September 2012 call: What’s new?
The following is a summary of the main changes in the Academy’s September 2012 call (3–26 Sep 2012) compared with the previous call.
Call closes last week of September
The deadline for the September 2012 call is Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 16.15, if not otherwise stated in the call for applications.
New percentage for Academy contribution
In calls where cost calculation follows the full cost model, the Academy’s contribution is normally no more than 70 per cent. You must therefore draft your application so as to ensure that the Academy’s contribution to funding comes to no more than 70 per cent of the estimated total project costs. Please note that you cannot submit an application where the percentage is higher than 70 per cent.
Salary of principal investigator
The guidelines for the salaries of principal investigators have been specified. Please read the new guidelines carefully (in the call for applications, under General guidelines).
The guidelines apply to PI salaries in research projects. We also have funding opportunities that offer personal salary for full-time research.
CV and list of publications
It is likely that the Academy will introduce a new model for researchers’ curricula vitae in next year’s calls. A draft model has been circulated to the Finnish research community and stakeholder groups for comments and the final model is expected to be completed before the end of 2012. Read more about the CV model (PDF) at www.tenk.fi/en, the website of the Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity (TENK). Please check that your own CV corresponds to the model and update it where necessary.
All applications submitted to the Academy must include a list of publications by the applicant. When drafting your list, please refer to the classification based on the Publication Type Classification Manual compiled by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. For more information, go to List of publications on our website.
Value added tax
As of the April 2012 call, the Academy has asked applicants to account for the VAT practice of their site of research. If the site of research is not entitled to deduct VAT in its taxation (as usually is the case with universities and government research institutes), the VAT can be invoiced from the Academy. In this case, you enter your research costs including VAT.
Please check the VAT practice from the finance administration of your site of research. The site of research, in turn, shall check that your account of inclusion of VAT in the project costs is in line with the VAT practice of the site. The Academy’s Finance Unit has sent a letter about this to the sites of research on 4 November 2011. More information is also available on our website under Value added tax.