Application process

Application review

Applications will be processed by the Review Committee. The committee comprises four established experts. The Review Committee will put forward its proposal regarding the grant recipients and the research funding to be awarded to the Board for final decisions. The Board’s decisions are not subject to appeal.

Neither the members of the Review Committee nor the research groups they lead may apply for funding. The members of the Committee are not allowed to participate in such processing of applications or decision-making regarding which they consider themselves disqualified according to the Finnish Red Cross instructions for disqualification.

The following criteria are used when processing applications:

• The project must be suitable for the research field concerned and comply with the Blood Service research strategy.
• The project must be sufficiently ambitious scientifically and have reasonable chances of success.
• The applicant must have a clear vision of the overall aim of the project as a whole and of the aim of the project specified in the application.The project plan and the budget must be realistic relative to the aim.
• In the case of applications for grants covering more than one year, a report for the previous term must have been completed and there must be enough progress in relation to the aims.
• The Review Committee will decide about the processing criteria in more detail.
• When a grant is awarded, a letter to this effect will be sent to the researcher in charge containing further instructions about receiving the grant as well as the reporting practices.