Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee
The statutory tasks of the Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee:
- monitor and develop national and international research infrastructure activities
- make a proposal to the Board of the Research Council of Finland on a long-term plan for research infrastructures
- decide on the selection of research infrastructure projects and be responsible for monitoring them
- perform other infrastructure tasks assigned by the Board of the Research Council of Finland.
Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee 1 July 2022–20 June 2025
- Chair: Director Floora Ruokonen, Research Council of Finland
- 1st Vice Chair: Director Erja Heikkinen, Ministry of Education and Culture
- 2nd Vice Chair: Head of Group Liisa Savunen, Research Council of Finland
Members:
- Tuula Helander, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
- Professor Ari Jokinen, Scientific Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering, Research Council of Finland
- Mari Laakso, Research Director, National Land Survey of Finland
- Maija Lönnqvist, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
- Arto Maaninen, Vice Rector, University of Oulu
- Ilkka Niemelä, Rector, Aalto University
- Professor Atte Oksanen, Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities, Research Council of Finland
- Professor Jorma Palvimo, Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment, Research Council of Finland
- Arto Pussinen, Senior Director, Business Finland
- Sari Rissanen, Dean, University of Eastern Finland
- Leif Schulman, Director General, Finnish Environment Institute
- Hanna Snellman, Vice Rector, University of Helsinki
- Juhani Soini, Vice Rector, Turku University of Applied Sciences
Permanent expert
- Petteri Kauppinen, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
In its meeting on 11 December 2023, the Board of the Research Council of Finland approved a proposal for a long-term plan for research infrastructures 2030 (PDF) drafted by the Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee. Read more: Research Council of Finland adopts long-term plan for research infrastructures up to 2030.
Based on the strategy for Finland’s research infrastructures, the FIRI Committee will open roadmap and funding calls and, together with other actors, develop national and international research infrastructure activities in the coming years. Read more:
- Roadmap for Finnish Research Infrastructures 2021–2024 (PDF)
- PDF-brochure: The Finnish national roadmap for research infrastructures
Applications for Finland’s national research infrastructure roadmap 2025–2028 will be invited in a call in 2024.
