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The Academy of Finland’s mission is to finance high-quality scientific research, act as a science and science policy expert, and strengthen the position of science and research.

The Academy works to contribute to the renewal, diversification and increasing internationalisation of Finnish research. Its operation covers the full spectrum of scientific disciplines.

The Academy supports and facilitates researcher  careers in research and internationalisation. The Academy is keen to emphasise the importance of the impact of research and breakthrough research by encouraging researchers to submit boundary-crossing funding plans that involve risks but that also offer promise and potential for scientifically significant breakthroughs.

The Academy funds research annually with 327 million euros (year 2012). Each year the Academy receives funding applications worth 1.1 billion euros. Funding is provided for research projects, research programmes, Centres of Excellence in research, research posts, foreign visiting professors’ work in Finland and international networking. Each year Academy-funded projects account for some 3,000 researcher FTEs at universities and research institutes.

New Academy Board and Research Councils

The Government has appointed a new Board and new Research Councils for the Academy of Finland for the three-year term 2013–2015. The Board is responsible for steering and supervising the Academy’s operations and the four Research Councils for carrying out Academy tasks within their respective fields of expertise. Professor Arto Mustajoki, University of Helsinki, will continue as Chair of the Board for a second term.

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