The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters has awarded nearly €1.8 million in grants for research in mathematics and natural sciences. The grants were awarded to 81 researchers, with a particular focus on doctoral students in the early stages of their research.
The grants will be used to study topics such as the development of cancer diagnostics using artificial intelligence, thermoregulation in dragonflies and the growing season of Arctic plants. The grants cover a wide range of topics in the fields of mathematics and natural sciences.
“The Academy is delighted to support young scientists whose work opens up new perspectives on a range of fascinating topics,” says Pekka Aula, Secretary General of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
The grant recipients work at nine Finnish universities and research institutes: Aalto University, the University of Helsinki, the Finnish Meteorological Institute, the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Jyväskylä, the University of Oulu, Tampere University, the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University.
The grants were awarded from the Väisälä Fund, which is administered by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. Originating from a donation made by Professor Vilho Väisälä in 1963, the fund awards grants for doctoral studies and short-term research visits abroad in the fields of mathematics and natural sciences. In particular, the fund supports research in the fields of mathematics, physics, meteorology, geophysics and astronomy.
List of grant recipients