Postdoctoral Programme

Postdoctoral Programme for Research Institutes

The Postdoctoral Programme for Research Institutes aims to strengthen research, development and innovation (RDI) competence in key areas for society and business. It fosters cross-sector mobility of postdoctoral researchers and the transfer of researched-based knowledge and know-how to companies and the public sector. The long-term goal is to strengthen RDI cooperation between different sectors to boost sustainable economic growth and increase productivity.

The program will hire 85 postdoctoral researchers to 12 Finnish government research institutes between 2025 and 2028. Postdoctoral researchers will drive impactful, high-level research bridging science, industry, and administration.

The research institutes implementing the programme and the total number of postdoctoral researchers to be employed in them are:

The programme is supported by Finland’s long-term R&D funding. The purpose of States R&D funding, together with R&D investments from the businesses sector, is to raise Finland’s R&D expenditure to 4% of GDP by 2030.

Interested in the postdoctoral positions?

Open positions will be announced in each organisation´s web pages. Postdoctoral researchers are recruited in multiple stages. See the estimated recruitment periods for positions below (links to the open positions to be added).

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. / 11 positions: September 2024 CLOSED, 12 positions in 2025
Natural Resources Institute Finland / 7 positions: October 21 – November 8, 2024 CLOSED, 7 positions in 2025
Finnish Environment Institute / 6 positions: November 4-25, 2024 CLOSED, 4 positions in 2025
National Land Survey of Finland / 7 positions: November 20-December 31, 2024 OPEN
Geological Survey of Finland / 2 positions : November 4-27, 2024 CLOSED, 1 position: November 5 -December 16 OPEN, 2024, 1 position in 2025
VATT Institute for Economic Research / 2 positions: November 5-December 2, 2024 CLOSED, 2 positions in 2025
Finnish Meteorological Institute / 7 positions: Beginning of 2025
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare / 7 positions in 2025
Finnish Food Authority / 4 positions in 2025
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health / 3 positions in 2025
VATT Institute for Economic Research / 4 positions in 2025
Finnish Medicines Agency / 1 position in 2025
Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority / 1 position in 2025

Latest news:

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Additional information about the program:

Johanna Buchert, programme director, President and CEO of Natural Resources Institute Finland, johanna.buchert[at]luke.fi
Sanna Marttinen programme coordinator, Executive Director of Finnish Research Institute Partnership (Tulanet),
sanna.marttinen[at]tulanet.fi