Funding policies

In addition to the factors mentioned in the call text, the Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities takes into account the following factors when deciding between applications of equal merit.

Academy Project Funding

The Scientific Council prioritises projects that combine high scientific quality with strong scientific and societal impact and/or scientific renewal. The Academy Project funding scheme is the most important funding instrument of the Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities for promoting research impact and scientific renewal.

Academy Research Fellowship

The Scientific Council prioritises talented researchers whose research plans combine excellent scientific quality with scientific and societal impact and/or scientific renewal. Although the funding for Academy Research Fellowships makes it possible to hire several researchers to a project, the Scientific Council considers it important to also fund smaller projects involving a single researcher.

Scientific renewal refers to significant breakthroughs, new theories and concepts, critical assessment and sometimes challenging of previous studies, as well as methodologically innovative approaches and using and analysing new kinds of data. The impact of research comprises both scientific and societal impact.

In addition, the Scientific Council is keen to emphasise the diversity of fields, themes and methods to be funded, as well as the international cooperation and networking of researchers in different forms.