The Strategic Research Council (SRC) established within the Research Council of Finland is launching two new strategic research programmes. The six-year programmes start in late 2025. The deadline for first-stage applications is 22 January 2025
The programmes are:
- Economy and Welfare in an Era of Strategic Competition
- Skills, Labour Supply and Migration in Future Finland.
In the two programmes combined, the SRC is prepared to fund 9–10 projects with a total of some 28 million euros during the first three-year period. The progress of the projects will be reviewed at midterm, after which the SRC will decide on the continuation of funding.
The calls for applications have two stages. The first call stage opens on 5 November 2024 and closes on 22 January 2025. The first stage is open to all eligible applicants. According to a preliminary schedule, the projects invited to the second stage will be selected in May 2025. The SRC will take decisions on the projects to be invited to the second stage based on the first-stage international peer review.
Strategic research funding is intended for extensive, multidisciplinary research consortia formed by research projects from several organisations 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 not only excellent research but also active interaction between knowledge producers and knowledge users, covering the entire life cycle of the research.
The SRC also encourages applicants to plan international cooperation to promote scientific research into and understanding of the most effective solutions for Finnish society.
Guidelines on consortium structure, composition and activity as well as more detailed application instructions are available in the call texts.
Please contact reserch@hanken.fi if you re interested in applying to this call.
