Calls for applications

The Research Council of Finland has two major calls for applications each year: in spring and in winter. We also offer a number of other calls throughout the year. The call deadlines are non-negotiable. Depending on the funding opportunity, the funding is applied for either by the principal investigator (PI) of the research project or by the research organisation.

On this page, we publish the calls that are currently open for application as well as information on forthcoming calls. Information about calls currently being prepared is available at the bottom of the page.

Open and upcoming calls

In preparation

The RCF is currently planning and preparing to open the following calls. The implementation, objectives and details of the calls will be finalised during the preparations, and the information may still change. The confirmed details will be available in the final call texts.

• Strategic Research Programmes 2026, call for letters of intent planned to open in autumn 2025
• THCS JTC 2025: Better care closer to home: Enhancing primary and community care, call for invited applications planned to open in autumn 2025
• One Health AMR European Partnership, call planned to open in November 2025 and call for invited applications in 2026
• Personalised Medicine for CARdiovascular, MEtabolic, and reNal diseases (CARMEN 2026), call planned to open in November 2025 and call for invited applications in 2026
• NSF Program: Verticals-enabling Intelligent Network Systems (VINES), call for invited applications planned to open in December 2025
• European Partnership for Brain Health, first calls planned to open in January 2026
• Linking Ukraine to the European Research Area (LUKE), call planned to open in January 2026 and call for invited applications in autumn 2026
• Flagship Programme 5, call planned to open in spring 2026
• Mid-term review of Flagship Programme 4, call planned to open in spring 2026
• Mid-term review of the Centre of Excellence Programme 2022–2029, call planned to open in spring 2026
• Shared-use research infrastructures, call planned to open in spring 2026
• Thematic research infrastructures, call planned to open in spring 2026
• Clinical research, call planned to open in spring 2026
• Proof of Concept funding, call planned to open in spring 2026
• International collaboration in high-performance computing, call planned to open in spring 2026
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA): Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP), call for invited applications planned to open in spring 2026
• Grants for EUI doctoral programmes, call for invited applications planned to open in spring 2026
• Sustainable Blue Economy 2025, call for invited applications planned to open 2026
• QuantERA call 2025, call for invited applications planned to open 2026
• Water4All Call 2025 Water and Health, call for invited applications planned to open 2026
• M-ERA.NET 2025, call for invited applications planned to open 2026