2027 Call to Strengthen R&D Activity and Cooperation in Wellbeing Services Counties
2027 Call to Strengthen R&D Activity and Cooperation in Wellbeing Services Counties supports counties and research partners in joint R&D to improve welfare, health and social and health services.
Funder: Research Council of Finland
Due Dates: October 21, 2026 (Opens) | November 18, 2026, 23:59 Finnish time (Online deadline) | November 18, 2026, 16:15 Finnish time (Paper deadline) | Within 14 days of closing (Site commitments)
Funding Amounts: Up to €800,000 per consortium for three years; €8 million total budget; 100% funding, no self-financing required
Summary: Supports joint public-domain R&D that strengthens wellbeing services counties’ cooperation and improves welfare, health, and social and health services.
Key Information: Consortium-only call: the lead site must be a university-hospital wellbeing services county or the HUS Group.
Description
The Research Council of Finland supports research and development that strengthens cooperation between collaborative areas for healthcare and social welfare and other R&D actors in those areas. Projects bring together wellbeing services counties, universities, universities of applied sciences and government research institutes to promote welfare and health and develop services.
The call funds public-domain R&D, including fundamental research, applied research and development. This means systematic work to increase knowledge and use it for new applications, with the goal of creating something fundamentally new. Funded projects must increase cooperation, strengthen the quality of R&D and health and social services, and improve the productivity and impact of the service system. The Council expects excellent scientific research, scientific and societal impact, and responsible science.
