2027 Academy Project funding

The Academy Project funding is a competitive research grant scheme that supports high-quality, high-impact and potentially ground-breaking research across all research fields. Funding is awarded to individual research teams and to consortia composed of two or more teams, and is intended to finance research personnel and direct research costs. Projects may be up to four years in duration and may be single-team projects, consortium projects or consortium subprojects.

Grant funding to hire research personnel and cover direct research costs; multi-year project funding (up to four years) with specified maximum totals and annual maxima.

Applications are invited from individual research teams and consortia. The principal investigator must hold a doctoral degree and have significant scientific merits (usually at professor or docent/adjunct professor level). The PI must have a close connection with Finland; consortium parties may represent one or several research organisations.

Submit an application via the Research Council of Finland online services (SARA). Consortium applications are submitted as joint applications with each party applying for funding for its subproject.