University of Turku Receives Strategic Funding of €6.8 M in the Profi 6 Call
The Academy of Finland has made the funding decisions to strengthen the research-related profiling of Finnish universities. The University of Turku was granted €6.8 million of the Profi 6 funding. The funding supports the strategic, cross-disciplinary research of the University.
Biodiversity and systemic transformation (BIODIFORM) aims at combining biodiversity research with business research to provide sustainable solutions for the future. BIODIFORM links to the strategic research and education profile “Biodiversity and sustainability” and its responsible researcher is Professor Ilari Sääksjärvi. In addition to the Faculty of Science, the BIODIFORM also includes researchers from the Turku School of Economics and the Faculty of Humanities.