New Academy Research Fellowships, Clinical Researchers, and Academy Projects in the fields of biosciences, health, and environmental research
Funding is granted for a period of four years.
Researchers at the University of Oulu who received funding
Academy Research Fellowship funding is intended for young researchers who have rapidly advanced in their careers, are internationally networked, and conduct high-quality, impactful, and innovative scientific research.
Inês Paciência: Interdependence between climate change, biodiversity and respiratory health from pregnancy to adulthood, € 681,437
Tuija Maliniemi: Unexplored long-term patterns and drivers of biodiversity change, € 613,363
The purpose of Clinical Researcher funding is to support high-level scientific research while enabling physicians and other researchers engaged in clinical patient care to conduct part-time research alongside their clinical duties. This funding instrument is particularly significant for the career development of young clinical researchers.
Elisa Rahikkala: Advancing Personalized Medicine for Rare Diseases: Genetic Insights from the Finnish population isolate, €239,922
Funded projects at the University of Oulu
The aim of Academy Project funding is to promote the renewal and diversity of Finnish science, improve research quality, and increase scientific and broader societal impact. The goal is to support internationally high-level research, potential scientific breakthroughs, and collaboration with the best international research groups.
Reetta Hinttala: Defects of centriolar HYLS1 protein: in vivo outcomes in development and disease, € 600,000
Rajaram Venkatesan: Molecular mechanisms of lipid import in mycobacteria, € 599,898
Johanna Uusimaa: Drug-resistant childhood-onset epilepsies and disease models for novel drug target discovery (DIAMOND), € 499,390
Risto Kerkelä: Novel molecular mechanism for disrupting TGFß1 signaling and development of myocardial fibrosis, € 598,234
Tejesvi Mysore Vishakante Gowda: Early-life microbiota-derived Extra cellular vesicles (EVOLVE), € 349,976
Read more in the press release from the Research Council of Finland.