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Please find below some info about open and forthcoming research funding calls and events.

 

RAKENNERAHASTOT (STRUCTURAL FUNDS)

Pohjois-Pohjanmaan liiton JTF-hakemusten priorisointiaikataulu elokuussa | Patio (oulu.fi)

Hakemukset toimitetaan priorisoitavaksi 18.8. mennessä ja hakemukset allekirjoitetaan 30.8.

 

Muita Pohjois-Pohjanmaan syksyn hakuja

 

 

 

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 Aurora

The Interreg Aurora Programme will launch call 3 for regular projects:  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.

Further information in Patio

 

Northern Periphery and Artic (NPA)

Further information in Patio

 

RESEARCH COUNCIL OF FINLAND ( = 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.       

 

Call for inviting researchers from Ukraine to Finland

Call open: 23.8.2023 -20.9.2023

 

 

 

Funding for mobility cooperation with mainland China, Taiwan or Germany

Call open: 23.8.2023 – 20.9.2023

Mobility grant from Finland to Japan (JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship) 2023

Call open: 23.8.2023 – 20.9.2023

 

Call for applications for Research Council of Finland's Proof of Concept Funding

Call open: 1.8.2023 – 6.9.2023

Pre-announcement: NordForsk Nordic-Baltic Green Transition Call

Call open: End of August - November

 

 

Pre-announcement: Water4All 2023 Joint Transnational Call: Aquatic Ecosystem Services

Call open: 12.9.2023 - 13.11.2023

 

The European Partnership Water4All has pre-announced a joint transnational call for research and innovation projects on “Aquatic Ecosystem Services”. The call will support research to improve water security in the long term. The call has two stages (preproposals and full proposals). Each consortium must be composed of at least three eligible partners that request funding from participating organizations from three different countries participating in the call.

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

Nessling Foundation; DL 8.9.2023 

Funding for projects that contribute to the Nessling Foundation’s mission to seek systemic solutions for an ecologically sustainable future. 

 In the general grant call, funding is awarded for three purposes. You can apply for: 

·     personal grants for doctoral thesis researchers (for a maximum of 4 years) 

·     personal grants for post-doc researchers (for a maximum of 2 years) 

·     grants for implementation projects where research is put into practical use through cooperation between the producers and users of knowledge. 

Read more about the 2023 general grant call

Previously funded projects: : https://www.nessling.fi/en/funded-projects/

 

The Finnish Foundations' Post Doc Pool, DL 15.9.2023

Postdoc grants for scholars heading outside from Finland.

 

 

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

The appreciated project management training in September 5th and 6th  2023 (fundamentals)! Registration is open until 15th of August!

Training:

-provides basic information about project work and motivates participants to use good project work practices and methods in their own tasks
-introduce participants to the project life cycle and key tasks at different stages of the life cycle
-teach practical project management and administration methods by applying them to one's own projects

 

 

Horizon Europe -ERC Work Programme 2024 novelties 29.8.2023 at 13-14

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.

 

Interreg Aurora info on 29.08.2023 at 13.00 – 14.30, Linnanmaa Tellus Stage

Please register in advance with this form no later than Thursday 24.08.2023: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/5C7BCCE1D9D0976C

 

 

U.S. Research Landscape and Context for Newcomers, webinar August 29 at 16:00 – 16.45

 The webinar aims to provide researchers and other staff not yet that familiar with the U.S. academic landscape with basic information on U.S. research cooperation, as well as funding and mobility opportunities.

  

You can register for the session here.

 

Program:

How to approach American academia: opportunities and support structures

Sari Tojkander, Team Finland Knowledge Expert – Los Angeles

 

Introduction to the U.S. funding landscape

Jani Haapakoski, University of Oulu and Henna Moore, University of Helsinki

 

Fulbright Finland Foundation grant programs and internationalization services

Emmi Jelekäinen, Fulbright Finland Foundation

 

 

Horizon Implementation Day: Finding opportunities and submitting a proposal in Horizon Europe

Date: 05 October 2023, 09:30h to 12:30h (CEST, Brussels Time)

Event Website: Events | The research and innovation community platform (europa.eu)

 

 

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. Oamk users sign in with an alternative method, internal info here.   

  

 

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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PL 8000

90014 University of Oulu

Finland

 

tel. +358 294 483972

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e-mail: paivi.tomperi@oulu.fi

 

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