Steering committee

The Programme Steering Committee is comprised of representatives from each of the responsible funding bodies and external experts.

The composition of the committee is as follows:

Chairman:
Prof. Kalervo Väänänen, Chairman of the Research Council for Health, Academy of Finland
1st Vice-Chairman:
Prof. Han Jianguo, Director General, Bureau of International Cooperation, NSFC
2nd Vice-Chairman:
Ms. Astrid Eberhart, Assistant Director, International Relations, INMHA

Representatives of the responsible funding bodies (in alphabetical order):
Prof. Du Shengming, Deputy Director General, Department of Life Sciences, NSFC
Prof. Ulla Ruotsalainen, Tampere University of Technology  
Prof. Katariina Salmela-Aro, Research Council for Culture and Society, Academy of Finland
Prof. Karl Åkerman, Research Council for Biosciences and Environment, Academy of Finland

External adviser:
Prof. Olle Lindvall, Chairman of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Lund

The tasks of the Steering Committee are to:

• submit to the responsible funding bodies its proposal for the projects to be funded in the Programme,
• steer and monitor the function of the Programme,
• plan and organise the final evaluation of the Programme, and
• promote the utilisation of research results.