Our organisation

The Research Council of Finland consists of three scientific councils, the Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee, the Strategic Research Council and the Administration Office.

General policies and objectives are decided by the Board, which also allocates research appropriations to the scientific councils and the Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee.

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Administration Office

The Administration Office prepares and implements decisions made by the Board, the scientific councils, the Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee, the Strategic Research Council, subcommittees and the President, and makes the agreements resulting from the decisions.

The President heads the day-to-day work at the Administration Office. The management also includes three executive directors. The organisation of the Administration Office consists of three units: the Operations Management Unit, the Funding Opportunities Unit and the Impact and Science Policy Unit.

With a staff of some 135, the Administration Office sees to the administration, does all the necessary groundwork for official decision-making by the Board and scientific councils, and executes their decisions. Staff at the Administration Office also prepare science policy surveys and plans and participate in several Finnish and international working groups.

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Management

  • Paula Eerola, President, tel. +358 295 335 001
  • Emilia Katajajuuri, Executive Director of Operations Management, tel. +358 295 335 008
  • Jussi Vauhkonen, Executive Director of Funding Opportunities, tel. +358 395 335 114
  • Floora Ruokonen, Executive Director of Impact and Science Policy, tel. +358 295 335 099

Executive assistants

  • Satu-Marja Snellman, Executive Assistant (Paula Eerola, Emilia Katajajuuri), tel. +358 295 335 148 
  • Tea Forsman, Executive Assistant (Jussi Vauhkonen, Floora Ruokonen), tel. +358 295 335 012

Our email addresses are in the format firstname.lastname(at)aka.fi.

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