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Päivi
RESEARCH COUNCIL OF FINLAND
Research Council
of Finland - Winter call 2025,
DL 8.1.2025
-The Academy Project is open to all fields of science and
can be applied by individual research teams or by a consortium. The PI must have a doctorate and other significant merits (e.g. professor, docent, adjunct professor). Projects last for four years and funding is provided for research team salaries and other
research costs including travel and international mobility.
-The Academy Research Fellowship is aimed at talented early-career
researchers whose doctoral certificate is awarded between 1 Jan 2018 – 31 Jan 2023. The purpose is to increase the fellow’s competencies and make significant career progress towards more demanding research position producing high-quality and high-impact research.
The Fellowship lasts 4 years and funding is provided for the fellow’s own salary, research team salaries and other research costs.
-The Academy Programme for Sport Science and Physical Activity aims
to advance the quality, renewal and impact of research on physical activity and sports. This three-year project provides funding for research team salaries and other direct research costs.
-The Academy Professor funding is opened again after some
years and applications are for six years with funding for the professor’s own salary, research team salaries and other research costs.
Strategisen
tutkimuksen (STN) ohjelma v. 2025
/ Strategic Research Funding (SRC)
DL 22.2.2025
The
themes are:
The cross-cutting priority for the upcoming research programmes is artificial intelligence.
The SRC is tasked with providing funding for long-term excellent research that is aimed at finding solutions to the major challenges facing Finnish society. In
addition, strategic research strengthens the regeneration and competitiveness of business and industry and supports the development of work and the public sector.
RAKENNERAHASTOHAUT (EAKR, ESR, JTF)
(in Finnish only)
Pohjois-Suomen avoimet rakennerahastohaut
Ennallistamiseen ja jälkikäyttöön liittyvien JTF-hankkeiden haku
Pohjois-Pohjanmaalla, Lapissa ja Kainuussa DL 25.8.2025
JTF-hankehaku työllisyyteen ja osaamiseen liittyen Pohjois-Pohjanmaalla ja Lapissa DL 18.2.2025, 8.4.2025, 5.6.2025 ja 30.9.2025
Valtakunnalliset avoimet rakennerahastohaut
Työelämän kehittäminen -teeman valtakunnallinen hankehaku
(ESR+) DL 10.02.2025
Innovaatio- ja osaamisverkostot valtakunnallisen teeman tutkimushankehaku
2/2024 DL 15.01.2025
Luovan ja kulttuurialan innovaatio-osaaminen
Hämeen ELY-keskus avaa Luovan ja kulttuurialan innovaatio-osaaminen valtakunnallisessa teemassa kolme hakua ajalle 13.1. – 31.3.2025.
FOUNDATIONS
Review the deadlines of Finnish foundations
HERE.
Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation
(continuous call)
High-level, international scientific research. Decisions to award grants by the Board of Trustees, which meet four times a year.
The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters,
DL 31.1.2025
Grants for all fields of science, the humanities and the social sciences.
1) PhD studies for the completion of theses
2) Researchers or research teams for scientifical projects
3) Travel grants for specific research or conference trips.
Väisälä Project Grants,
DL 31.1.2025
Väisälä project grant for researchers working in Finland at the early stages of the tenure track (assistant professor level) to set up their research group and
cover the group’s research costs. Eligible fields are physics, mathematics, geophysics, astronomy, and meteorology. Multidisciplinary is considered an advantage.
The Finnish Konkordia Fund
DL 31.1.2025
Grants for female doctoral students to conference trips.
Fullbright Center Finland – Travel grants for research collaboration,
DL 28.1.2025
Short-term travel grants for researchers from Finland to travel to the U.S. for a minimum of one week and a maximum of three months.
Finnish foundations Post Doc Pool,
DL 31.1.2025
The grants are intended for scholars, who have recently completed their doctoral degree and wish to conduct research abroad from Finland for at least six months.
(Note: Applicant info Jan 16th 2025 at 9–10 AM online)
Finnish Cultural Foundation
– Regional Grants DL 7.2.2025
Regional funds for arts and science. For applicants residing or born in the region.
All research fields.
Emil Aaltonen Foundation,
DL 15.2.2025
Grants for young researchers, part-year working grants, incentive grants, and target-specific grants.
The applicant must be Finnish-speaking. Exceptionally, a grant may be awarded to a researcher who does not have Finnish as their native language if they are part of a Finnish-speaking research community and are also closely integrated into it.
Finnish Society of Forest Science
DL 21.2.2025
The Society awards grants for research, travel that supports research or post-graduate studies, other international activities, language studies, and other purposes
that advance forest sciences.
The Foundation for Municipal Development
DL 28.2.2025
Funding for research projects on municipalities and grants for researchers in the field. Applications not restricted to a particular field.
Tauno Tönning Foundation
DL 28.2.2025
Grants can be admitted on engineering and technical disciplines and other scientific research aiming for growth in Northern Finland.
The Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation
DL 28.2.2025
Dissertation-Thesis Funding; Prizes and Awards; Research: Project Grants & Innovation. Grants are awarded for all scientific disciplines except: medical research,
mathematics, physics and chemistry (including biochemistry and medical chemistry).
Post Docs in companies,
DL 15 4.2025
PoDoCo is established to create new jobs for postdocs. PoDoCo offers research grants for 1-2 year research period. After the research period the company hires
the Post doc.
Application rounds are open annually from 1.3. to 15.4. and 15.9. to 31.10
INTERREG
Interreg Aurora
Call 6, opens 17.2.2025,
DL 17.3.2025 (call 7: 8.9.-2.10.2025)
All Priorities and Specific Objectives open. Aurora includes regions of Finland, Sweden and Norway
HORIZON EUROPE
ERC (European Research Council)
ERC
Starting Grant
2026, DL October 2025
For researchers with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD.
ERC
Consolidator Grant 2026,
DL January 14 2025 ( and January 2026)
For researchers with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD.
ERC
Advanced Grant 2026,
DL August 2025
ERC
Synergy Grant 2026,
DL November 2025
A group of two to maximum four Principal Investigators (PIs) working together
and bringing different skills and resources to tackle ambitious research problems.
Support
available for ERC applicants
Note ! New in 2025: ERC accelerator programme
(see below)
MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE ACTIONS
Innovative international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration in research and innovation through exchanging staff and sharing knowledge and ideas at all stages of the innovation
chain. It is open to research, technical, administrative and managerial staff supporting R&I activities. Opens 19 September 2024,
Deadline 5 February 2025
MSCA
COFUND
2025
Opens 23 January,
DL 24.6. 2025.
New or existing doctoral or postdoctoral programmes. A single legal entity can apply. Additional partners can be included.
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships,
DL 14 September 2025
For postdocs (max 8 years experience in research, from the date of the award of their PhD degree)
European fellowships & Global Fellowships
Note!
Create adverts for the positions in EURAXESS
EIC – EUROPEAN INNOVATION COUNCIL
EIC Pathfinder Open,
DL 21 May 2025
European Innovation Council (EIC) is Europe’s flagship innovation programme to identify, develop and scale up breakthrough technologies and game changing innovations.
EIC Pathfinder Open
supports the exploration of bold ideas for radically new technologies. It welcomes the high-risk/high gain and interdisciplinary cutting-edge science collaborations that underpin technological breakthroughs. Grants
of up to EUR 3 million. Any field of science and technology.
EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2025,
DL 29 October 2025
-Advanced materials development & upscale
-Biotechnology driven low emission food
-Creating European Champions in Gen AI
-Innovative in-space servicing, operations, robotics and technologies
- Breakthrough innovations for future mobility
Budget max 4M€ per project.
EIC Transition,
DL 17 September 2025
Funding for technology validation and commercialisation of results created in EIC or Horizon projects
HORIZON EUROPE PILLAR II: GLOBAL CHALLENGES
AND EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS – CLUSTERS
(Consortium projects)
Almost all Pillar II calls
open in May 2025, with deadlines in September 2025. We have a summary table of all the calls, as well as work program drafts. Ask these: paivi.tomperi@oulu.fi
CLUSTER
2: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
CLUSTER
3: Civil Security for Society
CLUSTER
4: Digital, Industry and Space
CLUSTER
5: Climate, Energy and Mobility
CLUSTER
6: Food, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Note ! Renewed Support Process: there is support available for coordinators! Full support and a light support. You can register for the support process via
an Internal application form
See also:
Support for coordinators
RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL FUNDING SEARCH
- INTERNATIONAL FUNDING DATABASE
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.
EVENTS
ERC Proposal Reading Days (PRDs) in Spring 2025
Participants will get the opportunity to read successful ERC grant proposals to see how a proposal might be structured.
New in 2025: ERC Accelerator Programme
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the ERC Accelerator Programme, designed to inspire and support early-career researchers in developing innovative research concepts suitable
for ERC calls. This programme is also open to more advanced researchers who have not yet applied for ERC funding.
The Accelerator Programme aims to ignite creativity and assist participants in forming groundbreaking research ideas through three engaging
workshops.
Session 1 – Let’s Get Started In the
first session, participants will learn about ERC grants, watch inspiring ERC grantee videos, and engage in warm-up exercises and creativity-boosting activities.
Session 2 – What Are ERC-Level Ideas? The
second session features an inspirational speech by Lotte Jaspers from Yellow Research, who discusses the ambition required for ERC applications and the concept of blue skies research.
Participants will also explore what it means to be a Principal Investigator (PI) and engage in group discussions to overcome barriers to aiming high.
Session 3 – Working on Your Idea/Concept In
the final session, participants will work on developing their individual research ideas, whether imaginative or real, into ERC-level application concepts.
They will have the opportunity to discuss their ideas with Research Funding Specialists and get feedback and slo learn about the ERC support process at the University of Oulu.
The schedule for the ERC Accelerator Programme is
17.2.2025, 1 pm-4 pm
17.3.2025, 1 pm-4 pm
14.4.2025, 1 pm-4 pm
Please fill out this registration
form to reserve your place in the ERC Accelerator Programme.
To learn more about the ERC grants, visit the ERC website and
find more details about our ERC support process on Patio.
We encourage all interested researchers to join this new programme and take the first step towards securing ERC funding!
Horizon Europe Science Dates
4.2.2025 14.00 - 16.00 (Tellus Stage)
Welcome to the Horizon Europe Science Dates! Science dates offer an opportunity to learn about the upcoming Horizon Europe thematic funding calls and engage in
discussions with fellow scientists to share expertise, discover new perspectives, and identify common research interests. The goal is to facilitate exchanges and broaden networks across disciplinary boundaries, form initial consortia and possibly start preparing
a funding proposal.
More information will follow in early January.
The event is organised by research and project services together with centres for multidisciplinary research.
Interreg Aurora info 07.02.2025 at 10 – 11.45
(Linnanmaa, OAMK Business Corner Venue (7B103)
Interreg Aurora call 6 will be open 17.02.2025 – 17.03.2025 and now it is a good time to start planning new projects and preparing applications.
Welcome to hear and discuss the content of the Interreg Aurora 2021-2027 program.
The event will be held in Finnish or English, depending on the participants, the materials will be in English.
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
Room: M202