Join us to hear Arne Flåøyen, Director of NordForsk talk about NordForsk activities and funding opportunities

Arne Flåøyen, Director of Nordforsk, is coming to visit the University of Oulu on 27th of October. He will give a presentation about NordForsk and the funding opportunities it provides. After the presentation, there will be time for questions and open discussion.

Time: 27.10.2022 13-15

Place: AGORA (AT128). You can also join online via Teams. Please register and we will send you a link.

Coffee will be served.

I you want to participate, please registerhttps://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/9E5F0D893499CA50 by 24.10.2022.

NordForsk was established in 2005 by the Nordic Council of Ministers for the purpose of strengthening Nordic research. NordForsk's key stakeholders comprise the national research councils, universities and other research-funding bodies. Nordforsk works to identify common Nordic priorities and provide funding for research and research infrastructure.

NordForsk seeks to enhance the quality, impact and efficiency of Nordic research cooperation, thereby helping the Nordic region to become a world leader in research and innovation. The purpose of Nordic cooperation is, on the one hand, to make it attractive to live, work and do business in the Nordic Region, and on the other hand, to strengthen the Nordic countries internationally.

Arne Flåøyen has been Director of NordForsk since 2018. He is a trained veterinarian with extensive experience as a researcher, research manager and research bureaucrat, including as a national expert in the European Commission. Currently open funding calls for funding in NordForsk.https://www.nordforsk.org/funding-opportunities * Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2024: A summary of all calls in Pillar II (large consortium calls) available

Horizon Europe Work Programme is under revision and lacks final approval, however, we have now made a summary of all calls Pillar II (Clusters 1-6) with deadlines in 2023-2024 based on draft Work Programmes for your use. Please remember, that you must always check the final call text once the call opens, since there might be changes to the drafts.

Click here https://patio.oulu.fi/fi/media/5059/download?attachment to download the excel.

Pillar II funds top-down Research and Innovation activities of large consortia. Pillar II is organised in six clusters, which individually and together will promote interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral, cross-policy, cross-border and international cooperation: 1. Health; 2. Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Societies; 3. Civil Security for Society; 4. Digital, Industry & Space; 5. Climate, Energy and Mobility; and 6. Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture & Environment. A consortium is comprised of at least 3 partners from 3 different countries. This includes partners coming from member states and/or associated countries. However usually a larger consortium is expected.

Horizon Europe calls with deadlines in February-April 2023: Support for coordinators now available

Research and project services offer enhanced support for researchers, who plan to coordinate a Research and Innovation Action (RIA) proposal with call deadlines in February 2023 - April 2023 in Horizon Europe calls (Clusters 1-6).

The support consists of training, partner search, grant-writing services, budgeting, open science, etc. Also, external services for proposal review and graphic design services for infographics will be provided. Read here http://newsletter-researchfunding.oulu.fi/a/s/138898135-4dceed6e5ed79c4262e6cf6fa3baafb8/4872437 about the experiences of Prof. Shenghong Yang, who participated in the pilot support process in 2021 and received funding.

All researchers planning to submit a proposal for the Horizon Europe RIA calls in February - April 2023 as coordinators can express their interest to be included in the support process by answering a short Webropol questionnairehttps://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/CFAD49C64C932998 by 31.10.2022.

All information provided will be kept confidential. The applicants who are selected for the support process commit themselves to take part in the support process for the proposal preparation and submit their final proposal to a call in 2023. Selected applicants will be invited to a Horizon Europe online training and a kick-off meeting to go through the support process and schedule in November 2022.

Selection will be made based on the availability of services and the readiness level of the proposal preparation. *

Strategisen tutkimuksen (STN) teema vuodelle 2023 päätetty / Theme for strategic research (SRC) in 2023 decided

The Finnish Government has decided that Just Green Transition will be the theme of strategic research programmes to be launched in 2023. The cross-cutting priority in the programmes is resilience

The Strategic Research Council (SRC) is an independent body established within the Academy of Finland 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 renewal and competitiveness of business and industry and supports the development of working life and the public sector.

SRC Chair Anu Kaukovirta says that the SRC is preparing to open two six-year research programmes on the new theme. "We find ourselves in the midst of a green transformation. Long-term and multidisciplinary research projects that link different disciplines and perspectives in an unprejudiced manner can build a far-reaching knowledge base for accelerating the green transformation and promoting its fairness.This applies to both the energy transition, resource issues and societal solutions required by the green transformation," Kaukovirta says.

Strategic research funding is intended for extensive, multidisciplinary research consortia that carry out research with an emphasis on active interaction and engagement with knowledge users.Strategic research strengthens societal problem-solving capacity and improves the knowledge base of decision-making.From the projects to be funded, the SRC expects active interaction between knowledge producers and knowledge users, covering the entire life cycle of the research, in order to disseminate high-quality research to knowledge users across society.

The call text and guidelines will be published in early November (TBC) on the Academy of Finland's website. The first call stage will be open until early January 2023.

Inquiries and more information

* Government decision on thematic areas for strategic research (in Finnish and Swedish)https://valtioneuvosto.fi/-/10616/valtioneuvosto-paatti-teemat-strategiselle-tutkimukselle-vuonna-2023?languageId=fi_FI * Funding for strategic researchhttps://www.aka.fi/en/strategic-research/strategic-research/strategic-research-in-a-nutshell/ * For applicantshttps://www.aka.fi/en/strategic-research/for-applicants-and-projects/for-applicants/

Programme call contacts:

* Tuomas Katajarinne, Science Adviser, tel. +358 295 335 067 * Katri Huutoniemi, Science Adviser, tel. +358 295 335 195 Kind regards Päivi

Päivi Tomperi Research Funding Specialist 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.fimailto:paivi.tomperi@oulu.fi

Room: M202