Research Council of Finland’s spring call includes several targeted funding opportunities

The Research Council of Finland (RCF) is announcing a series of thematic funding calls. The calls will be opened as part of the RCF’s spring call 2025. The targeted calls are based on the 2025 state budget, which also allocates funding for the implementation of the plan for government research and development funding.

The funding opportunities aim to boost high-impact research and development, knowledge utilisation and collaboration between different RDI actors.

The RCF spring call includes the following opportunities:

• Proof of Concept funding to strengthen versatile utilisation of research results
• funding for research into sustainable energy solutions of the future
• funding for research on forest biomass in Finland (implement as part of the Climate-Synergy Academy Programme)
• funding for clinical research to bring new research knowledge to social and health care and other societal needs
• funding for R&D in wellbeing services counties to promote cooperation and local innovations
• funding for thematic research infrastructures to support local research environments
• funding for international cooperation in high-performance computing to support the development and use of a versatile computing ecosystem.

The spring call offers opportunities for researchers, research organisations and other actors to address current societal challenges and promote the impact of research.

More information on the objectives and details of each call will be set out in the call texts to be published in early March. The RCF will also organise webinars about the calls.