The Research Council of Finland’s (RCF) Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment awarded the UEF 6.1 million euros for Academy Projects and 2.8 million euros for Academy Research Fellows.
The Scientific Council has decided to fund 42 new Academy Research Fellowships in biosciences, health and environmental research. The council also granted funding for 75 new Academy Projects, which involve a total of 100 subprojects. The total funding comes to around 29 million euros for Academy Research Fellowships and around 50 million euros for Academy Projects for four-years. The application success rate was 16 per cent for Academy Research Fellowships and 17 per cent of Academy Projects.
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. Academy Projects support scientific renewal and strengthen future research expertise.
Academy Research Fellows at the University of Eastern Finland:
- Postdoctoral Researcher Henri Hakkarainen, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Novel Frontiers in Inhalation Toxicology: The Human Respiratory Tract in Space Environments (NFITSE), 700,000 euros
- Senior Researcher Anna-Kaisa Ruotsalainen, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, GrowMeLiver: Novel growth factor signaling at the crossroads of metabolic programming in the liver regeneration, 700,000 euros
- Postdoctoral Researcher Nataliia Novosolova, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, Mechanisms how progranulin deficiency breaks excitation and inhibition balance in human neuronal networks, 691,493 euros
- Postdoctoral Researcher Niko Kulha, School of Forest Sciences, Cinders of life: Can a pioneer keystone tree species and its as-sociates survive in fire-devoid Fennoscandia?, 696,638 euros
Academy Project at the University of Eastern Finland:
- Professor Merja Heinäniemi, Institute of Biomedicine, Targeting memory circuits in relapse-fated leukemia, 599,955 euros
- Professor Mikko Vastaranta, School of Forest Sciences, Monitoring Structural Development of Trees Using Laser Scanning Time Series, 595,727 euros
- Senior Researcher Suvi Linna-Kuosmanen, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, AI-driven therapeutic target discovery for accelerated cardiovascular aging, 599,860 euros
- Academy Research Fellow Ville Paakinaho, Institute of Biomedicine, Principles of pioneer transcription factor function in the development of prostate cancer therapy resistance, 586,910 euros
- University Lecturer Einari Niskanen, Institute of Biomedicine, Functional Genomics of Glucocorticoid-induced comorbidities (FUNGO), 598,096 euros
- Professor Pasi Tavi, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, Deciphering and Targeting Dysregulated Transcription in Cardio-vascular Disease, 599,804 euros
- Professor Mikko Hiltunen, Institute of Biomedicine, Immune and metabolic system synergy: Driving protective mi-croglial and neuronal states against neurodegeneration, 599,603 euros
- Senior Researcher Miia Tiihonen, School of Pharmacy, AI-based prediction and prevention of drug adverse effects by real world data: focus on anticoagulation therapy, 429,454 euros
- Professor Ville Männistö, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Revealing the Hidden Burden of Advanced Liver Disease in Finland: Early Detection and Interactions Between Alcohol, Metabolic Factors and Genetics, 499,756 euros
- Research Director Santtu Mikkonen, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Heat and health: evaluation of risk groups and environmental risk conditions, 489,459 euros
- Professor Jari Laukkanen, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Effect of a Tailored Exercise and Dietary Lifestyle Intervention on Reducing Atrial Fibrillation Burden, Cardiac and Body Fat Mass in Overweight and Obese Patients. The MOVE-AF Randomized Clinical Trial, 495,649 euros
Source: The Research Council of Finland