Tandem Industry Academia (TIA) Postdoc 2025

Tandem Industry Academia (TIA) Postdoc 2025

There are no specific research themes for the call, but the Foundation is keen to support new innovative approaches, multidisciplinary cooperation and new consortia between academic and industrial partners that can produce high-impact outcomes for business and industry and for the economy as a whole.

The application shall clearly demonstrate the benefits and impacts of collaboration for both parties and for society and the economy more widely. All applications will be reviewed by outside experts of scientific and industrial impact. Applications will be assessed with equal weight given to the academic quality of the research and the impact of the project on business and industry. Projects funded are expected to produce high-quality research publications and immaterial property rights with substantial innovation potential.

In 2025 the Foundation is looking to award funding to roughly the same number of projects as in the previous year.

The Finnish Research Impact Foundation’s mission is to strengthen collaboration between academia and industry and in this way to increase the impact of research. Ultimately these efforts will contribute to bolster Finnish business and industry through world-class research and at the same time create a stronger platform for Finland’s renewal and the development of Finnish know-how.

• Tandem Industry Academia Postdoc (TIA Postdoc) supports joint research projects between academic and industrial partners and  promotes mobility across the academia-business interface. The TIA funding model has been developed by FRIF with a view to encouraging ambitious precompetitive projects that further the aims of both leading-edge academic research and business and industry.
• Funding will be granted to a university or research institute (“academic partner”) for the purpose of hiring a postdoc researcher for two years
• The postdoc researcher will spend 12 months working at an academic organization and 12 months in the industrial partner’s organization. The periods spent in the two project organizations can be flexibly allocated and are defined in the project plan.
• The postdoc researcher remains employed by the academic partner throughout the two-year period
• The application shall be filed by the research team’s Principal Investigator (PI) together with the Industrial Supervisor representing the industrial partner. The application can also be completed by a delegate within the academic organization
• Funding will be paid to the academic partner as a project grant, including additional expenses. FRIF will provide funding to cover full project costs in accordance with the full cost model for 12 months and the postdoc researcher’s salary and indirect employee costs for another 12 months. Funding for other expenses can also be applied for.
• The same company may be involved as a partner in more than one application filed with FRIF.

Carefully read the guidelines before submitting your application.