Vaikuttavuussaatio

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Foundation

The Finnish Research Impact Foundation

The Finnish Research Impact Foundation works to promote industry-academia cooperation from the vantage-point of academic research interests and considerations. FRIF’s role is to facilitate joint research projects that not only bring commercial success but also strengthen Finnish expertise and research excellence.

The Finnish Research Impact Foundation was created by the Finnish government in 2019.

The organizations represented on the Foundation’s board of directors are Confederation of Finnish Industries (Elinkeinoelämän keskusliitto), Federation of Finnish Enterprises (Suomen Yrittäjät), The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia ry), the Council of Rectors of Finnish Universities (UNIFI ry), and the cooperation body of state research institutions Tulanet.

This is how we promote industry-academia cooperation in practice: 

  • FRIF invests annually some two million euros to support research collaborations through its Tandem Industry Academia funding programme. The funding is mainly driven by research interests and objectives. The funding criteria are based on academic research considerations, with a view to achieving more effective practical application of research results.
  • Projects funded by FRIF provide the opportunity to collect and produce information about research-driven industry cooperation and the conditions for its success.
  • FRIF produces insights into the conditions for research-driven industry cooperation and contributes to the public discussion around the subject.
  • FRIF facilitates meetings and exchange between Finnish industry and academia.

Board of directors

Lauri Oksanen

Chairman of the Board

    Leena Otsomaa

    Board Member

    Vice President, Global Medicine Design, Orion Corporation

      Virpi Muhonen

      Board Member

      Co-founder and CEO of Askel Healthcare Ltd.

        Johanna Buchert

        Board Member

        President & CEO at Natural Resources Institute Finland

          Anna Mauranen

          Board Member

          Professor

            Petri Kalliokoski

            Board Member

            CEO, High Metal Group

              Keijo Hämäläinen

              Board Member

              Rector of the University of Tampere

                You can contact Board Members by email firstname@vaikuttavuussaatio.fi.
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                Former board members

                Juha Teperi

                Board Member 2019–2021

                Vice President (Research) at Tampere University