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Research Council of Finland awards funding for ten Academy Research Fellows and Academy Projects in biosciences and health

Published on 11.6.2026

Tampere University

The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment has awarded funding for six Academy Research Fellows and four Academy Projects at Tampere University. The total amount awarded is €6.5 million.

The Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment has selected 42 new Academy Research Fellows and granted funding to 75 Academy Projects, comprising a total of 100 subprojects.

The Council is allocating approximately €29 million to Academy Research Fellows and around €50 million to Academy Projects. Both grant types are awarded for four-year periods.

This year, 16% of applicants for Academy Research Fellow positions and 17% of applicants for Academy Project funding were successful.

New Academy Research Fellows at Tampere University

Alexandra Schaffert: EIRIS - Endocrine-disruption-Induced Endometriosis and Reconstruction of Integrated Signaling, €699 888. See the funding decision for details on Alexandra Schaffert’s research.

Nemanja Milicevic: Time to think black and white: targeting the interaction of the circadian clock and melanogenesis for blinding eye disease, €699 675. See the funding decision for details on Nemanja Milicevic’s research.

Markus Ojanen: Elucidating oral bacteria-driven pathobiology of advanced atherosclerosis and cardiovascular complications in mouse models, €685 463. See the funding decision for details on Markus Ojanen’s research.

Taina Viheriälä: Ca2+ signalling in retinal pigment epithelium under hypoxic stress: mechanisms and therapeutic targets, €692 205. See the funding decision for details on Taina Viheriälä’s research.

Matti Javanainen: SCRAMBLE: Scramblase Characterization and Regulation Across Membranes: Blueprint of the Lipid Environment, €699 320. See the funding decision for details on Matti Javanainen’s research.

Samuli Kangaslampi: Therapeutic reprocessing or false memory induction? Understanding the effects of psychedelics on autobiographical memory, €696 733. See the funding decision for details on Samuli Kangaslampi’s research.

New Academy Projects at Tampere University

Mataleena Parikka: SYNTY - Targeting the Origins of Biofilm-Associated Tuberculosis Persistence, €599 705. See the funding decision for details on Mataleena Parikka’s research.

Mikael Marttinen: Spatiotemporal mapping of microglial cell states and gene regulatory networks in neurodegenerative disease, €592 032. See the funding decision for details on Mikael Marttinen’s research.

Subas Neupane: The Nordic Occupational Exposome and Cancer: Decades of Change, Mixtures, and Inequalities (NordExCan), €599 391. See the funding decision for details on Subas Neupane’s research.

Matti Nykter: Epigenetic Control of Cell State Plasticity and Resistance in Prostate Cancer, €600 000. See the funding decision for details on Matti Nykter’s research.