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

Research organisations

Competitive funding to strengthen university research profiles (Profi 9), call for invited applicants

Call opens 29 Oct 2025

Call closes 13 May 2026 at 16.15 Finnish time

International calls

NordForsk call: Nordic programme for research networks within natural science and related engineering fields

Call opens 13 May 2025

Call closes 14 Aug 2025

2025 NSF Program: Verticals-enabling Intelligent Network Systems (VINES)

Call opens 19 May 2025

Call closes 25 August 2025

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.

Research Council of Finland–NSF joint call: artificial intelligence and/or wireless communication technologies, call for invited applicants planned to open in September 2025
Academy Projects
- Call text to be published at the end of September
- Call open: 15 October–12 November 2025
Academy Research Fellowships
- Call text to be published at the end of September
- Call open: 15 October–12 November 2025
ACTIVE Academy Programme, call planned to open in October 2025
Strategic Research Programmes 2026, call for letters of intent planned to open in autumn 2025
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