The application round is open: 01.06.2026 - 19.08.2026
This preview was created at: 21:24 20.07.2026
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Step 1/8 Grant Application
Please note that the application form is to be completed in English, unless otherwise stated in the questionnaire
The question below can be filled in depending on what you answered to the question: "Affiliation"
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Options:
Basic research,
Clinical/epidemiological research
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Options:
One-year grant,
Two-year grant,
Three-year grant,
Major grant
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Number of characters: 0 of max 200
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Number of characters: 0 of max 500
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Indicate the names, academic degrees universities of the researchers involved in the project and the percentage of a person’s total working time that is used for this project.
Name only those researchers and employees who are involved in the project and who will participate in publishing the results and to whom it is intended to pay a grant or salary from these funds.
Only the principal investigator’s CV shall be appended to the application. The research plan shall describe the expertise of the group members that is essential for the implementation of the project.
Help-text for the question:
If you do not yet know the name, write N.N. and add the academic degree and university (if you know them).
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Step 2/8 Project description
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Number of characters: 0 of max 2000
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Number of characters: 0 of max 500 (min 150)
Include: rationale of the project (why?), method of implementation (how?) and expected benefits and impact of the project.
Help-text for the question: If Finnish is not the applicant’s working language, the abstract may be written in English.
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Max. 5 pages including references. Only PDF-files are accepted.
Details of all reserach funding received by the responsible researcher in previousyears. Please enter the amounts in full euro, without any cents, spaces or other punctuation.
Please note that overhead costs must not exceed 15% of the research project's total costs.
1st year €
2nd year €
3rd year €
Total
A. Personal grants awarded to members of the research group
B. Other salaries and fees to members of the research team and/or assisting staff (e.g. laboratory technician)
C. Equipment
D. Other materials
E. Travel costs
F. Other costs related to the study
G. Overhead costs
Total:
Cost breakdown
Please itemise the costs you have indicated above.
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A personal grant can only be paid to the principal investigator and/or members of the research team (not e.g. to hired assistants, such as a laboratory assistants). Details must be given for every person: name, degree, reason for financial support (e.g. leave of absence, months).
In dissertation grant applications applicant fills only publications related to their dessertation.
Author (last name, first name initials), title of the article, abbreviated name of the publication series, volume, page numbers and the year of publication (Ex: Cancer Res., 86: 1156-1967, 1998). Applicant's name in capital letters.
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Only PDF files are accepted. The list of publications is compiled according to the Research Council of Finland's guidelines, see List of publications.
Please provide an alternative e-mail address where we can reach you in case the e-mail address you have provided in your applicant profile stops working. This is particularly important if, for example, you are abroad and the e-mail address you normally use stops working, or if you are in the final stages of your doctoral studies.
Help-text for the question: If you do not have any email addresses other than the one provided in your applicant profile, you can write "none" in the box. Instead, remember to update the information in your applicant profile in case the email address you are currently using stops working.
Step 6/8 Statisctics
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Options:
Chemotherapy,
Cell therapy,
Diagnostics,
Gene therapy,
Immunotherapy,
Palliative care,
Patient care/nursing,
Precision medicine,
Prevention,
Radiation therapy,
Surgery,
Other cancer treatments,
Not applicable
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Research.fi
Research.fi is operated by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The service collects information on publications, documentation, researchers and research projects from a variety of sources and makes it available to the field.
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Does the research project involve any international collaboration, such as a co-publication with an international organisation?
When will the part of the research work covered by this application start?
Step 7/8 Joint Data Collection
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Is this your, your group’s or organisation’s first application from us?
In which country will the project take place?
In which Finnish municipality will the project take place?
Which organisation is primarily responsible for the project?
Choose the primary implementing organization, even if the project is implemented in several different organizations.
Duration (in months) of the project or part of it funded by this grant?
Specify the number of months for the part of the project covered by the application (the grant-funded part). If the application concerns the entire project, specify the project’s total duration.
Provide up to five keywords describing your project’s content, objectives, and impacts
Separate keywords with commas. Avoid general expressions (such as "project", "development"). Try to choose words that are as specific and informative as possible. Examples: biodiversity, contemporary art, children and youth, materials research, accessibility of education
Step 8/8 Commitment
Terms and conditions
If the grant is awarded, the primary investigator undertakes to submit a report on the use of the funds and the results of the research by the end of June of the year following the end of the funding period.
The data content of the applications constitutes a register that the Cancer Foundation Finland sr. maintains, retains, and archives. According to the EU’s General Data protection Regulation, you have the right to access your personal data and amend it or delete it or restrict and inhibit its handling. However, deleting data or restricting/inhibiting its use may block awarding the grant or executing its payments.
Requests of this nature should be done in writing by email. Data and documents submitted are used by experts evaluating the grant applications. The grant application web platform is maintained by Rimbert. Information regarding the paid grants is provided to the authorities according to legislation.
