Research grants

ÅAU research grants 2024

The Strategic Council for Research at Åbo Akademi University announces general ÅAU doctoral research grants 2024 for application. The grants are announced from funds made available by the Åbo Akademi University Foundation. For more detailed application criteria, please see section a) below.

The electronic application form should be filled out and submitted no later than on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at 23.59.

The research plan is submitted as a separate pdf file. For the application to go forward in the application and evaluation process, the research plan has to be written as stated in the instructions:
Instructions for the research plan

Information about the evaluation process, evaluation criteria and decision process

Information about the processing of personal data in connection to the application

Published March 1, 2024:
Granting decision for doctoral research grants spring 2024 (pdf, opens in new window)

I Grants for doctoral students

a) General ÅAU doctoral research grants (max 12 mån)

General criteria

Doctoral research grants can be applied for by

doctoral researchers enrolled and registered as present at Åbo Akademi University

The grants are intended for full-time research (leave of absence required).

Grants are paid in monthly installments. The grant is 2300 €/month.

In this announcement grants are awarded for 4-12 months. The grant period can start April 1, 2024, at the earliest, and the whole grant needs to be used before June 30, 2025.

The application should include

the estimated time (mm/year) for the public defense
a complete account of all previous funding received for the doctoral studies

Please note that doctoral students who have already received funding for 48 months (or more) are not entitled to apply for a grant in this specific announcement. Previously received funding will also be considered in the grant decision; if a doctoral research grant is awarded, the total received funding can amount to a maximum of 48 months.