Deadline: 28 April 2025
The Finnish National Agency for Education is inviting applications for its Team Finland Knowledge Programme to create and strengthen cooperation between Finnish higher education institutions and the target regions and countries selected to the TFK network and to design new operating models for cooperation.
Objectives
- The objective of the programme is to increase the quality of higher education by strengthening the international partnerships and networks of Finnish higher education institutions and creating new initiatives or operating models for international cooperation between higher education institutions. In addition to this, the programme aims at strengthening the attractiveness of Finnish higher education institutions as partners and education providers.
- It is hoped that the projects funded under the programme will lead to permanent and long-term cooperation between countries. The funding can also be used to renew or deepen existing cooperation between higher education institutions to cover new disciplines or forms of operation.
Funding Information
- The maximum amount of funding that can be awarded to an individual project is €80,000.
- Duration: The duration of the funded projects is 1 August 2025 – 31 December 2027.
Geographical Focus
- The programme funds educational cooperation between higher education institutions through cooperation and mobility projects. The target regions and countries of the programme in 2025 are Southern Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam), India, China and Ukraine.
Eligibility Criteria
- For Finland and Target Countries:
- The project is coordinated by a Finnish higher education institution that submits the application to the Finnish National Agency for Education on behalf of all the project partners.
- The project involves at least one higher education institution from Finland and one higher education institution from an eligible target country.
- The application is submitted in its entirety by the deadline via the Finnish National Agency for Education’s government subsidy system.
- The partnering higher education institutions named in the application have supplied TFK statements, which are attached to the application on the online state grant system.
- For Finland and Ukraine:
- The project involves at least one higher education institution from Finland and one higher education institution from Ukraine.
For more information, visit Finnish National Agency for Education.
