Deadline: 28-Feb-23
The Academy of Finland is offering grant to support researchers who are prevented from working in Ukraine because of the consequences of the Russian attack in 2022.
Objectives
The purpose of the present call is to support researchers who are prevented from working in Ukraine because of the consequences of the Russian attack in 2022.
The funding covers the researcher’s mobility costs (necessary travel and living expenses) for research to be carried out in Finland. Funding for the actual research work must be obtained from other sources.
Funding Information
- 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 of the call is 500,000 euros.
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant is a researcher who is based in Finland and has close connections to Finland. The applicant must have a doctoral degree. 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.
Special terms and restrictions
- Only one researcher can be invited with one application. One applicant may submit no more than three applications.
- 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. More information on the appropriation is available under ‘Funding to be applied for and funding period’ in the call text.
- The invitee must have a clear affiliation with a Ukrainian university, research institute or similar research facility where their research work has been prevented due to the consequences of the Russian attack on Ukraine. The researcher has been or is at risk of being forced to flee Ukraine in 2022 or thereafter as a result of the war.
- The Academy 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.
- If the applicant has ongoing Academy funding or completed projects for which a final report has not yet been submitted, they must prepare a progress report. This does not apply to applicants acting as the responsible person in funding schemes where the funding recipient is an organisation or to applicants who are subproject PIs in consortia. Read more about drafting the report. If you have not submitted a final report on a completed, Academy-funded project by the set deadline, they may decide not to process your application.
- Members of the Academy Board, research councils and the Strategic Research Council will not be granted Academy funding during their terms.
- Funding cannot be granted to a person who has participated in the planning of the call to an extent likely to give them a comparative advantage over other applicants.
- They will not process an application if the applicant has been found guilty of research misconduct in the three years preceding the year of the call.
For more information, visit Academy of Finland.