Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) has opened a call for up to ten research fellows to join its new Turku Intersectoral Excellence Scheme 2 (TIES2) programme. The programme offers excellent, internationally mobile researchers the opportunity to undertake a three-year research project of their own design.
TIES2 builds on the success of the original TIES, and it has a 2.7M € funding from the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) COFUND programme.
A launch and information event for TIES2 will be held online on Tuesday 9 December 2026 between 14.00 and 16.00 (EET). TIAS Director Martin Cloonan will be joined by Professor of Practice Patrik Anckar and TIES Fellow Dr Ranjana Saha.
TIES2 requires its Fellows to undertake a secondment outside of higher education for period of between three and twelve months. TIAS has developed a range of new partnerships, including:
- Filosofiska School (Stockholm)
- Finnish Association for Russian and East European Studies, the Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC)
- Historians Without Borders
- Migration Institute of Finland
- National Audiovisual Institute (KAVI)
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine (RLHIM)
- Sexpo Foundation
- Vapriikki Museum Centre
TIES2 will see up to ten Fellows join TIAS in September 2026. As the MSCA programme is designed to increase worker mobility, applicants must not have lived in the host country, Finland, for more than 12 months in the previous 36 at the time of call deadline 9 January 2026.
– I am delighted that the MSCA has seen the merits of the TIES programme and awarded us extra funding. We have very much enjoyed having the TIES Fellows with us and are looking forward to welcoming more in September next year, TIAS Director Professor Martin Cloonan said.
The TIES programme been specifically designed to meet a number of demands from a range of policy bodies, including The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture’s National Roadmap for Research, Development and Innovation, as it promotes intersectoral working, aims to attract international talent and to help to solidify a fragmented research sector; and the EU’s Innovation Union flagship, which aims to increase competitiveness, provide jobs and stimulate growth.
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