Research Council of Finland’s Centres of Excellence
Centres of Excellence (CoEs) are at the cutting edge of their disciplines, pioneering new avenues of enquiry and training the next generation of new talent for Finnish research and industry. CoEs are funded by the Research Council of Finland and Finnish universities, research institutes, the private sector and many other sources. The funding is granted for a 6–8 year term.
We coordinate the following Centres of Excellence:
Centres of Excellence 2022-2029
- Professor Anouar Belahcen: High-Speed Electromechanical Energy Conversion Systems (HiECS)
- Professor Markus Linder: Centre of Excellence in Life-Inspired Hybrid Materials (LIBER)
We are partners in the following Centres of Excellence:
Centres of Excellence 2026-2033
- Professor Tero Heikkilä, University of Jyväskylä, Aalto University's responsible professors Pertti Hakonen, Jose Lado, Zhipei Sun, Päivi Törmä: Centre of Excellence on Quantum Materials (QMAT)
- Professor Minna Palmroth, University of Helsinki, Aalto University's responsible professor Jaan Praks: Centre of Excellence in Space Resilience
- Professor Eeva-Stiina Tuittila, University of Eastern Finland, Aalto University's responsible professor Miina Rautiainen: Centre of Excellence in Peatlands, Climate Change and Ecological Restoration
Centres of Excellence 2022-2029
- Professor Eero Saksman, University of Helsinki, Aalto University's responsible professors Pauliina Ilmonen and Kalle Kytölä: Finnish centre of excellence in Randomness and Structures (FiRST)
- Professor Hanna Vehkamäki, University of Helsinki, Aalto University's responsible professor Patrick Rinke: Virtual laboratory for molecular level atmospheric transformations (VILMA)