Centres of excellence in research

Through its national centre of excellence programme the Academy of Finland provides funding for high-quality research units and graduate schools with a chance of attaining a leading international position in their research fields. A centre of excellence is a unit comprising one or more research groups with clearly delineated research objectives and a common leadership.

Since 2000 the Academy of Finland has taken a total of 98 decisions on designating centres of excellence. Currently the University of Tampere is coordinating two of them.  

2012-2017 FiCEHiR, The Finnish Centre of Excellence in Historical Research

2008-2013 FinMIT - Centre of Excellence in Research on Mitochondrial Disease and Ageing