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Tekes funding for research organisations

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Basic task of Tekes

Tekes funds research, development and innovation activities with the aim of promoting the development of industry and services. Two thirds of the funding is channelled to research, development and

innovation projects of companies and one third to research projects in research institutes, universities and universities of applied sciences (=public research)

We fund pioneering projects and programmes that regenerate business and the public sector. Innovations help increase productivity

and improve the quality of working life. GNP, export, good jobs and well-being are increased.

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Mission statement Tekes promotes the development of industry andservices by means of technology and innovations.

This helps to renew industries, increase value addedand productivity, improve the quality of working lifeas well as boost exports and generate employmentand wellbeing.

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Objectives of Tekes funding

Tekes funds research organisations carrying out research in the fields of technology, services, business and working life that has significant novelty value and aims to

• produce expertise and knowledge that can be widely utilised in Finnish economic life

• generate research-based growth companies and new business

• develop new expertise and capabilities in areas of expertise expected to be important and thus promote the regeneration of business life

• transfer expertise from the international scientific community to Finnish society

→ Ideas concerning the utilisation of research results are part of the project from the very beginning

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Research project types

Public research networked with companies

• cooperation with industries and business to develop expertise and solutions for those areas in which they are required

New knowledge and business from research ideas

• research projects support the development of an idea while simultaneously preparing its commercialisation as a new business operation

Strategic research openings

• Strategic research openings give rise to new high-level expertise in areas expected to be important in business

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Other research funding

FiDiPro funding can be granted for any of the research project types • the unique characteristic of this programme is to bring distinguished experts

to Finland to be employed in the field of research

Research organisations can also participate in research programmes by Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation (SHOKs).

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Research funding is competed funding

Funding is targeted to projects that are deemed to yield the greatest gain in relation to public investments

Important areas of assessment are

• the innovation and expertise developed and the utilisation of results• resources employed and cooperation utilised• factors promoted in relation to the well-being of society and the environment• impact of Tekes funding

Tekes experts evaluate the project as a whole also taking into account the following

• indirect impact of the project• competing funding applications

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Funding levels

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Type of research project Large projects involving close international cooperation

Other projects Project funding from third-party

exploiters

Public research networkedwith companies

- Public research related to innovation (special case)

70%

70%

60%

70%

³ 10% *

25% +other investments

Strategic new research ** 70% 60% not required

New knowledge and business from research ideas

70% 70% not required

* Determined separately for each application process ** In research serving the innovation environment, the funding level can, in exceptional cases, be 95%

In the Big Science projects and projects involving the supply of equipment designed to be used in space, Tekes's share of the funding can be 100%.

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Funding from European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

Research organisations funded fromthe state budget

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Funding from external exploiters often decreases Tekes's funding share in the research project. Funding from Tekes and external financiers adds up to 100%.

Type of research project Large projects involving close international cooperation

Other projects Project funding from third-party

exploiters

- Public research networked with companies

Max. 100% Max. 100% 10% *)

- Strategic new research Max. 100% Max. 100% not required

- New knowledge and business from research ideas

Max. 100% Max. 100% not required

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Funding from European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

Other than state research organisations

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Type of research project Large projects involving close international cooperation

Other projects Project funding from third-party

exploiters

- Public research networked with companies

Max. 95% Max. 90% 10% *)

- Strategic new research Max. 95% Max. 90% not required

- New knowledge and business from research ideas

Max. 95% Max. 95% not required

Funding from external exploiters often decreases Tekes's funding share in the research project.

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Applying for funding

Most of the funding for public research is channeled via specific application processes (application times)

• Application times for programmes

• FiDiPro application processes

• Standard annual application periods February/June/October

- New knowledge and business from research ideas- Strategic new research

• It is possible to apply for ERDF funding in connection with Tekes applications

Tekes will inform the public early in the autumn about application processes to take place in the following year application times for public research

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Applying for funding

Funding can be applied for outside of the application periods:

• for company-led joint projectsWhen a research project is part of a joint venture between companiesand research institutes, in which the share of costs from company development projects is more than 50% of the costs of the joint venture, research funding should be applied for at the same time as companies apply for funding for their own R&D projects. In other words, the set application times do not limit application for research funding for these projects

← Funding for company R&D and innovation projects can be applied for on a constant basis

• Public research related to innovation projects

− Applications accepted on a constant basis

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For further information, visit www.tekes.fi/en

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