Decision-making bodies

The RCF has several decision-making bodies. The RCF Board is appointed by the Finnish Government for a three-year term.

The decision-making bodies attend to their tasks within their respective domains, as is laid down in the legislation. Depending on the scheme, the funding decisions are made by the scientific councils, the Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee, the Strategic Research Council (SRC) and the RCF’s subcommittees.

 
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RCF Board

The Board of the Research Council of Finland decides the general policies and objectives of the RCF and allocates appropriations between the scientific councils.
 
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Scientific councils

The RCF’s three scientific councils of elected representatives award funding for research and researchers in the scientific councils’ respective fields.
 
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Strategic Research Council

The SRC is an independent body established within the RCF that provides funding to programme-based research aimed at finding solutions to the major challenges facing Finnish society.
 
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Subcommittees

The RCF Board has appointed a number of subcommittees as independent decision-making bodies. The subcommittees make decisions on funding that comes under the responsibility of several scientific councils.
 
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Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee

The FIRI Committee monitors and develops national and international research infrastructure activities.

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