In this eighth PROFI round, the RCF granted 100 million euros in funding.📣
🔹 In total, universities applied for almost 200 million euros in PROFI funding for more than 30 ‘profiling areas’.
🔹 The granted sums range from 2.1 million euros to 30.3 million euros.
🔹 Eight universities secured funding.
👉 The funding to strengthen the research profiles of universities in Finland has been available since 2015. During this period, universities have sharpened their strategic choices and reinforced their research profiles. Many of the profiling measures for which funding was sought have continue the development of selected research areas.
👉 In this latest round, the applications were assessed by an international panel, which also interviewed the applicants. The successful applications were able to clearly describe how the selected profiling areas contribute to the strategic strengths of the university, how they are selected and how they are coordinated and monitored within the university. The interview component also added important value to the review process.
💬 “The applications reflected the universities’ strategic reforms and focused on current issues: the selected profiling areas touch on issues such as societal resilience, health, ageing and sustainable energy. In addition, many applications had identified aspects of societal impact. The research conducted in the profiling areas has extensive networks within business, industry, healthcare, schools or public administration.”
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Table of funding granted, by university ▶️ https://lnkd.in/dNcbQjcj
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