The Finnish Research Impact Foundation’s (FRIF) Tandem Industry Academia Postdoc (TIA Postdoc) call’s 6th round opens in March 2025. The application period is from March 3 to April 13. Applications must be submitted through the foundation’s grant system by April 13 at 23:59.
The guidelines and funding terms will be updated and published when the call opens on March 3.
We will host an information session on March 3 at 9:30 AM. Register for the online event. You will receive the event link via email before the session starts. During the session, participants will have the opportunity to ask the foundation questions regarding the application process. A recording of the information session will also be available afterward.
The TIA Postdoc funding is intended to support joint research between research organizations and companies, targeting ambitious, pre-competitive collaborative research projects that advance both top-level research and business objectives. In a TIA Postdoc project, the postdoctoral researcher works half of the project duration with the academic partner and the other half with the industry partner in close collaboration.
Upcoming Funding Calls
The FRIF will launch the second edition of the TIA Seed call in autumn 2025. The call was piloted for the first time in 2024. TIA Seed funding is intended for researchers who have recently entered the Finnish research funding system and wish to initiate industry collaboration. More details about the call will be published later.
The TIA Professor call will be held next in 2026. Further details and exact schedules for the TIA Professor call will be announced no later than early 2026.