The Research Council of Finland (RCF) has published the call texts for the winter 2026 calls where postdoc researchers can apply for funding for Academy Projects or Academy Research Fellowship. The application can be submitted between 15 October and 12 November 2025 at 16.15 Finnish time.
Academy Projects
- Applications invited from individual research teams or consortia composed of two or more teams. Usually the PI is a researcher at the professor or docent level.
- Maximum funding €600,000 for four-year project, €1m for consortium project and €500,000 for consortium subproject; maximum funding proportional to project or subproject duration.
- Funding to hire a research team and cover direct research costs
Academy Research Fellowships
- For talented early career individual researchers with first doctoral certificate dated between 1 January 2019 and 31 January 2024
- Intended for a researcher who does not yet hold a permanent and senior research position. If you have a fixed-term position in a university’s tenure-track system, for example, you can apply for an Academy Research Fellowship.
- The four-year funding that can cover applicant’s own salary, salary costs of possible research team and other research costs.
- Maximum funding granted comes to €700,000.
Information and support
To support applicants, Hanken’s research funding services will offer info sessions as well as a dedicated Teams channel for regular updates regarding the call. Researchers are also welcome to book personal meetings with RFS for support with their application.
Upcoming info sessions
- 30/9 Information session for Research Council of Finland applicants (online)
- 1/10 Research funding info session and drop-in in Vaasa
- 8/10 Research Funding Service’s monthly info session – Topic: Research security and the new security assessment in RCF applications (online)
- 20/10 Fellowship application – How to use the SARA system (online)
- 21/10 Academy projects – How to use the SARA system (online)
- Oct Fellowship application – Merits and increased competencies (date TBC)
- 8/10- 6/11 Online drop-in clinic every Thursday at 12-12:30.
o Special focus on budgeting on 16.10 and 30.10
Please be in contact with research@hanken.fi as soon as possible if you are interested in this call.