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ACADEMYPROGRAMMES

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Academy Programmes

• I) General information on Academy Programmes

• II) Academy Programmes 2017

• III) Evaluation of the Academy Programmes


Academy Programmes


• Support scientific regeneration

• Science-driven, thematic and target-orientedbodies of research projects

• Provide platforms for international researchcooperation and cooperation with otherstakeholders

• Support multi- and interdisciplinary research ofthe highest quality

• Increase scientific and societal impact

Budget of the Academy programmes


2013€25.4 million

2014€33.4 million

2015€24.9 million

2016€17.4 million


AcademyBoard

Decision onthe subject

ProposalSuggestion

Scientific SteeringCommittee

Other ideasOpen consultationfor researchers

Preparation by the civilservants

Representative ofthe Administration

Office

Joint workshop for theAcademy’s Research

Councils

Preparatorygroup

Decision onthe

programme’sfunding Sub committee

Steeringcommittee for the

Academyprogramme andSub committee

AcademyBoard

Launching a new AcademyProgramme


Preparation of a new programme

Scientific SteeringCommittee

Joint workshop for theJoint workshop for theAcademy’s Research

Councils

Open consultation forresearchers

Other ideas

Preparation by thecivil servants

Steering Committee for the Academy Programme

• Composed of Academy of Finland Research Council members,representatives of other funding organisations and external experts

• Tasks• to steer and monitor the Programme, to support coordination• to prepare the review process of applications• to submit to the Academy subcommittee and possible other funding

organisations a proposal of the projects to be funded• to propose, when needed, to the Research Councils and other funding

organisations supplementary application rounds and/or additional funding• to submit proposals on projects or project entities to be later incorporated

into the Programme as well as to decide on incorporation of a project or aproject entity as part of the Programme, provided that these already havefunding for it

• to draw up a plan for the follow-up and evaluation of the Programme• to promote the use of research results


Coordination of the Academy Programme

• A key role in forming the Programme’s added value and inachieving the objectives of the programme

• Both scientific and administrative tasks• 1-2 Programme Manager(s) and a Project Officer• The Programme Manager reports to the Steering

Committee• The Steering Committee supports, steers and monitors the

coordination


Preparation of the Academy Programme

• The planning, application process and monitoringof the Programme

• Participating in contracting processes for e.g.funding and stakeholder collaboration

• Following ongoing and forthcoming internationalresearch programmes when planning the Academyprogramme

• Collecting data for reporting, maintenance theinformation on projects, forwarding information tothe Academy of Finland and other fundingagencies


Coordination of the Academy Programme

• Managing the research projects that received funding(payments, changes of the decision, research reports)

• Communication with the Steering Committee, Finnish andforeign funding agencies, and collaborators

• Organising the meetings of the Committee and thesubcommittee for the Academy programme

• Organising the evaluation process

• Submitting the research results gained within the Academyprogramme (publications, patents, examinations etc.)

• Foresight of the research in the field of the Academyprogramme


Communication during the Academy Programme

• Joint seminars promote collaboration between the research projects• Collaboration with essential Finnish as well as foreign research

programmes• Visits, visiting scholars• Disseminating the Finnish expertise to international research

programmes and research projects• Informing of the Academy programme and its results on the website

of the programme• Promoting the dialogue between researchers and end-users of

research results (knowledge broker)• Producing multi-disciplinary joint publications and popularized

information to end-users of knowledge and other target groups• e.g. reports, exhibitions, TV-programmes, social media



What is knowledge brokering?

Creating links and networks between producers and end-users of knowledge

- Bringing operators together or serving as an active link in between (researchers,politicians, businesses, organizations, other shareholders)

Active search and dialog between producers and end-users of knowledge

- Creates a possibility for new paths, since we do not live in a world of perfectdiffusion of information and understanding

Modifying knowledge to an end-user-friendly form

- Is it ideal to spread knowledge as it is or to add interpretations?

- Selectiveness/objectiveness?

- How much is it possible to modify knowledge?

Broker organization

Researchers End-users ofknowledge


Knowledge brokering at the Academy Programme

• visits, dialogs, annual seminars• identifying key projects and researchers• annual/mid reports

Acquiring information onresearch and researchers’’Know your programmes and

projects’’

• identifying target groups, persons and networks• working at the Steering Committee

Acquiring information onend-users of knowledge’’Who needs information?’’

• what kind of, in what form and when is knowledgeneeded?

• identifying and creating new tools, mechanisms,forums ja methods

• roles of the researcher, the university and theAcademy

Creating dialog andbrokering knowledge

’’Be visible, communicate andimpact: tell a story, draw a

picture’’

Academy Programmes vs. Strategic research


ProgrammesScientific quality

Foresight

Goal orientation

Multi- andinterdisciplinarity

Internationality

Networking

Coordinated body ofresearch projects

AcademyProgrammes

Research-driven

Renewal of theresearch

Internationalcollaboration

Interaction

Stakeholdercollaboration

Strategic research

Demand-driven

Societally significantand influential

Solution-oriened

Collaborationbetween producersand end-users of

knowledge

AcademyProgrammes

2017


Current programmes 1/4

Arctic Academy Programme, ARKTIKO (2014–2018) 15,8 M€

• the change factors affecting the development of the Arctic regionand the dynamics of change

• JPI Climate

BioFuture 2025 Academy Programme (2017–2020) 10,3 M€

• next-generation bioeconomy solutions, practices and technologies

• the societal implications of shifting to a biobased economy



Digital Humanities, DIGIHUM (2016–2019) 5,7 M€

• addresses novel methods and techniques in which digital technology andstate-of-the-art computational science methods are used for processingdata in humanities and social sciences research

The Future of Learning, Knowledge and Skills, TULOS(2014–2017) 12 M€

• behavioural research interests associated with learning and education,the development of teaching technologies, and the search forsoftware solutions

• National Science Foundation NSF USA, National Commission forScientific and Technological Research CONICYT Chile



Health from Cohorts and Biobanks COHORT (2017–2020) 4,7 M€

• Collaboration between different levels of research in Finnish birth cohorts andbiobank data

Mineral Resources and Material Substitution, MISU (2014–2019) 12 M€

• mineral resources, materials efficiency and recycling, and material substitution

• National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research CONICYTChile, National Research Foundation of South Africa

New Energy (2015–2018) 15,2 M€

• energy transition, future energy solutions, new infrastructures,new service models

• Indian Department of Science and Technology DST,New Indigo ERA-NET, ERA-Net LAC, Inno Indigo ERA-Net



Personalised Health – From Genes to Society, pHealth(2015–2019) 10 M€

• studies personalised medicine to understanding, categorising,diagnosing, preventing and treating diseases and promotinggood health

Synthetic Biology, FinSynBio (2013–2017) 10,5 M€

• artificially constructed biological components andtheir specific biological functions

• Indian Department of Biotechnology DBT, ERASynBio


Health from Science TERVA (2018–2020) 7 M€• seeks bold, new research initiatives that aim to solve health issues related to

major public health diseases

• carried out in collaboration with foundations that fund medical research

Radiation Detectors for Health, Safety and Security RADDESS (2018–2021)

10 M€• aimed at developing electromagnetic and particle radiation detection technologies

for health, safety and security applications

• three main research themes: alternative imaging methods,safety and security technology, and the physics of radiation detectors

Upcoming programmes 1/2


Development research (2018–)• joint programme with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland in the field of development research

• themes will be based on Finland’s development policy objectives and the UN sustainabledevelopment programme

New applications of artificial intelligence for physical research and engineering(2018- )

Upcoming programmes 2/2


In evaluation

Climate Change, FICCA (2011-2014) 17 M€

• generating knowledge of climate change, its effects andmanagement

• Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Russian Federationfor Humanities, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Computational Science, LASTU (2010–2016) 14,7 M€

• the development of computational methods; to addresscomputationally intensive problems and fundamental issuesin science and engineering

• National Natural Science Foundation of China NSFC,ERA-NET Sysbio


In evaluation

The Health and Welfare of Children and Young People,SKIDI-KIDS (2010–2015) 14,6 M€

• different ways to optimise clinical practice and policy decisionsaffecting mental health and addiction in children and youth

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research CIHR

The Human Mind, MIND (2013–2016) 13,4 M€

• the mind and its neural mechanisms within a cultural and socialcontext; research themes include e.g. learning, brain and minddevelopment, creativity and emotions

• ERA-NET Neuron, National Natural Science Foundation ofChina NSFC, Russian Foundation for the Humanities RFH


In evaluation

Programmable Materials, OMA (2012–2016) 10 M€

• to develop materials that are composed of components having anability to react in pre-programmed and desired ways toenvironmental conditions and external stimuli

• ERA-NET Rus

Sustainable Governance of Aquatic Resources, AKVA(2012–2016) 12,5 M€

• sustainable management, adequacy and future safety of waterand aquatic resources

• NewIndigo ERA-NET and Water JPI


Evaluation ofAcademy

Programmes


Evaluation of Academy Programmes 1/2

• Evaluation principles• Objectivity, equality, transparency

• Analysis of evaluation landscape• Links and timing, taking into account to the

other evaluations made by the Academy of Finland,other stakeholders, universities

• Why, when and to whom?

• Tailor-made evaluation• Description of the evaluation framework• Selection of the evaluation method and focus points• Results and scientific and/or societal impacts


• Evaluation procedure• Evaluation plan, decided by the steering committee• Evaluation materials, e.g. final reports, self-evaluations• Summary of the project/programme results• Evaluation panel, separate studies• Foresight exercise

• Results of the evaluation• Evaluation report, dissemination• Follow-up of the measures

Evaluation of Academy Programmes 2/2


Activities of the Academy Programmes


• Annual seminars within an Academy Programme

• Seminars together with other Academy Programmes

• Discussions

• Science Breakfasts

• Workshops

Few examples:• 13 Jan 2017 DIGIHUM: The Digital Face: Transformed Interactions

A seminar on negotiation and transformations of face in digital environments

• 6-7 Feb 2017 TULOS: Challenges of Education for Tomorrow – a Nordic Common Ground?Joint Conference of the Nordic and National Educational Research Programmes in Stockholm

• 20-22 Sep 2016 The Mind and the Other Research Project of the HUMAN MIND Academy programme & TheFinnish Anthropological Society: an interdisciplinary conference "Wild or Domesticated“

• 23-24 May 2016 New Energy: Joint Work Shop on Bioenergy in Delhi

• 11 April 2016 OMA & New Energy: a joint training seminar for researchers with the theme“Selling your research idea”

• 10 May 2016 ARKTIKO: a seminar Responsible Development of the Arctic

• 10-12 June 2015 MISU: International workshop on mineral resources

Outcomes of the Academy Programmes

• Article series, pamphlets, eBooks, blogs


More information

Academy Programmeswww: http://www.aka.fi/programmes

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Academy of Finlandwww: www.aka.fi/en/

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Academy of Finland


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