The Research Council of Finland’s (RCF) Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities awarded the UEF 2.4 million euros for Academy Projects and 2.1 million euros for Academy Research Fellows.
The Scientific Council selected 42 researchers in social sciences and humanities research to receive Academy Research Fellowship funding. The council also granted funding for 59 new Academy Projects, which involve a total of 74 subprojects. The Scientific Council’s total funding comes to some 27 million euros for Academy Research Fellowships and around 38 million euros for Academy Projects. The funding period in the Academy Research Fellowship and Academy Project funding schemes is four years. The applicant success rate was around 10 per cent for Academy Research Fellowships and around 10.5 per cent 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.
Academy Project Funding is designed to promote the quality of research, scientific impact as well as scientific renewal and diversity. 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:
- Senior Researcher Lauri Paavola, Business School, Management of Transformation in Market 4.0, 698,552 euros
- Academy Research Fellow Mikko Samuli Toivanen, Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, Trees and the travels of knowledge: making modern (trans)imperial forestry from the margins, 1917–1939, 674,873 euros
- Associate Professor Soila Lemmetty, School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, (Un)ethical Learning-Based Innovation (ETLI): A Longitudinal Ethnography of Innovation Consequences in Police and Technology Work, 678,405 euros
Academy Project at the University of Eastern Finland:
- Professor Harri Laihonen, Department of Health and Social Management, Transforming Health Systems: Social Mechanisms Enabling Institutional Change, 332,322 euros
- Senior Researcher Henriikka Vartiainen, School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education, Cultivating transformative data agency in and through teacher education, 555,917 euros
- Professor Tuija Saresma, School of Humanities, Violence and Silencing in the Digital Age - Solutions Towards Inclusive Democracy (DIVIDE), 499,888 euros
- Research Manager Joni Virkkunen, Karelian Institute, Border Sensitivity in the Context of Changing Geopolitics, 599,961 euros
- Professor Pia Heilmann, Business School, Towards Future Careers: Meeting Career Demands and Advancing Sustainability through Ecosystem Collaboration (ToFuCa), 448,583 euros
Source: The Research Council of Finland