Appendices 1 A (full applications):

The appendices listed below are appended when an application concerns 

• Academy Projects
• targeted Academy Projects
• research posts as Academy Research Fellow or Postdoctoral Researcher
• clinical researchers
• second application stage of research programmes
• second application stage of research posts as Academy Professor.

In the call for targeted Academy Project funding, other appendices may also be requested.

Only the requested appendices are appended to the application. Make sure to draft the appendices in line with the Academy’s guidelines (see Appendices on our website). The maximum length of appendices indicated in the application guidelines must not be exceeded. The appendices shall be drafted in English and appended to the application in the online services under Appendices. The only exception is the curriculum vitae, which is appended under Personal data/CV.

1      Research posts, individual projects or project collaboration

Obligatory appendices:

• research plan, no more than twelve pages
• curriculum vitae for the applicant, no more than four pages, including start and end dates of employment relationships, and the Finnish- or Swedish-language titles of employment relationships in Finland
• lists of publications by the applicant; clearly indicate the ten most important publications in terms of the research plan; the list shall be drafted in line with the new classification, see Appendix 6 (in the call for applications)
• Finnish degree certificate or an English-language degree certificate of a doctoral degree gained abroad (only in the call for research posts as Academy Research Fellow and Postdoctoral Researcher).

Case-specific appendices:

• invitation by foreign university or research institute, if the research or part of it will be conducted abroad
• statement by an ethics committee or the Committee on Animal Experimentation (if relevant); the ethical aspects shall always be specified in the research plan
• statement by a Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation, confirming that the applicant’s project is affiliated with the centre and justifying the significance of the project for the centre’s operations
• progress report on all Academy-funded research projects headed by the applicant that have not submitted final reports.

2      Consortium application

Consortium applications can be considered only in calls for Academy Projects, targeted Academy Projects and research programmes. For detailed guidelines on how to draft consortium applications, see Consortium application on our website. The appendices drafted in line with the guidelines are appended only to the application of the consortium PI.

2.1  Application by Principal Investigator of consortium

The consortium PI applies for funding only for his or her own research team. The consortium PI appends his or her curriculum vitae under Personal data/CV.

Obligatory appendices:

• research plan drafted in line with the consortium guidelines, no more than 15 pages
• curricula vitae for the PIs of the consortium subprojects, no more than four pages/PI
• lists of publications by the consortium PI and the PIs of the consortium subprojects; in all lists, clearly indicate the ten most important publications in terms of the project; the lists shall be drafted in line with the new publication type classification, see Appendix 6 (in the call for applications).

Case-specific appendices:

• statement by an ethics committee or the Committee on Animal Experimentation (if relevant); the ethical aspects shall always be specified in the research plan
• progress report on all Academy-funded research projects headed by the consortium PI and the PIs of the consortium subprojects that have not submitted final reports
• statement by a Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation, confirming that the applicant’s project is affiliated with the centre and justifying the significance of the project for the centre’s operations
• invitation by foreign university or research institute, if the research or part of it will be conducted abroad; if needed, several invitations combined as one scanned appendix.

2.2  Application by Principal Investigator of consortium subproject

The PIs of each consortium subproject apply for funding only for their own research team. No appendices are appended to the application of the subproject. The consortium PI appends them to his or her own application.