New Academy Projects and Academy Research Fellows in natural sciences and engineering at UEF secure nearly 6 million euros in funding

13.6.2025

The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering announced its funding decisions for new Academy Projects and Academy Research Fellowships on 12 June. At the University of Eastern Finland, a total of 3.4 million euros were granted to nine Academy Projects, and approximately 2.5 million euros to four Academy Research Fellows.

Academy Projects

Merve Atasoy, Intrecovery: Harnessing Microbial Amination for Integrated Carbon and Nitrogen Recovery from Wastewater , 420,006 €

Roman Bednarik, BREYENGRAPH:Eye sensing -based AD monitoring for everyday life, 298,003 €

Janne Jänis, Plastic-derived emerging aerosol pollutants from fires, 219,100 €

Timo Kumpula, Spatio-temporal dynamics of degrading palsa mires and their greenhouse gas fluxes across Fennoscandia, 499,993 €

Pauli Miettinen, Principled approaches to explainable data analysis and mining, 491,049 €

Mikko Nissi, Accurate quantitative imaging with open-source open hardware low-field MRI (AequiLoFi), 500,000 €

Marjut Roponen, Plastic-derived emerging aerosol pollutants from fires, 229,997 €

Olli Sippula, Plastic-derived emerging aerosol pollutants from fires, 330,233 €

Timo Tokola, Seasonal Trafficability of Forest Soils and Gravel Roads, 419,379 €

Academy Research Fellows

Antti Moilanen, Spin-Polarized Nanolasers Based on 2D Materials, 596,551 €