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Research Council for Culture and Society selected new Academy Research Fellows and Postdoctoral Researchers   (16.5.12 10:56)
At its meeting on 27 April 2012, the Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Culture and Society decided to fund 16 new Academy Research Fellows and 46 new Postdoctoral Researchers. The funding period will start 1 September 2012. The Research Council allocated a total of some EUR 6.5 million towards the salaries of the Academy Research Fellows and EUR 12.3 million towards the salaries of the...

AKVA projects selected   (11.5.12 14:47)
The Academy of Finland has selected the projects to be included in the Research Programme on the Sustainable Governance of Aquatic Resources (AKVA). Within the AKVA programme, a total of EUR 11 million is granted to twelve research projects. The programme is highly multidisciplinary and focuses on researching aquatic resources and their use from various perspectives, including environmental...

EUR 21.7 million to research posts in natural sciences and engineering   (10.5.12 12:52)
At its meeting on 4 May 2012, the Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering granted a total of EUR 21.7 million for research posts as Postdoctoral Researcher and Academy Research Fellow. The funding is allocated to 48 new, three-year research posts as Postdoctoral Researcher and 20 new, five-year research posts as Academy Research Fellow. Within the Academy’s...

EUR 18.9 million to Academy Projects in biosciences and environment   (9.5.12 10:34)
The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Biosciences and Environment has decided to grant a total of some EUR 19 million to 32 applicants for Academy Project funding.

Finland and India join forces to combat infectious diseases   (19.4.12 09:41)
Finnish and Indian researchers are jointly developing new diagnostic methods for detecting viruses that cause dengue fever, tropical parasitic diseases and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE).

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