Application

Application

The grant application must be written in English and should be submitted to kirjaamo(at)veripalvelu.fi using the title “Grant application”. The email must contain the research plan, the CVs of the applicant in charge and those researchers who would receive a personal grant, and the application form found on the Blood Service website.

The application form should be filled in as completely as possible and titled “Applicationform2026_applicant’s name”. It must contain the following information:

  • Title
  • The researcher in charge and their personal details
  • Research site, research organisation and its director and a named person responsible for financial matters
  • Other key members in the research group as well as partners. As a principal investigator, the applicant is responsible for following the rules of their organization regarding whether a team member can receive a personal grant through the principal investigator’s grant. We urge that in the case of seeking funding for a team member, the team member also submits a personal grant application.
  • A short summary of the project and the research results from the past two years
  • The sum of research funding applied for, broken down into cost items (personal grants; salaries; travel expenses; research costs; subcontracting; overhead) and in the case of grants covering more than one year, broken down for each year of funding.

The application form must be accompanied by a research plan and the relevant CVs as PDF files (font: Calibri, font size: at least 11, spacing: 1 line).

The research plan must not exceed 5 pages in PDF format. The file should be titled “Researchplan2026_applicant’s name”. The plan should cover the following (as applicable):

  • Summary (with 3 to 5 keywords)
  • Name of the applicant
  • Introduction and research group’s research results so far
  • Research hypothesis or question; aim and how to measure it
  • Material and methods
  • Ethical approvals required for the study (decision reference numbers);
  • Data protection arrangements required for the study
  • Publication plan for the research results
  • More specific grounds for the funding applied for (if necessary)
  • Schedule and, in the case of grants covering more than one year, the primary aims for year of funding.

Short CV (up to 2 pages, PDF file titled “CV2026_applicant’s name). The applicant and those researchers who would receive a personal grant must submit a short CV that lists up to 10 key scientific publications from the past 5 years.

 

Last modified: 13.03.2026