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FOOD + IMPRES + STEER + CULT programme calls
Information event in Helsinki 28 Nov 2018
Twitter chat:
Tuesday 4th Dec 14–15
#sthaku
Photo by Clint Adair on Unsplash
Programme
1 Welcome
2 What is strategic research?
Funding principles and the consortium
3
model
4 How to apply & what’s new
After the presentation, the science advisers will be ready
to answers your questions.
The discussion continues on Twitter: @Akatemia_STN
Twitter chat: Tuesday 4th Dec 14–15 #sthaku
PART 1 WHAT IS STRATEGIC RESEARCH?
What is strategic research?
• demand-driven research the Finnish Government decides the themes
• co-creation between researchers and interaction collaborators
• long-term research
• solution-oriented research
• scientifically excellent research
• research with societal relevance and impact
Strategic research
• produces research-based knowledge to solve major societal challenges
• finds solutions to major societal challenges and problems
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Strategic research = excellent science, societal relevance
and impact
Act on the Academy of Finland, section 5 b(3):
• The SRC selects the projects to be funded based on a review of societal
relevance, impact and research quality.
The projects’ societal relevance and impact as well as scientific quality are assessed
already at the first call stage.
The second call stage includes separate review panels for scientific quality and societal
relevance.
• According to the Act, the SRC must monitor the funded projects and assess
their impact.
• List of impact indicators once a year
• Impact stories twice a year
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Annual process for strategic research: broad consultations, Government and SRC
Strategic Research Programmes in 2019
The Strategic Research Council (SRC) has announced four programmes based on
the 2019 themes for strategic research:
• Towards a Sustainable, Healthy and Climate-Neutral Food System (FOOD)
• Innovative Materials and Services to Promote Resource Wisdom and
Sustainable Development (IMPRES)
• The Changing Role of Public Authority and the Potential for Steering Society
(STEER)
• Culture in an Increasingly Technologically Driven Society (CULT)
In line with the Government’s decision, the cross-cutting priority of the 2019
programme themes is to strengthen the ethical dimension in research.
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Strategic Research Programmes in 2019
• The project duration in all four programmes is six years
• The funding will be granted in two parts (3 + 3 years)
• Each consortium may apply for 3–5 million euros for the first funding
period (1 Jun 2019–31 Aug 2022)
• At the end of the first funding period, the consortia will go through an
interim assessment that will determine the funding for the next period
(1 Sep 2022–31 Aug 2025)
• The SRC will most likely provide funding to 3–5 consortia in each
programme
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Science Adviser Joona Lehtomäki:
Towards a Sustainable, Healthy and Climate-
Neutral Food System (FOOD)
Photo: Mika Luoma, CC0 Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthaku
Programme questions (FOOD)
A. Which parts of the food system does the project focus on and what kind of
integrated whole do they form?
B. How can the long-term achievement of a sustainable, healthy and climate-
neutral food system be promoted nationally and internationally by changing
the integrated whole under investigation? In what ways does the proposed
project support these three objectives?
C. What concrete support does the proposed research and interaction provide to
policy-makers for the development of a sustainable food system?
D. How does the proposed combination of research fields and network of
interaction partners support the achievement of the programme’s goals?
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuScience Adviser Tuomas Katajarinne:
Innovative Materials and Services to Promote
Resource Wisdom and Sustainable Development
IMPRES
Photo: Ricardo Gomez Angel/unsplash.com Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuProgramme questions (IMPRES)
A. What new material and service innovations are in focus in the project and what
kind of aggregate will they constitute?
B. How does the aggregate of new innovations promote resource wisdom and
sustainable development nationally and internationally?
C. How does the proposed research and interaction provide concrete support to
relevant actors for change management in the context of paradigm shifts in
materials?
D. How does the proposed combination of research fields and network of
interaction partners support the achievement of the programme’s goals?
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuScience Adviser Milja Saari:
The Changing Role of Public Authority and the
Potential for Steering Society STEER
Photo: Andrew Neel/unsplash.com Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuProgramme questions (STEER)
A. What are the project’s main areas of focus with respect to steering society?
B. How are decision-making and the operating environment and actors’ roles
changing in the sectors in focus? Why don’t existing steering tools and models
of execution meet current needs in the changed conditions?
C. How does the proposed research support the development of steering tools,
execution models and the division of responsibilities (private/public) in the
selected sectors?
D. How does the proposed combination of research fields and network of
interaction partners support the achievement of the research programme’s
goals?
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuScience Adviser Pilvi Toppinen: Culture in an Increasingly Technologically Driven Society CULT Amos Rex: Graffiti Nature: Lost, Immersed and Reborn, 2018, teamLab
Programme questions (CULT)
A. Which aspect of the tension between technology and culture is the project
focused on? Why is it relevant?
B. How does the project promote the interaction of technological development,
institutional and organisational structures and cultures towards socially
valuable goals?
C. How can the interaction of technological development and culture be
supported so that no one is left behind in an increasingly multicultural and
technologically driven society?
D. How does the proposed combination of research fields and network of
interaction partners support the achievement of the research programme’s
goals?
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuCross-cutting priority of the 2019 programme themes:
Strengthening the ethical dimension in research
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuStrengthening the ethical dimension in research
In line with the Government’s decision, the cross-cutting priority of the 2019
programme themes is to strengthen the ethical dimension in research:
Rapid advancements in technology must be backed up by active ethical thinking that
reflects different worldviews and alternative futures. Technological advances require
measures that will facilitate sound, responsible and sustainable research and the
practical application of this research in ways that will serve the development of
Finnish society and humankind as a whole. The aim is to integrate ethics in each
programme and in all stages of the research and innovation process from the very
outset.
Programme question:
E. How is the cross-cutting priority integrated in the project so that the relevant
ethical dimensions permeate all research efforts and interaction in the
consortium?
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuPART 2 FUNDING PRINCIPLES AND THE CONSORTIUM MODEL
General SRC funding principles
• As a rule, SRC funding calls follow the same terms and conditions as
those applied in other Academy of Finland calls.
• To support the aims of the funding scheme, however, the SRC has
defined a few exceptions.
• Learn more about the conditions and the exceptions:
• SRC funding principles (in Finnish)
• Call text (in English)
• Website: www.strategicresearch.fi
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuWhat does the funding cover?
• SRC funding is granted for research and related interaction activities
• The funding contribution comes to 100%, following the full cost model.
Organisations need not contribute to the funding with their own
percentage.
• Examples of eligible costs:
• salaries of consortium PIs, WP leaders, subproject PIs, coordinators and research
teams
• research costs: e.g. research and publication costs, mobility costs
• interaction costs (incl. outsourced services)
• auditing costs
• The SRC does not fund economic activityFunding for SRC consortia
• The funding may only be granted to SRC consortia.
• SRC consortia are structurally different from consortia funded under the
Academy Project and Academy Programme schemes.
• In SRC calls, consortia applying for funding must include at least:
• three subprojects
• two organisations
• three research fields (according the Academy of Finland classification)
• No limit to the maximum number of subprojects, organisations or disciplines;
practical limits set by programme funding and duration
• Consortium compositions cannot be changed after the call deadline has
expired. Supplementing consortium composition between 1st and 2nd call stage
is only possible for reasons based on the review statement.
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthaku• SRC consortia involve at least
three subprojects and two
organisations
• Research and interaction carried
out as work packages
• Consortium budget and funding
implemented by subproject
• An organisation may contain
several sites of research
• A subproject is made up of
researchers from a single site of
research.
• WPs may be carried out by people
from more than one site of
research
• Not all subprojects need to lead a
WPBasis for forming a consortium
• The aim of the consortium structure is to add value to the work of individual
WPs
• WPs are distributed equally and appropriately; the research should not rely too
heavily on only one subproject, and the work must not be divided into
separate, unconnected wholes.
• The research and interaction is carried out as work packages (WP).
• A subproject consists of the personnel at a specific site of research who participate in the
consortium.
• An organisation may contain several sites of research.
• The SRC recommends that interaction activities are presented as a separate
WP, whose leader is responsible for the consortium’s interaction activities
• Consortium’s management and coordination may also be divided into a
separate WP
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuWho can apply?
• SRC consortium PIs, deputy PIs and WP leaders must have a doctoral degree,
and they must at least be researchers with the qualifications of a docent
• Subproject PIs, too, must have a doctoral degree, and they must work in the
consortium
• The persons responsible for interaction WPs must have equivalent
qualifications in their own field.
• The project parties may be Finnish and foreign research organisations.
• Strategic research funding may also be granted to non-research organisations.
Funding is not granted to support economic activity.
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuRestrictions
• PIs and deputy PIs of SRC consortia cannot be granted funding in other SRC-
funded consortia (exception: consortia that started in 2016)
• The same person can be the PI of only one SRC consortium and they cannot act
as WP leaders in other applications.
• If a person has been entered as a consortium PI or WP leader in more than
one application, that person will be removed from all applications before the
review starts.
• The SRC requires that consortium PIs commit themselves with a sufficient level
of input to heading the consortium. Directors or team leaders of the Academy
of Finland’s Centres of Excellence cannot act as PIs or deputy PIs for SRC
consortia.
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuGeneral funding principles
• The Academy of Finland allocates the funding to the researcher’s host
organisation. After the call has closed, the Academy will request the
commitment by the site of research from the person indicated in the
application.
• Persons hired with Academy funding must be in an employment relationship
to the organisation receiving the funding.
• The funding is primarily intended for the salaries of researchers with
doctoral degrees.
• The SRC wants to promote equality already when assembling consortia and
multidisciplinary discipline combinations: The consortia should work towards
a balanced gender composition.
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuPART 3
HOW TO APPLY
&
WHAT’S NEW2019 Call:
What’s New
• The Academy of Finland is currently revamping its online services based on
feedback from applicants. Applicants selected to the second stage of the SRC
call will be sent the updated guidelines for the online services.
• The SRC requires that consortium PIs commit themselves with a sufficient level
of input to heading the consortium. In order to emphasise the importance of
this, the requirement has now been recorded in the funding principles decided
by the Strategic Research Council.
• Twitter chat: Tuesday 4 Dec 14.00–15.00 (and second one in January, TBC)
#STHAKU @Akatemia_STN
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuGetting ready:
Developing the research idea
• Consider the factor cutting across the theme:
strengthening the ethical dimension in research
• Read the programme description,
especially programme questions A–E
• Take a multidisciplinary approach
• Consider research ethics, equality aspects and good scientific practice
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuGetting ready:
Budget
OVERALL FUNDING FOR PROJECT
1st funding period (3 years) 2nd funding period (3 years)
(open for application) (applied for separately)
Two-thirds One-third
of the overall funding of the overall funding
Note a correction to the call text (23 November)
Letter of Intent: No need include estimated budget in the research and interaction
planLetter of Intent:
Research and interaction plan
Maximum six pages
Project title (ABBREVIATION)
Name and site of research of consortium PI
Name and site of research of vice PI
Names and sites of research of work package leaders
Sites of research that do not have a work package leader
Person in charge of interaction
1. Central idea of the project and objective for societal impact
(2 pages, programme questions A–E)
2. Research implementation (approx. 2 pages in total)
3. Interaction (1 page)
4. Scientific accomplishments and competence of the consortium
as well as key literature or bibliography (1 page)Letter of Intent:
Review panel (1st stage)
• Assesses the project’s compatibility with the programme, societal
relevance and impact and scientific quality
• Composed of both Finnish and foreign experts in various scientific
disciplines, multidisciplinary approaches and research relevance
• Read the review questions carefully
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuProcess after 1st stage panel
• Based on the panel’s review reports and at its own discretion the SRC will
decide on 11 March 2019 (TBC) which projects are invited to the second
stage
• The names and project titles of successful applicants will be posted on
the Academy of Finland’s website
• The deadline for full applications is 17 April 2019 at 16.15 local Finnish
time
• See the application guidelines in the call text
• The SRC will decide which projects will be added to the programme in
June 2019
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuHow to write a good application
• Read the call text carefully
• Keep in mind the objectives of strategic research funding
• The competition is stiff: spend enough time and resources on preparing the
application
Keys to success:
• A societally relevant research topic
• Answer the programme questions
• A good consortium, the right partners, a new configuration
• A multidisciplinary research approach
• A good interaction plan
• Submit the application by 25 April 2018 at 16.15 local Finnish time!
Twitter @Akatemia_STN #sthakuAsk our science advisers
Contacts and more info • Towards a Sustainable, Healthy and Climate-Neutral Food System (FOOD): Science Adviser Joona Lehtomäki, tel. +358 295 335 121 • Innovative Materials and Services to Promote Resource Wisdom and Sustainable Development (IMPRES): Science Adviser Tuomas Katajarinne, tel. +358 295 335 067 • The Changing Role of Public Authority and the Potential for Steering Society (STEER): Science Adviser Milja Saari, tel. +358 295 335 123 • Culture in an Increasingly Technologically Driven Society (CULT): Science Adviser Pilvi Toppinen, tel. +358 295 335 064 • Emails: firstname.lastname@aka.fi • Website: www.aka.fi/src • Twitter chat: Tuesday 4th Dec 14–15 #sthaku The discussion continues on Twitter: #strategicresearch
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