Research Council of Finland awards funding for ten researchers at Tampere University in biosciences, health and environmental research
The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment has granted funding to 38 Academy Research Fellowships, 76 Academy Projects and 12 Clinical Researchers across Finland. Ten of the Academy Projects are consortia consisting of several subprojects.
The Scientific Council awarded a total of €28 million to Academy Research Fellows, €47 million to Academy Projects and €2.9 million to Clinical Researchers.
The success rate for applicants seeking an Academy Research Fellowship was approximately 14%, while around 15% of applications for Academy Project funding were approved.
New Academy Research Fellows at Tampere University
Sina Saari: Of Hares and Humans: How Metabolic Adaptation Shaped Cell Biology and Disease Susceptibility, €750,003. See the funding decision for details on Sina Saari’s research.
Aino Siltari: Cholesterol and lipid metabolism dysregulation in prostate cancer: targeting endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria contact sites, €556,661. See the funding decision for details on Aino Siltari’s research.
New Academy Projects at Tampere University
Eric Dufour: Uncovering the coevolution of mitochondrial function and cell cycle regulation in shaping life history strategies, €346,567 (as a partner in a consortium coordinated by the University of Eastern Finland). See the funding decision for details on Eric Dufour’s research.
Teemu Murtola: Targeting cholesterol metabolism as a vulnerability of prostate cancer, €597,553. See the funding decision for details on Teemu Murtola’s research.
Tuomo Mikael Mäki-Marttunen: Computational Modelling of Energy Metabolism Deficits in Schizophrenia (EnerSchiz), €419,947. See the funding decision for details on Tuomo Mikael Mäki-Marttunen’s research.
Pasi Raumonen: Novel tree leaf distribution inversion method for close-range LiDAR data, €425,497. See the funding decision for details on Pasi Raumonen’s research.
Heli Skottman: From single cell therapy towards multifactorial transplants to treat corneal epithelial blindness, €600,000. See the funding decision for details on Heli Skottman’s research.
Keijo Viiri: Towards Personalized Treatment of Celiac Disease through Omics – CELIOMICS, €600,000. See the funding decision for details on Keijo Viiri’s research.
New Clinical Researchers at Tampere University
Ilkka Junttila: CAll; Cytokines Allergy and Cancer, €243,582. See the funding decision for details on Ilkka Junttila’s research.
Jussi Nikkola: Multicenter randomized clinical trials utilizing high volume urine tumor DNA analysis for urothelial cancer diagnosis, treatment, surveillance and screening, €287,002. See the funding decision for details on Jussi Nikkola’s research.
To read more, see the Research Council of Finland’s press release.
