New Finnish Centers of Excellence

by Jani-Petri Martikainen 4 Jul 2013 Research Policies
Published in the "Nordic News" section of Nordita News issue 2, 2013

In June, the Academy of Finland decided on designating 14 new Centres of Excellence in Research for the period 2014-2019, a total of EUR 45 million for the first three years of the six-year programme term.

In the list of funded Centers of Excellence we find the following in the fields of physics, mathematical physics, space physics and biophysics:

• Centre of Excellence in Molecular Engineering of Biosynthetic Hybrid Materials Research, Aalto University
  Other parties: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
• Centre of Excellence in Atmospheric Science - From Molecular and Biological Processes to the Global Climate, University of Helsinki
  Other parties: University of Eastern Finland, Finnish Meteorological Institute
• Centre of Excellence in Analysis and Dynamics Research, University of Helsinki
  Other parties: University of Oulu, University of Jyväskylä
• Centre of Excellence in Research on Solar Long-Term Variability and Effects, University of Oulu
  Other parties: University of Helsinki, Finnish Meteorological Institute
• Centre of Excellence in Biomembrane Research: From Lipid-Protein Interactions to Functions, University of Helsinki
  Other parties: Tampere University of Technology

As reported elsewhere, the astrophysics group at Nordita is one of the key collaborating teams involved in the activities at the CoE in Research on Solar Long-Term Variability and Effects (ReSOLVE), led by Kalevi Mursola, at the University of Oulo.