APPLY FOR A GRANT
Funding can be sought for research and innovation concerning ideas to develop the yield and techno-economic utilization of Finland’s natural resources. Research funding is granted for applied research aimed at breakthroughs in sustainable development. Project funding can be granted for up to three years.
The call for grant applications is open to talented and innovative doctoral students and post-doc researchers. The person acting as the actual applicant and responsible project leader must have a doctoral degree.
The Foundation for Research of Natural Resources in Finland provides funding for research in the fields of BIO-ECONOMY and MINERAL ECONOMY. In the funding programme of the year 2020, NEW METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND STORING ENERGY was included as a potential research area.
Innovations can be processes, technologies, products, services or social innovations related to Finnish natural resources. The innovations must, however, have the potential for economic utilization in compliance with the principles of sustainable development.