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Research Funding calls

University Internal calls

* Call for new Eudaimonia Institute research projects 2022 – 2025 Eudaimonia Institute research project 2022 – 2025 call in the strategic focus area Understanding humans in change is open. Deadline for the project applications is February 15th, 2021. More information herehttp://newsletter-researchfunding.oulu.fi/go/30796236-3324895-95376481. * Call for new Infotech Institute research projects 2022 – 2025 Infotech Institute research project 2022 – 2025 call in the strategic focus area Digitalization and smart society is open. Deadline for the project applications is February 23rd, 2021. More information herehttp://newsletter-researchfunding.oulu.fi/go/30796237-2454612-95376481. * Proof-of-Concept (PoC) funding 2021 PoC funding is the internal funding of University of Oulu. PoC (Proof-of-Concept) funding aims to execute the first implementation of an invention or idea. This way you can show that invention / idea works as planned. Funding aims to increase possibilities of creating research and student based businesses. Total granted sum is 150 000 €. The call is now open. You can apply for funding as long as funds are available. More information herehttp://newsletter-researchfunding.oulu.fi/go/30796243-903496-95376481.

The Technology Promotion Foundationhttps://tekniikanedistamissaatio.fi/ DL 10.2.2021

The foundation supports education and research in the field of technology in Finland.

The Finnish Cultural Foundation regional fundshttps://skr.fi/en/grants/january-round-applications-regional-funds DL 10.2.2021

Regional funds award grants to applicants born or residing in the region, for scientific or artistic work carried out in or focusing on the region, and for different cultural projects.

Finnish Work Environment Fundhttps://www.tsr.fi/briefly-in-english//Työsuojelurahasto, tutkimusmäärärahat. DL 15.2.2021

Funding for working life research . In addition to research projects, it also funds development projects initiated by workplaces and the dissemination of research findings/ Please note, that the grant applications must be written in Finnish or Swedish.

EMIL AALTOSEN SÄÄTIÖn apurahat 2021https://emilaaltonen.fi/apurahat/hae-apurahaa/ , DL 15.2.2021

Luovan tieteellisen työn tukemiseen. Haku koskee kaikkia tieteenaloja. (Note: applicants are expected to master the Finnish language well enough to operate in Finnish and to communicate in the language with others in the research community.).

Tauno Tönning Foundationhttps://tonning.apurahat.net/login.aspx?lcid=1033 , DL 26.2.2021

Grants can be admitted on engineering and technical disciplines and other research scientific research aiming on growth in Northern Finland

https://www.tonninginsaatio.fi/ajankohtaista/

The Foundation for Municipal Developmenthttps://kaks.fi/about-the-foundation/ , DL 28.2.2021

The foundation funds research and development activities serving municipalities, publishes a magazine and books, discusses and educates. The aim is to support municipalities and regions and improve their scopes for action.

The Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundationhttps://www.ellageorg.fi/en/grant-information/purpose DL 28.2.2021

The foundation promotes scientific research and literature. The Foundation fulfills its mission by providing grants to researchers ( primarily to young postdoctoral researchers and for completion of doctoral theses), as well as to scientific institutions and establishments.

Grants will not be awarded to medical sciences, nor the fields covered by the Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation, i.e. mathematics, physics and chemistry (including biochemistry and medical chemistry).

The Sakari Alhopuro Foundationhttps://www.sakarialhopuronsaatio.fi/en/grants/grant-applicants.html promotes and supports high-quality medical research, multidisciplinary environmental research, biodiversity and environmental protection, cultural and social well-being in Finland, and economic education and entrepreneurism. In 2021, the grants will be awarded to research that promotes medical science and multidisciplinary environmental research, biodiversity and environmental protection. DL 28.2.2021

Makeran maa- ja elintarviketalouden vuoden 2022 hankehakuhttps://mmm.fi/-/painopisteet-makeran-maa-ja-elintarviketalouden-vuoden-2022-hankehakuun DL 17.3.2021

(Makera funding for research and development projects in the fields of agriculture and food industry)

Human Frontier Science Programhttps://www.hfsp.org/funding/hfsp-funding/research-grants , DL 18.3.2021 HFSP Research Grants support innovative basic research into fundamental biological problems with emphasis placed on novel and interdisciplinary approaches that involve scientific exchanges across national and disciplinary boundaries. Participation of scientists from disciplines outside the traditional life sciences such as biophysics, chemistry, computational biology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, nanoscience or physics is recommended because such collaborations have opened up new approaches for understanding the complex structures and regulatory networks that characterize living organisms, their evolution and interactions.

Research grants are provided for teams of scientists from different countries who wish to combine their expertise in innovative approaches to questions that could not be answered by individual laboratories. Preliminary results are not required and applicants are expected to develop new lines of research through the research collaboration.

See guidelines: https://www.hfsp.org/sites/default/files/Sciences/Grants/LI%20Guidelines.pdf

LEAP-RE call on renewable energyhttps://www.aka.fi/en/research-funding/apply-for-funding/calls-for-applications/international-calls/leap-re-call-on-renewable-energy/ , DL 1.4.2021

The purpose of the call is to promote research and innovation collaboration between Africa and Europe within the field of renewable energy, encompassing the entire value chain. The Academy of Finland is prepared to fund successful Finnish consortium parties with a total of 500,000 euros.

ERA-MIN joint callhttps://www.era-min.eu/joint-call/era-min-joint-call-2021 – raw materials for sustainable development and the circular economy , DL 1.4.2021

This supports needs-driven research addressing three segments of non-fuel, non-food raw materials addressing one or several areas of the circular economy. The call will address metallic minerals, construction materials and industrial minerals. Proposals should address one or more of the following topics: supply of raw materials from exploration and mining; circular design; processing, production and remanufacturing; recycling and re-use of end-of-life products; cross-cutting topics.

Academy of Finland – NSF joint call pilot: artificial intelligence and wireless communication technologieshttps://www.aka.fi/en/research-funding/apply-for-funding/calls-for-applications/international-calls/academy-of-finland--nsf-joint-call-pilot-artificial-intelligence-and-wireless-communication-technologies/ DL 9.4.2021

ForestValue – Joint Call 2021 in forest-based bioeconomyhttps://www.aka.fi/en/research-funding/apply-for-funding/calls-for-applications/international-calls/forestvalue--joint-call-2021-in-the-area-of-forest-based-bioeconomy/ DL 13.4.2021

The ForestValue ERANET, a network of European funding organisations, has launched a joint call on forest-based bioeconomy. The Academy of Finland will participate in the call.

The Academy's funding for the call comes to a total of 750,000 euros for three years. The maximum sum granted per proposal is 250,000 euros. Consortia must include at least three independent legal entities applying for funding from three different countries with funding agencies participating in the call.

New Academy Programme on critical materials in the circular economy of citieshttps://www.aka.fi/en/about-us/whats-new/press-releases/20202/new-academy-programme-on-critical-materials-in-the-circular-economy-of-cities/ (April 2021)

(Call text will be published in March 2021)

The Academy of Finland is launching a new research programme that will explore critical materials in the circular economy of cities. The Academy Programme is aimed at producing new scientific information, steering research towards areas of application that are relevant to circular economy in cities, and increasing high-level research with a view to facilitating the development of circular economy in cities. The programme comprises four thematic areas: Flows of critical materials in circular economy; High technology products and services in circular economy; Cooperation and governance of circular economy actors; Circular economy and urbanisation.

Applications to the programme are particularly encouraged from projects that combine natural sciences, engineering and social sciences research

Learn more about themes in the programme memorandumhttps://www.aka.fi/globalassets/1-tutkimusrahoitus/4-ohjelmat-ja-muut-rahoitusmuodot/1-akatemiaohjelmat/kiertotalous/critical-materials-in-circular-economy-of-cities--programme-memorandum.pdf.

Call for international research projects: CHANSE Transformations: Social and Cultural Dynamics in the Digital Agehttps://www.aka.fi/en/research-funding/apply-for-funding/calls-for-applications/international-calls/call-for-international-research-projects-chanse-transformations-social-and-cultural-dynamics-in-the-digital-age/ DL 7.5.2021 (first stage)

This is a programme within the CHANSE (Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe) consortium, co-created by the HERA and NORFACE networks. The programme involves 27 research funding organisations from 24 countries. The total call budget comes to 36 million euros, consisting of national allocations complemented by up to 10 million euros in co-funding from the European Commission. The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Culture and Society is prepared to fund the programme’s Finnish subprojects with a total of up to 1.2 million euros.

Academy of Finland, FIRI callshttps://www.aka.fi/en/research-funding/programmes-and-other-funding-schemes/research-infrastructures/ will be open 1.4. -19.5.2021

The Academy of Finland is opening two funding calls for research infrastructures (FIRI call) in April. The calls will be open 1.4.-19.5.2021. The call material will be published in the beginning of March.

The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundationhttps://wihurinrahasto.fi/apurahat/hakuilmoitus/, DL 31.5.2021

The foundation support activities in different fields of science, arts and culture. Grants for science are primarily awarded for thesis work, postdoctoral research and projects conducted by research teams.

ERC – tentative calendar for 2021 calls Starting Grants (2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD) Open: tbc Deadline: 24.3.2021

Consolidator Grants ( 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD) Open: tbc Deadline: 20-04-2021

Advanced Grants Open: tbc Deadline: 31-08-2021

Further informationhttps://erc.europa.eu/

Horizon Europe draft draft work programs available! The work programme drafts for Horizon Europe, the next EU framework programme for research and innovation, are currently being developed in the shadow Programme Committees. The documents are not official and therefore not publicly available yet. However, if you are planning to apply for funding and would like to see draft programs related to your research interests, you can contact me and I will send you the latest versions.

The draft work programs have outlined timetables and application topics for 2021-2022. Drafts are useful, advance information on the terms and priorities of future calls. Based on the Commission timetable, the final work programs will be published later and first funding calls will possibly open in March 2021.

The structure of Horizon Europe: [cid:image003.png@01D6F895.66018700]

Best wishes Päivi

Päivi Tomperi Research Funding Specialist University of Oulu Research and Project Services Paavo Havaksen tie 3 PL 7300 90014 University of Oulu Finland

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