Funding available for Mobility Cooperation with Japan and Germany (Finland)

Deadline: 10 September 2024

The Research Council of Finland’s mobility funding is based on bilateral agreements and promotes the international interaction of Finnish researchers and the internationalisation of Finnish research environments.

Objectives

The funding is intended for mobility from Finland to Japan and Germany (necessary travel and living expenses) within joint projects with Japan and Germany.
The Finnish and foreign/local research teams will draft a joint research plan. However, the research plans submitted to the Research Council of Finland and the foreign/local funder need not be identical.
Visits may be planned for several periods, from one week up to a few months. The mobility cooperation must be balanced so that researchers from both parties engage in roughly the same amount of mobility, unless there are special reasons for clearly more mobility in one direction.
The Research Council of Finland and the foreign funders jointly agree on the projects to be funded, but pay for the travel and living expenses of the researchers in their own country in accordance with their own funding terms. The Research Council of Finland will cover reasonable travel and living expenses.

Types of Programmes

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan:
- The project duration must be at least one and no more than two years. The project must start between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026.
- The next call for applications has been scheduled for 2026.
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany:
- The funding can cover the mobility costs of research team members who are at least at the postgraduate level.
- The earliest start date for the funding period is 1 March 2025.
- Collaborators whose previous two-year funding period ends by 1 March 2025 may apply for another two-year funding period if they adopt a new approach to the topic or take on a completely new topic.
- The collaborators may apply for an extension of the two-year project for a third year if the extension can easily contribute to achieving additional research results or other additional research benefits.

Funding Information

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan: The amount is no more than 20,000 euros per project for two years. Funding will not be granted for research costs or seminars.
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany: The amount is no more than 20,000 euros per project for two years. Funding will not be granted for research costs or seminars.

Who can apply?

The applicant is a researcher with a doctoral degree who is based in Finland and has close connections to Finland. Consortium applications are not accepted.

Deadlines