Research Council of Finland grants substantial funding for research infrastructure projects

The funding will strengthen biobanking services for research and innovation as well as platforms and a national network of services for life sciences and biomedicine technology. Funding was also awarded for the development of microscopy methods and equipment for bioimaging and for the exploitation of data and technologies in social sciences and humanities.

The funded projects will also promote the integration of quantum computing with high-performance computing and research into natural and synthetic inorganic materials. The funding will also support research to address and study the challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change, air quality and pollution, as well as the analysis of molecules and materials to promote research on the green transition and lifelong health. In addition to the above, funding was also granted for investments in equipment and methods for structural biology research and for research into new phenomena in particle physics.

The Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee is set to make more funding decisions on 31 January 2024 based on the 2023 research infrastructure call.

The Research Council of Finland provides funding for the acquisition, establishment, strengthening and upgrading of nationally significant research infrastructures that promote scientific research.

Inquiries and more information

• List of funded projects (PDF)
• Research infrastructures
• Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee
• Riitta Maijala, Vice President for Research, Chair of the FIRI Committee, tel. +358 295 335 002
• Merja Särkioja, Senior Science Adviser, tel. +358 295 335 111
• Marjut Kaukolehto, Science Adviser, tel. +358 295 335 169
• Hannele Lahtinen, Senior Science Adviser, tel. +358 295 335 055

Our email addresses are in the format firstname.lastname(at)aka.fi.