Strategic research – research-based knowledge for society

The Strategic Research Council (SRC) funds high-quality research with great societal relevance and impact. SRC-funded research seeks concrete solutions to grand challenges that require multidisciplinary approaches.

The Strategic Research Council (SRC) is an independent body established within the Academy of Finland. The Academy of Finland promotes excellent, responsible and high-impact research and ensures that society can make the best possible use of the results of the research.

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Evaluation finds strategic research funding has brought added value to research and society

The Strategic Research Council (SRC) established within the Academy of Finland today published an evaluation report on the societal impact of the first completed SRC programmes, accompanied by the programmes’ self-evaluations. The results highlight how the SRC programmes and the projects carried out in them have created a new kind of science-based understanding of societal challenges and the opportunities to solve them.

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News 3 Mar 2021

SRC matching funds for EU projects (in Finnish)

Release 28 Jan 2021

Evaluation finds strategic research funding has brought added value to research and society

News 14 Jan 2021

89 letters of intent submitted to SRC programme calls

17 Nov 2020

Programme directors: charting pathways for the future through scenario building

28 Sep 2020

Towards new forms of cooperation – Finnish social security reform boosted by strategic research projects

9 Apr 2020

Towards a comprehensive evaluation of research and interaction

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Policy briefs

Policy briefs offer research-based information to support decision-making. SRC-funded projects produce a huge amount of research knowledge about Finnish society, and this knowledge should be passed on to policymakers so that it can be used, for example, in the preparation of legislation. A policy brief is a good tool for supporting science communication and promoting the social impact of research.

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Solution cards

Solutions cards offer research-based "solutions from science" (ratkaisuja tieteestä in Finnish) for decision makers, media and all those interested in societal relevance and impact of research. The cards reflect the key themes funded by the Strategic Research Council (SRC) in Finland and present the variety of the research themes in a phenomenon-oriented way. Each Solution card targets an important societal challenge faced by Finnish society and suggests research-based answers how to tackle the problem.

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