Aalto Distinguished Professors
The title Aalto Distinguished Professor is granted to a professor whose merits are exceptionally significant.
Excellence in research
Research carried out at Aalto University is of high quality, as demonstrated by our researchers success in obtaining external research funding. Get to know our most notable recognitions, funding awards and projects!
Academicians of Science
The President of Finland confers the title of Academician of Science on highly distinguished scientists and scholars from Finland and abroad. No more than sixteen Finns may bear the title at a time.
Academy Professors
Academy Professors are awarded Research Council of Finland funds for contributing to the development of their own research fields. The funding provides world-class scientists and scholars with the opportunity to practice research work on a fixed-term full-time basis. Academy Professors may carry out their own research plans, lead research teams, supervise young scientists and provide training.
Research Council of Finland funded projects
- Centres of Excellence (CoE) 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.
- A flagship is an effective mix of cutting-edge research, impact in support of economic growth or society, close connections to the business sector and society at large, adaptability, and a strong commitment from host organisations.
- Strategic Research Council (SRC) funded research seeks concrete solutions to significant problems, and requires a multidisciplinary approach. Collaboration between knowledge producers and knowledge users is essential. SRC programmes run for 3–6 years.
Research Council of Finland's Centres of ExcellenceResearch Council of Finland Flagship programme fundingResearch Council of Finland’s SRC
Research Council of Finland's 'State of Scientific Research in Finland' report continues to witness Aalto University's scientific quality in its key research areas. As an example see news from 2021.
ERC funding
The European Research Council (ERC) funding is awarded to leading researchers for pioneering work at the frontiers of science.
ERC Synergy Grant funding
The European Research Council (ERC) funding is awarded to leading researchers for pioneering work at the frontiers of science. The ERC Synergy grant is a grant scheme that supports small teams of scientists who wish to jointly address ambitious research problems.
ERC Advanced Grant funding
The European Research Council (ERC) funding is awarded to leading researchers for pioneering work at the frontiers of science. ERC Advanced grants provide an opportunity to well-established and outstanding scientists having a track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years to pursue innovative, high-risk research.
ERC Consolidator Grant funding
The European Research Council (ERC) funding is awarded to leading researchers for pioneering work at the frontiers of science.
ERC Starting Grant funding
The European Research Council (ERC) funding is awarded to leading researchers for pioneering work at the frontiers of science. ERC Starting Grants are designed to support talented early-career scientist (2-7 years since completion of PhD) who has already produced excellent supervised work, is ready to work independently and shows potential to be a research leader.
Completed ERC projects
The European Research Council (ERC) funding is awarded to leading researchers for pioneering work at the frontiers of science.
Business Finland's Rise to Challenge funding
Rise to Challenge is Business Finland’s annual funding call for projects with identified productivity benefits and/or international commercial potential. The aim is to support breakthrough research initiatives and the creation of broadly applicable new capabilities, with a focus on long-term impact. Rise to Challenge accelerates cutting-edge research that builds the skills and capabilities needed by the growth sectors of the future.
Aalto University involved in four research projects selected for funding in Business Finland’s major call
The Rise to Challenge projects will develop AI-powered decision-making in healthcare, signal technology to scale up quantum information processing, higher-precision imaging technology and quantum computing applied to bio and DNA data.