The Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee within the Research Council of Finland has granted roadmap status to 21 research infrastructures for 2025–2028. The University of Eastern Finland is involved in nine infrastructure consortia selected to the roadmap, which are described below, and was granted a total of 833 621 euros of funding for three of them for 2025–2026. The remaining infrastructures will receive their funding decisions in January 2025.
Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure of Finland (BBMRI.fi) is a research infrastructure comprising all public and academic biobanks in Finland. BBMRI.fi is the Finnish National Node of the European level BBMRI-ERIC infrastructure. The person in charge at the University of Eastern Finland is Professor Arto Mannermaa.
Biocenter Finland is a nationwide Life Science research infrastructure organisation. It coordinates 17 technology platforms to cover key technologies that are used to study the most pressing global challenges from loss of biodiversity to severe healthcare challenges. The person in charge at the University of Eastern Finland is Professor Seppo Auriola.
Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure (FIN-CLARIAH) is a research infrastructure for Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) comprising two components, FIN-CLARIN and DARIAH-FI, and supporting research using e.g. large language models and AI. The person in charge at the University of Eastern Finland is Professor Mikko Laitinen.
Euro-BioImaging Finland (EB-Fi) is a research infrastructure consisting of Finland's leading, internationally renowned centres in biological and biomedical imaging. The person in charge at the University of Eastern Finland is Professor Olli Gröhn.
The European Infrastructure of Screening Platforms for Chemical Biology EU-OS Finland (EU-OS FI) is a member of the European EU-OPENSCREEN ERIC (EU-OS) research infrastructure consortium. The person in charge at the University of Eastern Finland is Associate Professor Kristiina Huttunen and the university was granted a funding of 296 753 euros.
Integrated Atmospheric and Earth System Science Research Infrastructure (INAR RI) is an umbrella research infrastructure, coordinating the national nodes of European environmental research infrastructures (ICOS, ACTRIS, eLTER and AnaEE). The person in charge at the University of Eastern Finland is Professor Annele Virtanen and the university was granted a funding of 353 635 euros.
Structural Biology Finland (FINStruct) is a national, distributed, open access structural biology research infrastructure. FINStruct's flagship services form the Instruct Centre Finland, which is the national node of the European Instruct-ERIC. The person in charge of the FINStruct and Instruct FI consortium (Integrated Structural Biology Infrastructure Instruct-ERIC Centre Finland) at the University of Eastern Finland is Professor Janne Jänis.
The Finnish Infrastructure for Register-Based Research (FIRE) is a remote access, application service and training infrastructure for conducting register-based research in Finland. The person in charge at the University of Eastern Finland is Professor Mikko Aaltonen.
Geoportti – Open Geospatial Information Infrastructure for Research is a digital research infrastructure enabling scientists to access geospatial data and geocomputing resources through centralised high-performance computing and cloud infrastructure. The person in charge at the University of Eastern Finland is Professor Alfred Colpaert and the university was granted a funding of 183 233 euros.
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Research Council of Finland press release: 21 cutting-edge infrastructures make it to Finland’s research infrastructure roadmap
