Calls for applications
The Research Council of Finland has two major calls for applications each year: in spring and in winter. We also offer a number of other calls throughout the year. The call deadlines are non-negotiable. Depending on the funding opportunity, the funding is applied for either by the principal investigator (PI) of the research project or by the research organisation.
On this page, we publish the calls that are currently open for application as well as information on forthcoming calls. Information about calls currently being prepared is available at the bottom of the page.
Open and upcoming calls
International calls
NordForsk call: Nordic programme for research networks within natural science and related engineering fields
2025 NSF Program: Verticals-enabling Intelligent Network Systems (VINES)
In preparation
The RCF is currently planning and preparing to open the following calls. The implementation, objectives and details of the calls will be finalised during the preparations, and the information may still change. The confirmed details will be available in the final call texts.
- Strengthening research profiles of Finnish universities (Profi9), second stage
- Call text to be published in June
- Call open: 29 October 2025–13 May 2026
- Academy Projects
- Call text to be published at the end of September
- Call open: 15 October–12 November 2025
- Academy Research Fellowships
- Call text to be published at the end of September
- Call open: 15 October–12 November 2025
- ACTIVE Academy Programme, call planned to open in October 2025
- Strategic Research Programmes 2026, call for letters of intent planned to open in autumn 2025
- Flagship Programme 5, call planned to open in spring 2026
- Mid-term review of Flagship Programme 4, call planned to open in spring 2026
- Mid-term review of the Centre of Excellence Programme 2022–2029, call planned to open in spring 2026
- Shared-use research infrastructures, call planned to open in spring 2026
- Thematic research infrastructures, call planned to open in spring 2026
- Clinical research, call planned to open in spring 2026
- Proof of Concept funding, call planned to open in spring 2026
- International collaboration in high-performance computing, call planned to open in spring 2026
