Call for Researchers: Ukraine to Finland 2024

Objectives

• At the core of the Research Council of Finland’s activities is to provide funding for excellent scientific research. The research they fund is also expected to have high scientific and societal impact and follow the principles of responsible science.
• The funding covers the researcher’s mobility costs (necessary travel and living expenses) during the research to be carried out in Finland. Funding for the actual research work must be obtained from other sources.

Funding Infomation

• Indicative size of the total amount applied for:
  • 43,500 euros per year for individual researcher.
  • 57,000 euros per year for researcher with family.
• The total budget earmarked for the call is 2 million euros.
• The earliest start date for the funding period is 1 January 2025. This refers to the period during which the funding may be used. It is longer than the duration of the visit for which funding is applied. The funding covers a visit of no more than 24 months.

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant is a researcher with a doctoral degree who is based in Finland and has close connections to Finland. The applicant acts as the contact person of the invitee and undertakes to assist in practical matters, such as in finding accommodation and a workspace for the duration of the visit.
• Inviter and invitee must have completed a doctoral degree.
• Invitee’s research in Ukraine must have been hampered by Russia’s invasion, which started in 2022.
• Invitee must travel to Finland to carry out research.
• Only one researcher can be invited with one application. One applicant may submit no more than three applications.
• If the invitee received funding (Call for inviting researchers from Ukraine to Finland) from the Research Council of Finland in 2022 or 2023 and their visit to Finland has already ended or is about to end, they can apply for funding for a new visit from the present call.
• If the invitee has received the Research Council’s Ukraine funding before, but has not been able to start the visit in Finland, they cannot apply for funding in this call.
• The funding is granted in the form of an appropriation. The funding may be allocated to the invitee for a maximum period of 24 months.
• The invitee currently has or has at the beginning of the war had a clear affinity with a Ukrainian university, research institute or similar research site, where their research has been prevented by the Russian attack of 2022.
• The Research Council of Finland requires that the site of research make sure that funding is not channelled to a researcher who has supported the Russian war in Ukraine.

For more information, visit Research Council of Finland.