KAUTE’s March–April calls for grant applications offer opportunities for internationalisation and cooperation with business. Check out the grant application descriptions and apply for funding!
Tutkijat maailmalle programme
The Tutkijat maailmalle programme supports research conducted abroad in the technical sciences and economics. The programme is intended for researchers who go abroad to do research at top-level universities or research institutes. The programme’s grants are meant for a longer stay, preferably at least six months, in the host country. The grants are suitable for doctoral researchers and post doc researchers in the early stages of their careers. Researchers working at companies can also apply for Tutkijat maailmalle funding.
The Tutkijat maailmalle programme is run jointly by the KAUTE Foundation, the Walter Ahlström Foundation and the Foundation for Economic Education. The spring application period is 1.3.–15.4.2020. Read more and apply for a grant.
Post Docs in Companies (PoDoCo) programme
Post Docs in Companies (PoDoCo) is a joint programme of Finnish foundations, universities and business, which aims to support the competitive ability and strategic renewal of Finnish business through academic research, as well as help young post docs gain employment in companies. The funded projects are 1–2 years long and consist of a research period and a targeted research period in a company.
Researchers from all fields and all companies operating in Finland can apply to the programme. KAUTE funds two post doc researchers in economics or technical sciences through the programme each year. The spring PoDoCo application period is 1.3.–15.4.2020. Read more and apply.
European Forum Alpbach
The European Forum Alpbach is a multidisciplinary meeting place for science, art, culture, politics and economics in the village of Alpbach in the Austrian Alps. Each year, the forum brings together about 5,000 participants and 900 high-profile speakers for three weeks. The programme addresses global themes such as climate change, refugees, democratic change and technology. The theme for 2020 is called Fundamentals.
The European Forum Alpbach offers a scholarship programme for active young people under the age of 30 interested in having an impact. Each year around 700 people from 80 countries participate in the forum through the scholarship programme. The KAUTE Foundation and the Finnish Cultural Foundation make it possible for eight young Finns to participate each year. The forum will be held 19.8.–4.9.2020.
The application period for the scholarship programme at the 2020 Forum is open between 17.2.–31.3.2020. Read more and apply for a scholarship.
Also check out the experiences of Finnish scholars from previous years and the blog entries of the 2019 participants.