{"id":3005,"date":"2018-04-16T12:52:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T09:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lsr.fi\/?p=3005"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:22:37","slug":"podoco-program-grant-application-round-opens-1-3-15-4-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lsr.fi\/en\/news\/podoco-program-grant-application-round-opens-1-3-15-4-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"PODOCO PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION ROUND OPENS 1.3-15.4.2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a company with cutting-edge renewal ideas and looking for the help of a talented postdoc to investigate your ideas? Are you a young postdoc interested in putting your research knowledge and expertise into practice? PoDoCo program may be just right for you!<\/p>\n<p>PoDoCo is a matchmaking program supporting long term competitiveness and strategic renewal of companies and employment of young doctors in the private sector. The duration of PoDoCo period is 1-2 years and it consist of two phases: research period and targeted research period. PoDoCo program is funded by PoDoCo foundation pool and companies participating in the program. All companies operating in Finland and all young doctors who have recently completed or will soon complete their doctorate degree are welcome to join the PoDoCo program.<\/p>\n<p>PoDoCo foundation pool offers research grants of 6-12 months for the research period. Grants awarded by PoDoCo foundation pool are intended for academic research investigating new innovative ideas to boost the strategic renewal of Finnish industry. \u00a0A one-year research grant is EUR 28\u00a0000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PoDoCo program opens application round for grants from 1st March 2018 to 15th April 2018<\/strong>. Results of the application round will be published at latest on June 2018.<\/p>\n<p>PoDoCo program has two application rounds each year and awards some 17 postdoctoral grants in each round. Nine foundations will allocate altogether almost 1\u00a0000 000 euros to the program during year 2018. The program\u2019s foundations are Finnish Cultural Foundation, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Maa- ja Vesitekniikantuki ry, Svenska Kulturfonden, Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion, Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation, The Foundation for Economic Education, KAUTE Foundation and Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation. PoDoCo program is operated by DIMECC Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Further information about the program and the application round is available on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.podoco.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PoDoCo program website<\/a>, and from Program Manager Essi Huttu, essi.huttu(at)dimecc.com, tel. + 358 40\u00a0840 9259.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230; <a title=\"PODOCO PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION ROUND OPENS 1.3-15.4.2018\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lsr.fi\/en\/news\/podoco-program-grant-application-round-opens-1-3-15-4-2018\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about PODOCO PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION ROUND OPENS 1.3-15.4.2018\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PODOCO PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION ROUND OPENS 1.3-15.4.2018 - The Foundation for Economic Education<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lsr.fi\/en\/news\/podoco-program-grant-application-round-opens-1-3-15-4-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PODOCO PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION ROUND OPENS 1.3-15.4.2018 - The Foundation for Economic Education\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"... 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