FEATURE
Finnish health research is one of the major success stories of the country’s research scene as it continues to create global impact. The University of Tampere’s Professor Tuula Tamminen, Chair of the Research Council for Health, believes this is just one reason why Finland has a high success rate when applying for EC funding for health projects
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rofessor Tuula Tamminen from the University of Tampere is chair of the Research Council for Health. “We know for a fact that we have very strong and high-quality health research in
Finland,” she says. “This provides a solid foundation for its further development.” She is referring to the 2012 report The State of Scientific Research in Finland, which specifically mentions the high quality of research as the discipline’s major strength. Another indication of these high standards of
research, Professor Tamminen says, is that health research has had better success than any other field in securing funding from the European Research Council. In 2007–2012, the success rate of Starting Grant applications from Finland was over 10 per cent, while for Advanced Grant applications the figure was as high as 37 per cent.
As is recommended in the report, translational
research that combines basic science and clinical research has been further strengthened in Finland. In line with the priorities set out by the Research Council, three health research units were selected to take part
(2014–2019):
in the Centre of Excellence Programme the
cancer biology unit under the
supervision of Professor Kari Alitalo, the mitochondrial and metabolic research unit under Professor Howard Jacobs, and the cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
Juhani Knuuti. Health research has also been given greater
exposure in order to achieve broader impact. Academy Research Fellow Kari Kalliokoski gained wide publicity for his work on the role of exercise intensity in health promotion as he was announced winner of the Academy of Finland Award for Social Impact.
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