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Academy of Finland and Asian – Finnish Research Cooperation

Academy of Finland and Asian – Finnish Research Cooperation. Academy of Finland as a facilitator for joint projects. Objectives of joint funding win – win situation enables collaboration between the best scientists beneficial to both partners

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Academy of Finland and Asian – Finnish Research Cooperation

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  1. Academy of Finland and Asian – Finnish Research Cooperation

  2. Academy of Finland as a facilitator for joint projects Objectives of joint funding • win – win situation • enables collaboration between the best scientists • beneficial to both partners • to provide simultaneous, coordinated and long term funding for ambitious, cross-border collaborations • to enhance attractiveness and visibility for Finnish researchers • to promote researcher mobility • to promote researcher training (especially young scientists)

  3. Bilateral agreements between Academy of Finland and public research funding organisations of China In October 2004 the AF renewed co-operation agreements with: • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) • Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

  4. Forms of Co-operation: CAS, CASS ja NSFC

  5. Sino-Finnish joint calls for joint research projects 1/3 • Joint call for proposals for the Finnish Centres of Excellence (AF) and the State Key Laboratories of China (NSFC) 2002-2005. • jointly funded by AF and NSFC • 4 Sino-Finnish joint projects • AF funding 720 000 € / 3 years • Research Programme on Neuroscience (NEURO) • jointly funded by AF, NSFC and INMHA/CIHR • 4 Sino-Finnish joint projects (involving 5 Finnish teams) • AF funding 950 000 € / 4 years (total AF funding 7,1 million)

  6. Sino-Finnish joint calls for joint research projects 2/3 • Joint call for proposals on Cross Cultural Communication • jointly funded by AF and CASS • 1 Sino-Finnish joint project • AF funding 300 000 € / 3 years • AF-NSFC Joint Call for Proposals 2007 • Research topics: • Environment Related Energy Research • Environental Ecology • jointly funded by AF and NSFC • 4 Sino-Finnish joint projects • AF funding 960 000 € / 3 years

  7. Sino-Finnish joint calls for joint research projects 3/3 • AF-NSFC Joint Call for Proposals 2008 • Research topic: • Ubiquitous Computing and Diversity of Communication • jointly funded by AF and NSFC

  8. Sino-Finnish workshops • Sino-Finnish Seminar on Cross Cultural Communication, December 1, 2006, Helsinki, Finland • jointly organised by AF and CASS • Sino-Finnish Seminar on Business know-how and Business ethics, October 29-30, 2007, Shanghai, China • jointly organised by AF and SASS

  9. Bilateral agreements between Academy of Finland and public research funding organisations of India • Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the Republic of India (07/2005) Themes • Advanced Biotechnology • Gene therapy, structural and functional biology with relation to genomics and proteomics • Medical Biotechnology • Drug development incl. vaccines, diagnostics • Food Biotechnology • Nutraceuticals • Agriculture Biotechnology • Transgenics and agrobiotecnics • Environmental Biotechnology • Bioremediation • Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the Republic of India (05/2005) • Themes to be separately agreed upon

  10. Forms of co-operation: DBT and DST

  11. Indo-Finnish workshops and joint calls for projects 1/2 1. Indo-Finnish Seminar on Medical Biotechnology13th October, 2005, New Delhi, India 2. Indo-Finnish Workshop for Modern Plant and Food Biotechnology3th-4th April, 2006, Helsinki, Finland 3. Indo-Finnish Workshop on Environmental Biotechnology and Bioresources3rd – 4th May, 2007, Helsinki, Finland 4. Indo-Finnish Workshop on Biomarkers and Diagnostics 23rd – 24th Jan, 2008, Helsinki, Finland

  12. Indo-Finnish workshops and joint calls for projects (2/2) • Joint call for proposals by the Research Council for Health and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Government of India - call was closed 31 Jan, 2006 - theme areas: vaccine development; development of new innovative diagnostics; drug development - five joint Indo-Finnish research projects were funded: ca. 1,0 milj. euros for three years • Joint call for proposals by the Research Council for Biosciences and Environment and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India - call was closed 31 Jan 2007 - theme areas: plant and crop biotechnology - five joint Indo-Finnish research projects were funded: ca. 1,0 milj. euros for three years • Joint call for proposals by the Research Council for Biosciences and Environment and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India - call was closed 30 Oct 2007 - theme areas: environmental biotechnology; bioresources - in process

  13. CO-REACH: Coordination of Research Between EU and China • network of European S&T policy and funding organisations involved in promoting research co-operation with China in the • natural sciences • medical and life sciences • engineering sciences • social sciences and humanities • intended to create coherence and synergy in Europe's S&T relations with China • supported by the European Commission as an ERA-NET Co-ordination Action

  14. CO-REACH partners • The consortium currently includes 14 partners representing 5 scientific academies, 6 research councils and 3 national ministries from 8 European countries • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) • Academy of Finland (AKA) • French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) • French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) • French Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research (MENESR) • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany • The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) • German Aerospace Center (PT-DLR) • Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Ireland

  15. Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Research Council of Norway (RCN) Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) British Academy (BA) The Royal Society, (RS), UK

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