The Research Council of Finland grants competitive funding to Finnish universities to support them in strengthening their research profiles.
The Research Council of Finland has granted 11.03 million euros of funding to the University of Eastern Finland to strengthen the university’s research profile. The Research Council’s funding was granted to 8 universities, totalling 100 million euros.
The funding secured by the university will be used to strengthen the quality and impact of research in the research areas Ecosystem for Research and Education on Complex Biological Therapeutics (BIOTHERAPY), Data and Technologies to Brain Health (BRAINHEALTH), and Computational Imaging and Modelling in Medical Technologies (COMET).
“The success of our university in this funding instrument, which is based on international evaluation, is an indication of the broad recognition of our long-term research, as well as of our researchers’ ability to find interdisciplinary solutions to global challenges,” Rector Tapio Määttä notes.
The evaluation panel regarded the university’s strategic choices as successful, with the university’s development being based on its existing strengths. The profiling measures will strengthen the university’s Ageing, Lifestyles and Health profile area, especially with the introduction of new technologies. Research collaboration with regional companies and Kuopio University Hospital plays a significant role.
The aim of the funding is to accelerate the strategic profiling of Finnish universities and support the improvement of the quality of research across the university landscape based on international peer review.
Source: Research Council of Finland
