The Research Council of Finland’s (RCF) Scientific Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering awarded the University of Eastern Finland 4 million euros for Academy Projects and 1.9 million euros for Academy Research Fellows.
The Scientific Council has selected 61 researchers in natural sciences and engineering research to receive Academy Research Fellowship funding. The Scientific Council also granted funding for 76 new Academy Projects. The funding period in the Academy Research Fellowship and Academy Project funding schemes is four years. This year, the success rate of Academy Research Fellowship and Academy Project applications in the natural sciences and engineering was about 14 per cent. The Scientific Council’s total funding comes to some 41 million euros for Academy Research Fellowships and around 53 million euros for Academy Projects.
The RCF’s Academy Research Fellowship funding is intended for early-career researchers on a fast career track who have formed international networks and who are conducting scientifically high-quality and high-impact research that contributes to scientific renewal.
The aim of the RCF’s Academy Project Funding is to promote the regeneration and broad range of Finnish science and to improve the quality and scientific and other impact of research. 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. The funding supports scientific renewal and strengthens future research competencies, including through additional funding for doctoral education.
Academy Research Fellows at the University of Eastern Finland:
- Postdoctoral Researcher Sergei Malykhin, Department of Physics and Mathematics, Interaction of Color Centers in Diamond: Towards Next-Generation Quantum Sensors, 687,001 euros
- Postdoctoral Researcher Teemu Sahlström, Department of Technical Physics, Towards quantitative thermoacoustic tomography, 698,328 euros
- Postdoctoral Researcher Saborni Maiti, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Boreal forest fire: impact on BVOC emission and associated gene expression, 555,408 euros
Academy Project at the University of Eastern Finland:
- Professor Igor Koshevoy, Department of Chemistry and Sustainable Technology, Composite bichromophores for low energy organic phosphorescence, 575,280 euros
- Senior Researcher Tuomo Laitinen, School of Pharmacy, Advanced cellulose membranes: Experimental and Computational Insights for Durable, Tailored, and Low-Fouling Separation Materials, 475,240 euros, partner
- Professori Mikko Karttunen, Department of Technical Physics, Green by Design: A Biomimetic and AI-Driven Strategy for Next-Generation Biopesticides, 491,570 euros, partner
- Visiting Researcher David Pierce, Department of Technical Physics, Personalized Digital Twins of Cartilage: Predicting Osteoarthritis Progression and Guiding Early Intervention, 600,000 euros
- Professor Harri Kokkola, Department of Technical Physics, One Cloud, Two Stories: Satellite vs. Modelling Perspectives?, 493,826 euros
- Professor Jani Virtanen, Department of Physics and Mathematics, Spectral and asymptotic analysis of structured matrices and operators, 518,206 euros
- Research Director Mikko Kettunen, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, Cancer immunotherapy utilizing multifunctional vector technology, PET imaging and metabolic MRI, partner, 440,753 euros
- Professor Vesa-Pekka Lehto, Department of Technical Physics, Cancer immunotherapy utilizing multifunctional vector technology, PET imaging and metabolic MRI, leader, 451,805 euros
Source: The Research Council of Finland