The FinCEAL Plus BRIDGES project, funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education, has opened a call for proposals under the Partnership Support Instrument. The call supports the Finnish research community respond to the challenges posed by COVID-19 in the development and re-establishment of partnerships with peers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). 

 

Applicants for the grants must be based at a Finnish higher education or research institute. 

 

Activities applied for must meet the following criteria:  

• Respond to one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals, and 
• Support either:  
• the initiation of a new collaborative research partnership with a peer (or peers) in Africa, Asia, or the LAC regions or 
• the re-establishment or development of an existing collaborative research partnership with a peer (or peers) in Africa, Asia, or the LAC regions. 

Activities can include, but are not limited to: digitalization, virtual events, translation, small-scale infrastructure support, networking, training, digital production or publication, platform activities. A combination of these activities is also possible. Travel costs are not excluded but are not encouraged at this time. 

 

The maximum amount of funding for a single grant is 4 000€. 

 

Find more information and the application from on our website: https://www.unipid.fi/finceal/funding/open-calls/ 

 

If you have any questions after reading the call, please contact: 

 

Ms. Melissa Plath 

Senior Specialist, Stakeholder Engagement 

Finnish University Partnership for International Development (UniPID) 

University of Helsinki 

+358 (0)50 4335070 

melissa.plath@helsinki.fi  

www.unipid.fi  

 

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