Sports science: sports science research projects

Academy of Finland to launch new programme to increase impact of sport science

The responsibility for awarding government grants for sport science research will transfer from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture to the Academy of Finland. The amendment to Act on the Promotion of Sports and Physical Activity, which entered into force in February 2023, will simplify matters by making the application, review and decision process the responsibility of a single organisation. The new Academy Programme’s first call for applications will close on
17 January 2024.

The Academy of Finland will open an annual call for applications within the Academy Programme for Sport Science as part of the Academy’s winter call. Applications to the programme will undergo international peer review together with other applications submitted to the Academy.

The Finnish Parliament has set sport policy objectives, which the government grants process for sport science research should implement to the best possible extent. To this end, the Academy of Finland and the Ministry of Education and Culture will continue to work together to finance sport science research and develop operations.

Inquiries

• Strategy for knowledge-based management of physical activity
• Sports science – Academy of Finland
• Academy of Finland application schedules
• Sara Illman, Senior Science Adviser, Academy of Finland, tel. +358 295 33 5119, [email protected]
• Samuli Rasila, Senior Specialist, Ministry of Education and Culture, tel. +358 295 330 057, [email protected]