Call for Academy Professor applications to open in September 2019

The Academy of Finland will open the next call for Academy Professor applications during the September 2019 call. Applications are submitted in two stages. The letters of intent are reviewed in the September call panels. Applicants for the second call stage are chosen based on the review reports. The second stage will open in spring 2020.

The review panels will rank the applicants. The applicants that are invited to the second stage are proposed by the Academy research councils to the General Subcommittee, which will decide who goes through to the second stage. Applications for the second stage are submitted to the Academy in June 2020. International panels of experts will review the second-stage applications at the beginning of September. The General Subcommittee will make the funding decisions in autumn 2020. The funding period begins on 1 September 2021.

An Academy Professor is an expert who is an internationally esteemed researcher in their field, whose scientific endeavours are viewed to have significant impact on the scientific community and the society. They are expected to promote research in their own field both during and after their Academy Professorship. Research posts as Academy Professor are intended for fixed-term, full-time research work. The term is five years.