Event Details

17^th April at 08:30-12:00
Onsite event
in OP -lecture hall, Turku School of Economics, Rehtoripellonkatu 3

Applying for research funding: making your application competitive!

Research Funding in collaboration with Multidisciplinary themes and areas of strength are organising this year’s Funding Friday around how research funding decisions are made and how to write effective, appropriately targeted applications—especially for interdisciplinary projects, which pose unique challenges but offer valuable opportunities. Welcome!

Program
8.30 – 9.00     Refreshments and informal exploration of the multidisciplinary theme booths
9.00 – 9.05     Opening words
9.05 – 10.30    Adam Golberg​ –  Applying for (interdisciplinary) research funding: making your application competitive
“Research funding is a contest, not a test. It’s a competition. But many applicants don’t fully understand how funding selection processes really work, and so end up writing in for the wrong audience. The first part of this talk will cover how funding decisions are made and why that matters, how to write at the right level of detail, the significance of significance, and finally, how to talk up your ideas without boasting. The second part will look at interdisciplinary research – why it’s hard, why we should do it anyway, how we do more/better, and finally, addressing the particular challenges with writing funding applications for interdisciplinary projects. “ More on Adam: RO Peeps: Adam Golberg – The Research Whisperer​
10.30 – 10.45    Break
10.45 – 11.55  Panel discussion – Telling Your Research Story: Navigating the Funding World –  Ilari Sääksjärvi (moderator), Ricardo Correia, Elina Kilpi-Jakonen, Milica Todorovic, Saara Wittfooth and Reima Välimäki
11.55-12.00     Closing words

Register here: Funding Friday: Applying for research funding: making your application competitive (17 April 2026) …

Welcome everyone!