Research Council of Finland grants funding for seven Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ researchers in biosciences, health and environmental research
The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment yesterday granted funding for 39 Academy Research Fellows, 13 Clinical Researchers and 75 Academy Projects. Twelve of the Academy Projects are consortia consisting of several subprojects. The Scientific Council’s funding totalled just over 76 million euros.
Academy Research Fellowships
Academy Research Fellowship funding is intended for talented early-career researchers on a fast career track who have formed international networks and who are conducting scientifically high-quality and high-impact research that contributes to scientific renewal.
- Sten Anslan: Maaperän eläimistön ja bioottisten vuorovaikutussuhteiden merkitys maaperän hiilenkierrossa, 752 852 €
- Minna Hiltunen: Ephippiat aikakapseleina - tummuvien järvien biogeokemiallisten muutosten tutkiminen vesikirppujen lepomunien avulla, 820 496 €
Academy Projects
The aim of Academy Project Funding is to promote the renewal and diversity of Finnish science and to improve the quality and scientific and other impact of research. The aim is to attain internationally as high a scientific standard of work as possible and to support scientific breakthroughs and top-tier international research collaboration.
- Harri Piitulainen: Käden liikeaistin toiminnallinen kartoitus ihmisen liikeaivokuorella (ProMap), 549 251 €
- Ilkka Kronholm: Adenosiinimetylaation merkitys sopeutumisessa, 600 000 €
- Marja Tiirola: Siittiöiden säätely-RNA:n vaikutus nisäkkään poikasen epigeneettisen perimään, 598 912 €
- Phillip Watts: Harvinaisten suolistobakteerien myötävaikutukset ekosysteemin toimintaan, 600 000 €
- Leena Lindström: Fungicidien vaikutukset ei-kohdelajeihin, 600 000 €
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