Academy Programmes
Academy Programmes are thematic, target-oriented and coordinated research programmes that cover a range of activities to support innovative, high-quality and high-impact research and promote international and national research cooperation.
Academy Programmes may have different focuses:
- advancing emerging fields of research
- supporting research related to societal challenges
- promoting national and international funding cooperation
- supporting Finnish researchers in seeking international collaborations and funding opportunities
- influencing the contents of international funding calls, for example.
The topics of Academy Programmes are often science-driven and may emerge from key research needs in society identified through foresighting.
The Board of the Academy of Finland decides on the start-up and financial resources of new Academy Programmes. The funding is granted for a minimum of four years. There are 15 Academy Programmes running in 2021.

BioFuture2025 seeks innovative ideas and novel ways to do research that opens up new avenues for advances in the field of bioeconomy. The aim is to...

DIGIHUM uses digital technology and state-of-the-art computational science to collect, manage and analyse research data in the humanities and social...

R’Life explores how various mechanisms create links between different parts of the genome and gene networks and how these links regulate life...

C1 Value seeks solutions for industrial green chemistry manufacturing from CO2 emissions. The programme’s research fields include synthetic...

CLIHE examines and anticipates the health risks and uncertainties caused by climate change and the social consequences of its health impacts. The...

Romulus explores the occurrence and chemical composition and properties of critical metals, integrating this with research on the circular economy of...

DEVELOP studies global development issues that can help boost development in developing countries. The aim is to produce knowledge that can help...

MediaSoc identifies, analyses and explains social concepts, phenomena and trends in the programme’s research themes. It produces data, analyses...

MISU studies the occurrence, properties, processing, use and recycling of rare, especially metallic minerals as well as alternative materials to...
The aim of the Academy Programme Pandemics and Other Crises – Responses and Preparedness (RESILIENCE) is to support and accelerate research...

RADDESS researches novel device-driven and functional radiation detection systems in areas of health and safety. The programme supports the creation...

AIPSE supports scientific breakthroughs in projects that combine high-level AI research with high-level physical sciences or engineering research and...

The TERVA programme will arrange an open online seminar "Researcher and Patient – Better Health through Interaction" on the topic of Patient...

Energy is an issue of much current interest worldwide. The energy choices we make and the solutions we develop today will shape our future for...

pHealth examines changes in healthcare and investigates the individual and genetic causes of diseases as well as treatment-related issues. The...
Ageing (2000–2002)
Arctic Academy Programme, ARKTIKO (2014-2020)
Baltic Sea Research Programme, BIREME(2003–2005)
Biodiversity, FIBRE...