships and Academy Project Funding   - Winter call replaces autumn  call

The Academy of Finland has changed its call schedules and the review of applications. The next application round for Academy Project Funding, Academy Research Fellowships and Clinical Researcher Funding will open in November  15 2023 ( not in September as in previous years). The call closes on 17 January 2024. The funding decisions will be made by June 2024.  The calls for applications for mobility funding based on international agreements will open in autumn according to the usual schedule.

The titles and descriptions of the review panels will be published in September 2023 at the latest. The call text, including the application guidelines and the details on the review criteria and the review procedure, will be published in late October 2023.        Further information

 

Academy of Finland planning new call for autumn 2023 to support researchers from Ukraine

The Academy of Finland is preparing a new call for applications for funding to support researchers from Ukraine and invite them to Finland to do research. Provided that the plans for the funding are realised, the call could be opened in autumn 2023. The aim is to support researchers at risk whose work in Ukraine has been prevented by Russia’s attack and who need physical protection to carry out their research.

 

The funding is applied for by a researcher based in Finland, and they must have secured a commitment from the site of research. The funding covers the invitee’s travel and living expenses in Finland, not the costs of the research work. A similar call was last open in February 2023.In that call, priority was given to applicants who were still in Ukraine. The main focus of the new call for applications will be to support researchers who have fled Ukraine and have already arrived in Finland or another country.

The call will be confirmed in June and more details will be made available on the Academy of Finland’s website.

 

International joint calls

HERA call: Crisis – Perspectives from the Humanities, DL for outline proposals 21.9.2023

                             Call: https://heranet.info/2023/04/25/crisis-perspectives-from-the-humanities/

Full call text: https://heranet.info/assets/uploads/2023/04/Crisis-Call-theme-description.pdf

Handy leaflet: https://heranet.info/assets/uploads/2023/04/Crisis-leaflet_compressed.pdf

 

The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Culture and Society co-funds the call with 800,000 euros, which is aimed at funding three or four Finnish subprojects.

 

 

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 call will be open later this year (usually in October/November).

 

 

MINISTRIES

 

MATINE -Maanpuolustuksen tieteellinen neuvottelukunta, tutkimusmäärärahahaku 2024, DL 13.6.2023

 

Forest Value2 Joint call 2023, DL 2.9.2023

The ForestValue2 Joint Call 2023 aims to support a transnational collaborative systems approach to produce knowledge that supports the best use of forests and forest resources, while balancing the multiple benefits for society, climate, environment and the economy. The Call has two themes: 1. Resilient sustainable forest systems and management, 2. Sustainable timber building systems.

For more information, please check the call text available on the call website: https://forestvalue.org/joint-call-2023-jc-2023/    

Further information also: https://mmm.fi/-/forestvalue2-joint-call-for-research-proposals-in-2023-now-open

 

BUSINESS FINLAND

 

Second partnership model funding call (Veturi-yrityshaut) for 2023 has the deadline at 13th of September: The leading companies participating are ABB, Borealis Polymers, Fortum and Metsä Group, Kone, Meyer Turku, Neste, Nokia, Sandvik, TietoEVRY, Valmet and Wärtsilä. Applications for funding may be submitted for projects relating to the subjects described in the leading companies' roadmaps.

For more information, please check the call text available on the call website: Veturiyritysten kumppanuusrahoitushaku - Business Finland

Second Research to Business funding call for 2023 has the deadline at 14th of September: Research to Business projects in public research organizations where the project team prepares a research-based product or service idea for commercialization and carries out applied research which support the commercialization.

For more information, please check the call text available on the call website: Research to Business – rahoitusta tutkimuslähtöisen idean kaupallistamisen valmisteluun, haku 2/2023 - Business Finland

 

 

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

Kone Foundation:  Koneen Säätiön uusi avaus metsäkeskustelujen monipuolistamiseksi – luvassa miljoonien eurojen rahoitus metsäasioihin syventyville hankkeille.

No English info available at the moment, but Kone Foundation has a new call to help diversifying the discourses around the Finnish forests, their role and utilization. Call is open now and will be open for couple of years. There are no specific deadlines.

Further information (in Finnish)

 

Oskari Huttunen Foundation, DL 15.6.2023

-postdoctoral grants for research work outside Finland

-postgraduate study grants (doctoral studies will primarily be completed at the oldest English universities)

 

Nessling Foundation; DL 8.9.2023 

The Nessling funds research that “seek[s] systemic solutions for an ecologically sustainable future”, but the range of disciplines is wide.

You can check out what projects they have funded here: https://www.nessling.fi/en/funded-projects/

 

Alfred Kordelin Foundation, DL 15.8.2023

-thesis grants, research grants, conference travel grants, visits

 

Finnish Forest Foundation, DL 13.8.2023

-agriculture and forestry

 

The Finnish Foundations' Post Doc Pool, DL 15.9.2023

Postdoc grants for scholars heading outside from Finland.

 

Invite new research from overseas – Fulbright-Oulu grant is now open for US applications  DL 15.9.2023

The Fulbright-University of Oulu Scholar will conduct research, or conduct research and teach, at any of the eight faculties, four focus institutes, or regional units of the University of Oulu. The Fulbright-University of Oulu Scholar Award is jointly funded by the University of Oulu and the Fulbright Finland Foundation. 

The award is available for visits of 3-9 months, and it includes a monthly grant of 4 500 EUR, a one-time travel allowance of 1 800 USD, a residence permit allowance, housing, work facilities, administrative support, orientation, and support services.

 

 

RAKENNERAHASTOT /STRUCTURAL FUNDS

Ennallistamiseen ja jälkikäyttöön liittyvien JTF-hankkeiden haku Pohjois-Pohjanmaalla, Lapissa ja Kainuussa DL 15.12.2023 (hakemusten käsittelyynottopäivät  31.8., 31.10. ja 15.12.2023)

Työllisyyteen ja osaamiseen liittyvät JTF-hankkeet Pohjois-Pohjanmaalla, Lapissa ja Kainuussa DL 30.11.2023 (hakemusten käsittelyynottopäivät  31.8. ja 30.11.2023)

Interreg Aurora

The Interreg Aurora Programme will launch call for regular projects in autumn:

Call 3, 5 September – 10 October 2023

A continuous call system is in place for the submission of small-scale project applications, meaning that small-scale applications can be submitted at any time.

 

Northern Periphery and Artic (NPA)

Planned calls (All dates subject to approval by the Monitoring Committee).:

 

 

HORIZON EUROPE

 

Horizon Europe, ERC  

 

MARIE Sklodowska Curie: Postdoctoral Fellowships   DL September 13, 2023

The objective of PFs is to support researchers’ careers and foster excellence in research. The Postdoctoral Fellowships action targets researchers holding a PhD who wish to carry out their research activities abroad, acquire new skills and develop their careers. PFs help researchers gain experience in other countries, disciplines and non-academic sectors.

 

There are 2 types of Postdoctoral Fellowships:

European Postdoctoral Fellowships. They are open to researchers moving within Europe or coming to Europe from another part of the world to pursue their research career. These fellowships take place in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country and can last between 1 and 2 years. Researchers of any nationality can apply.

Global Postdoctoral Fellowships. They fund the mobility of researchers outside Europe. The fellowship lasts between 2 to 3 years, of which the first 1 to 2 years will be spent in a non-associated Third Country, followed by a mandatory return phase of 1 year to an organisation based in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country. Only nationals or long-term residents of the EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries can apply.

 

MARIE Sklodowska Curie: Doctoral Networks 2023  DL November 28, 2023

Doctoral networks aim to train doctoral candidates able to face current and future challenges and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit.

 

Funding is available for 3 types of Doctoral Networks:

HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01-01 - doctoral networks
HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01-01 - doctoral networks, industrial doctorates
HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01-01 - doctoral networks, joint doctorates

 

EIC Pathfinder Challenges-01 – Open calls, DL October 18, 2023

EIC Pathfinder Challenges supports new, cutting-edge directions in following challenges are:

 

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

 

Cost Action 2023, DL 25.10.2023

A COST Action is an interdisciplinary research network that brings researchers and innovators together to investigate a topic of their choice for 4 years.

Open to all science and technology fields.

 

The call for projects for the Maupertuis mobility programme , DL 30.9.2023

The programme aims to encourage cooperation in the fields of science, innovation and higher education on all research topics of mutual interest between France and Finland. It aims to promote scientific mobility between the two countries in two different ways: through short mobilities that encourage the establishment of scientific partnerships in the host country, and through scientific workshops that strengthen existing scientific partnerships.

The programme is aimed at young and established researchers in France and Finland. For more information and to access the application form, please click here.

 

EVENTS

 

More information and registration  https://www.businessfinland.fi/en/whats-new/events/horisontti-eurooppa/2023/msca-doctoral-networks-info-session-for-applicants

More information and registration: Events | The research and innovation community platform (europa.eu)

 

Registration: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=cWejtt9y-EijRrXFcg1IEUzy9dR3Ck1FutFtaUxvB25UOTBLWlhHQjNLQVhYUVJWVDVYWTJPSEtCSy4u

 

 

 

The European Research Council (ERC) funds excellent principal investigators to pursue ground-breaking research through four core funding schemes (namely, Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants, Advanced Grants and Synergy Grants). ERC has yearly calls and the Work Programme (WP) 2024 is expected to be announced in July 2023.

 

To provide preliminary information and help researchers start preparing their proposals, Research and Project Services is organizing an ERC Call 2024 Online-Training with Yellow Research. The online training will include two live webinars with Yellow Research expert Lotte Jaspers. In addition, the registered participants will have access to video tutorials and online materials supporting the proposal preparation.

 

28.06.2023 @9:30-12:00

Webinar 1 will focus on creating the right mindset for submitting a proposal, covering the ERC objectives and evaluation criteria, what the panels expect, how to strategically approach the design of the project, and how to generate the convincing argumentation that will allow the reviewers to understand the feasibility of your ambitious project.

 

30.06.2023 @9:30-12:00 

Webinar 2 will guide participants systematically through the different parts of the proposal writing, addressing the key elements for writing the CV-part, extended synopsis and B2.

 

The combination of the two webinars will provide a roadmap to submission tackling any stumbling blocks in writing your ERC grant. The remote access to the additional materials allows you to be flexible and use the materials while planning and preparing your proposal.

 

Register your participation to the online training by 20 June 2023.  You will then receive the Zoom links to attend the event and have the opportunity to ask your questions for Lotte Jaspers beforehand.

 

 

The speaker in the event will be Simona Romagnoli from the ERC Executive Agency. The webinar will be held on the MS Teams platform in English. Please register at latest 28 August 2023.

 

·       Save-the-date: Interreg Aurora info on 29.08.2023 at 13.00

Welcome to the Interreg Aurora info event on Tuesday 29.08.2023 at 13.00 in Tellus Backstage.

In the event, Interreg Aurora expert Anna-Mari Auniola from Regional Council of Lapland tells about the new Interreg Aurora Call opening on 05.09.2023.

The programme and registration instructions for the event will be specified closer to the event.

 

 

 

Research Professional Funding Search   

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Best regards

Päivi

 

Päivi Tomperi

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

University of Oulu

Research and Project Services

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