The Research Council of Finland has launched the Academy Project Funding call, which offers funding for a four-year research project of high scientific quality. The application is open 15 November 2023 until 17 January 2024.

Academy Project funding can be applied for by a high-level research team or consortium composed of two or more research teams. An Academy Project is built around an ambitious research plan of high scientific quality, and carried out during four years.

Academy Project Funding is designed to promote the quality and diversity of research, scientific impact and impact beyond academia as well as science self-renewal. The aim is to attain internationally as high a scientific standard of work as possible and to support scientific breakthroughs and top-tier international research collaboration. In principle, the projects funded must benefit Finnish research and society and international collaboration.

The deadline for applications is 17 January 2024 at 16.15 Finnish time.

Read the call text here.

Eligibility

The funding may be applied for by individual research teams or consortia composed of two or more research teams. 

Principal investigator: The PI of the proposed project must have a doctoral degree as well as other significant scientific merits. Usually the PI is a researcher at the professor or docent (adjunct professor) level. The applicant must also have a close connection with Finland to support the implementation of a multi-year project. 

Funding

The funding period is from 1 September 2024 to 30 August 2028.

The average funding for a four-year project is 400 000–500 000 euros per project. The funding applied for from the Research Council of Finland must not exceed 70 % of total project costs.

Academy Project Funding is primarily intended towards the salaries of researchers who work full-time on the project and for other project costs. The funding is granted primarily to researchers who are working on their doctoral thesis and/or who have obtained their doctoral degree. The PI’s salary costs may only under certain limitations and on justifiable grounds be incorporated into the total project costs.

The funding is granted to a Finnish site of research (usually a university or research institute) through which the funding is paid. Before submitting the application, you must agree with the administration at Hanken on the contribution of the site of research to the funding of the project. Please be in contact with Hanken’s project controller Jill Rehnman (jill.rehnman@hanken.fi) early on to discuss the budget.

Info session

The Research Council is arranging Ask & Apply info sessions for applicants. Sign up here.

Application

All consortium partners prepare their own sub-project application. The joint consortium application is submitted by the consortium PI. The PI can submit the consortium application only after all sub-projects have tagged their applications as complete.

The application consists of forms completed in the SARA online services and PDF appendices. Read more about the application parts and appendices here. You can edit and supplement the application until the deadline.

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The deadline for applications is 17 January 2024 at 16.15 Finnish time.

Please contact  research@hanken.fi as soon as possible, but no later than 1 month before the deadline,  if you are interested in this call.