Are you a company with cutting-edge renewal ideas and looking for the help of a talented postdoc to investigate your ideas? Are you a young postdoc interested in putting your research knowledge and expertise into practice? PoDoCo program may be just right for you!

PoDoCo is a matchmaking program supporting long term competitiveness and strategic renewal of companies and employment of young doctors in the private sector. The duration of PoDoCo period is 1-2 years and it consist of two phases: research period and targeted research period. PoDoCo program is funded by PoDoCo foundation pool and companies participating in the program. All companies operating in Finland and all young doctors who have recently completed or will soon complete their doctorate degree are welcome to join the PoDoCo program.

PoDoCo foundation pool offers research grants of 6-12 months for the research period. Grants awarded by PoDoCo foundation pool are intended for academic research investigating new innovative ideas to boost the strategic renewal of Finnish industry.  A one-year research grant is EUR 28 000.

PoDoCo program opens application round for grants from 1 March 2017 to 13 April 2017. Results of the application round will be published at latest on June 2017.

PoDoCo program has two application rounds each year and awards some 17 postdoctoral grants in each round. Nine foundations will allocate altogether almost 1 000 000 euros to the program during year 2017. The program’s foundations are Finnish Cultural Foundation, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Maa- ja Vesitekniikantuki ry, Svenska Kulturfonden, Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion, Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation, The Foundation for Economic Education, KAUTE Foundation and Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation. PoDoCo program is operated by DIMECC Ltd.

Further information about the program and the application round is available on PoDoCo website at www.podoco.fi, and from Program Manager Essi Huttu, essi.huttu(at)dimecc.com, tel. + 358 40 840 9259.

www.podoco.fi

Post Docs in Companies, PoDoCo, is a matchmaking program supporting long term competitiveness and strategic renewal of companies and employment of young doctors in the private sector. The duration of PoDoCo period is 1-2 years and it consist of two phases: research period and targeted research period. PoDoCo program is funded by PoDoCo foundation pool and companies participating in the program. All companies operating in Finland and all young doctors who have recently completed or will soon complete their doctorate degree are welcome to join the PoDoCo Program

PoDoCo foundation pool offers research grants for the research period. Grants awarded by PoDoCo foundation pool are intended for academic research with high industry relevance for post docs who have recently completed or will soon complete their doctoral degree and wish to work in companies. PoDoCo foundation pool offers young doctors 6-12 months research grants for public research on a topic that is relevant for at least one company’s strategic renewal. A one-year research grant is EUR 28 000.

PoDoCo program opens application round for grants from 15 September 2016 to 31 October 2016. Results of the current application round will be published at latest on December 2016.

PoDoCo program has two application rounds each year and awards some 13 postdoctoral grants in each round. Seven foundations will allocate altogether max 700 000 euros to the program during year 2016. The Program’s foundations are Finnish Cultural Foundation, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion, KAUTE Foundation, The Foundation for Economic Education, Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation, and Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation. PoDoCo program is operated by DIMECC.

Further information about the program and the application round is available on PoDoCo website at www.podoco.fi, and from Program Manager Essi Huttu, essi.huttu(at)dimecc.com, tel. + 358 40 840 9259.

On 7th June 2016 PoDoCo program’s foundations awarded some 364 000 euros in grants to 13 post docs for academic research with high industry relevance.

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