Merits and increased competencies: Academy Research Fellowship
The aim of the Academy Research Fellowship funding scheme is to enable researchers to increase their competencies, make significant career progress towards the most demanding research positions and achieve an established position in the national and international research community. Academy Research Fellows produce high-quality, high-impact research that stimulates scientific renewal.
The review of applications for Academy Research Fellowships is focused on the applicant’s ability to achieve the above objectives.
The Research Council of Finland’s review criteria are in compliance with the principles of responsible science and responsible researcher evaluation. This means, for example, that you should not give journal rankings, journal impact factors or citation metrics (e.g. h-index) in your application.
Fill in your merits and increasing competencies on our template (word, LaTeX).
The description must not exceed one page. The instructions and structure provided must be followed to ensure the equal treatment of applicants. See the How-to guides for the online services on our website for the technical instructions.
The description is submitted as a PDF appendix on the tab ‘Merits and increased competencies’ in the online services.
Content of description
The ‘Merits and increased competencies’ section is essentially a narrative CV designed to allow the applicants to describe their interests, motivation, future plans and means to progress in their career. The description should focus on the personal research career path with as many concrete examples as possible.
When writing the description, consider, for example, how
- collaboration, mobility and various forms of networking
- sharing of data
- establishing a research team and other academic leadership experience
- supervision and teaching experience
- various expert positions
- promotion of scientific or societal impact
will affect your competence and development as a researcher, scientist or expert.
