An Academy Research Fellowship supports early-career researchers on fast career tracks. An Academy Research Fellowship provides researchers with a good and diverse opportunity to work independently on their research and to contribute to developing the research in their field.
The funding supports the researchers so that they can increase their competencies and make significant career progress towards more demanding research positions and achieve an established position in the national and international research community.
The funded projects shall be aimed at advancing the researcher’s career development and competence and producing high-quality, innovative and ambitious research.
The Academy Research Fellowship can be granted to a researcher who does not yet hold a permanent and senior research position. Senior-level positions are, for instance, professor, assistant/associate professor, research director and comparable posts. Read more about the research career stages.
The Academy Research Fellowship funding is applied for by an individual researcher who has completed their first doctoral degree within 2–7 years of the start of the calendar year closest to the application deadline. Foreign researchers who already work or who will work in the Finnish scientific community may also apply for the funding.
The four-year funding can cover the applicant’s salary, the salary costs of a possible research team and other research costs.
