Press release 18 Dec 2008
Deadline for January 2009 call differs from normal: the application time is 19–30 January 2009
The deadline for the January call is different of the Academy’s normal application deadlines. The call will be open in the Academy’s online services during 19–30 January 2009. The different application deadline is a consequence of changes needed in the online services because of the introduction of the full cost model.
The full cost model will affect the application for research grants as of the January 2009 call. The full cost model does not affect decisions already made or applications already submitted. The guidelines on the full cost model will be available on the Academy’s website on the page Full cost model, published after 8 January 2009.
Letters of intent invited for three new research programmes
In the January 2009 call, funding is available for three research programmes: The Health and Welfare of Children and Young People, Photonics and Modern Imaging Techniques, and the Computational Science Research Programme. A detailed presentation of the research programmes is available on the page Research programmes > Open for application.
In addition to general research grants, Research Councils target funding to the following fields of research:
- Research on ecological and evolutionary genomics
- Research on migration
- Research utilising space and astronomy research infrastructures
- Research on mechanical engineering
- Research on water engineering
Funding is also available for:
- General research grants in all fields of research
- Postdoctoral Researcher’s project
- Development research
- Promoting clinical research careers
- Preparation of international joint projects
- Researcher mobility and contractual bilateral cooperation
- Postdoctoral Researcher funding at EUI
- Eight international joint calls:
- Funding for Finnish-German researcher training cooperation with German DFG
- Joint call within biomass-related research with the French ANR
- Joint call in the field of history research with the Russian Foundation for the Humanities
- Joint call in the field of material science and engineering with the US NSF
- Joint call in the field of medical diagnostics with Tekes and the Indian DBT
- Joint call in the field of sustainable energy with the Brazilian CNPq
- Joint call in the field of signal processing and computational sciences with the Chinese NSFC
- Joint call for ELSA Genomics: Ethical, legal, socio-cultural and economic perspectives
- HERA Humanities in the European Research Area call
Detailed information is available in the call for applications on the page Apply now. More information is also given by the science advisers named in the call for applications under further information. Applicants can also use the Questions and feedback on the Academy’s website. Applicants are requested to submit questions concerning the introduction of the full cost model by using the Questions and feedback service on the Academy’s website. Please select ‘Full cost model’ as your topic. Questions will be answered after 8 January 2009 on the FAQ page of Full cost model.
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