TIA Professor funding is intended to support joint research projects undertaken by professors working at universities and research institutes in partnership with an industrial company. The application is open from 4 September to 15 October 2023.
Tandem Industry Academia professors apply for funding to cover their salary and other costs for 12 months of research work with an industrial host. During the funding period the TIA Professor will work on the company’s site.
The aim of the funding programme is to give academic partners first-hand knowledge about relevant areas of research interest in industry; and on the other hand, to give industry partners unique access to top-tier research insights in the fields of their interest.
Applications will be accepted from applicants holding a professorial position (e.g. professor, tenure-track professor, research director, chief researcher) at a Finnish university or government research institute. The industry partner must be a Finnish-based company that is a going concern with at least one full-time employee.
Info session
An info webinar is arranged on Monday 4 September at 9:30–11:00. Register for the event here.
Funding
The funding covers the professors salary and other costs during 12 months of research work at the site of the industrial host. The industrial host provides the physical workspace and other facilities and resources to support the project.
The funding period is 12 months between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2026. The funding may be flexibly allocated and spread out over a period of three years from the start date of the project.
The funding is paid out to the academic organization, with which the professor remains in an employment relationship.
Application
The call is a two-stage process. The first stage consists of the written application submitted via the application system. The deadline for application is 15 October 2023. The industry partner will have 7 days to complete their own application after the proper deadline.
The second stage involves interviews with applicants shortlisted based on the first-stage applications. Interviews will take place 13 and 17 November.
The online application includes the following:
- Applicant’s academic organization
- Applicant’s personal information
- Name of industrial host (company name)
- Name, title and email of industrial host’s contact person
- Title of proposal
- Key words (5-6)
- Main field of science
- Field of science
- Public description of the project (in English and in Finnish)
- Start date of the project
- Preliminary schedule and division of labour
- Project budget
- Description of relationship with industrial host company
Attachments:
- Letter of commitment from academic host organization
- CV and list of key publications (max 10)
- Project plan (max 2 pages)
Please contact the Research Funding Services (research@hanken.fi) if you are interested in applying to this call.
