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.
Open and upcoming calls
For research teams
Call for applications in Antarctic research 2024
Call opens
3 Apr 2024
Call closes
8 May 2024 at 16.15 Finnish time
Special funding for international collaboration in high-performance computing 2024
Call opens
3 Apr 2024
Call closes
8 May 2024 at 16.15 Finnish time
Research organisations
FIRI 2024 roadmap call: roadmap for national research infrastructures 2025–2028
Call opens
3. Apr 2024
Call closes
15 May 2024 at 16.15 Finnish time
International calls
Research Council of Finland – NIH joint call 2024: thematic areas of the Finnish Research Flag-ships
Call opens
6 Feb 2024
Call closes
Multiple cut-off dates
JPI MYBL 2024 call “Labour force shortages within the long-term care sector (LTC)”
Call opens
8 Mar 2024
Call closes
14 May 2024
Research Council of Finland (RCF)–NSF joint call 2024: artificial intelligence and/or wireless communication technologies
Call opens
2 Jan 2024
Call closes
31 Mar 2024
ERA-NET (CHIST-ERA) joint call in information and communication sciences & technologies
Call closes
10 Apr 2024
SPEP call: Unified paths to a climate-neutral, sustainable, and competitive blue economy
Call opens
1 Feb 2024
Call closes
10 Apr 2024
Joint call with U.S. Department of Defense 2024: Future Information Architecture for IoT
Call opens
4 Dec 2023
Call closes
3 May 2024 at 23 Finnish time
M-ERA.NET call 2024 in materials science and engineering
Call opens
5 Mar 2024
Call closes
14 May 2024 at 12.00 Brussels time
NordForsk call for proposals on Sustainable Development of the Arctic
Call opens
13 Mar 2024
Call closes
4 Jun 2024
2024 NSF program: Global Centers (GC) Use-Inspired Research Address-ing Global Challenges through the Bioeconomy
Call opens
13 Mar 2024
Call closes
11 Jun 2024
Strategic research
SRC programme call: Water for Welfare, Security and Peace (WaWe)
Call opens
18 Jan 2024
Call closes
21 Mar 2024 at 16.15 Finnish time (letters of intent)
SRC programme call: Democracy for the Future (DEMOC)
Call opens
18 Jan 2024
Call closes
21 Mar 2024 at 16.15 Finnish time (letters of intent)
Second funding period (2024–2027) for SRC programmes BIOD and DEMOGRAPHY (invited applicants only)
Call opens
5 Mar 2024
Call closes
9 Apr 2024 at 16.15 Finnish time