Announcement of Grant Opportunities in Fall 2018

 

The information given below concerns the application period for the fall of 2018

 

The HSE Support Foundation Grants, Fall 2018
 

The HSE Support Foundation concentrates on supporting researchers who do high-quality research and seek to publish their work in high-quality international refereed journals. In assessing the potential of a research plan or conference presentation, emphasis is placed on success achieved by the applicant in publishing in high-quality refereed journals over the last few years (this is not required of students studying for a master’s degree or doctor’s degree).

General:

  • Please fill in the electronic application form and send it with attachments to the HSE Support Foundation through the server by the time the server closes on Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 12 midnight at the latest.
  • Researcher at the Aalto University School of Business: At the time of publication, the researcher has to be employed at least 50% by the School of Business, or the school has to be the main academic affiliation of the researcher and emeritus/emerita researcher.
  • Travel grants: APPLICANTS CAN APPLY FOR FUNDING TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE SCHOLARLY CONFERENCE. They are required to have a conference presentation which is accepted for the conference’s program. Travel grants can be applied only for conferences that take place at a date after the end of the application period.
  • Personal grants are not granted to holders of posts unless they are on leave of absence.
  • Daily allowances are not granted.
  • Electronic letters of reference for applications: Letters of reference are to be submitted electronically. The person providing the reference concerning a grant application should log in to the online service and fill out a form with the relevant information. For more information see the page ‘Instructions and Applications’.  

Statutory social security for grant recipients

Statutory pension, accident and group life insurance premiums for grant recipients (approx. 14% of the amount of the grant) are included in grants for research or study. The legislation applies to such grants when the work involved lasts at least 4 months. More detailed instructions will be sent to grant recipients in letters of acceptance.
For additional information see www.mela.fi. This does not apply to students working for master’s degrees.

Grants available for application by teachers, researchers and other personnel

The HSE Support Foundation General Funds

Research project grants for new scientific research projects within business studies and economics. Priority is given to research projects viewed to be of strategic importance for the School of Business and to collaborative research projects involving different subjects.

Research grants for scholarly research and for doctoral theses work.

Emeritus grant (á 7,500 euro) for a year: In addition to the standard form, each applicant should provide a letter of recommendation and a commitment statement signed by the head of department. The emeritus professor receiving the grant commits to continue his/her research and/or supervise PhD students as well as execute other activities that have been agreed upon with the head of the department. The department should commit to providing regular working conditions for him/her, e.g. rights to use relevant data bases, email as well as work space (desk). The emeritus grant is only for permanently employed professors. Emeritus professors can apply for a travel grant.

Full-time research grants (à 2,000 euro per month) for full-time research aiming at a doctorate at the Aalto University School of Business. Applications must include a detailed research plan including time schedule and cost estimate, curriculum vitae, a letter of recommendation from the applicant’s supervisor, and an explanation from holders of posts regarding arrangements during leaves of absence. Applications lacking any of the above information will not be processed.

Travel grants for scholarly conferences and research visits. APPLICANTS CAN APPLY FOR FUNDING TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE SCHOLARLY CONFERENCE. They are required to have a conference presentation which is accepted for the conference’s program. The acceptance letter from the conference must be included in the grant application or sent at the latest together with the payment form of the possibly awarded grant. Conferences viewed to support the publication of research findings in high-quality journals are given priority. Travel grants can be obtained only for conferences and research visits that take place after the end of the application period. 

Sabbatical Leave grants may be awarded to cover research and travel expenses during the sabbatical leave to persons employed by Aalto University School of Business. The application should contain a research and travel plan as well as budget for sabbatical.

Grants to cover reasonable expenses for language edition of scientific publications. The HSE Support Foundation provides support only for articles to be included in a doctoral dissertation or high-quality journal (FT50, ABS 4 and JUFO3). Applications made on the standard form for such support may also be submitted to the HSE Support Foundation outside normal application periods. An account of paid invoices should be appended to the application. A link to the standard application form is found on the bottom of the page ‘Instructions and Applications’.

Recognition awards for quality publications (à 2,000 euro or à 4,000 euro)

The HSE Support Foundation grants researchers at Aalto University School of Business recognition awards of 2,000 or 4,000 euros for research papers already published in selected high-quality journals either in the form of an official online version or paper version. These awards are recognition for especially meritorious research work.

The awards can only be given to authors whose home university at the time of publication of the article is Aalto University School of Business and for publications where their affiliation is stated to be Aalto University School of Business.

At the time of publication, the researcher has to be employed at least 50% by or emeritus/emerita of the School of Business, or the school has to be their main academic affiliation. The recognition award is divided evenly among the authors affiliated with the School of Business. The authors receive a personal grant calculated based on their percentage share of the total number of authors of the publication. In addition, if there are co-authors not working at Aalto University School of Business, authors affiliated with the school obtain equal shares of the remaining part of the recognition award as research grants (through their Aalto University School of Business project account and against original expense receipts) to cover future research expenses accrued while working at the school.

In case the grant recipient resigns from the school, the unused part of the research grant reverts to the HSE Support Foundation.

1st category: a grant of 4,000 euros is awarded for a publication in a journal on the FT45 or (beginning January 1, 2017) the FT50 list.    Link: http://libguides.mcmaster.ca/ft-top50

2nd category: a grant of 2,000 euros is awarded for a publication in a journal on the ABS 4 list or JUFO 3 (the Finnish Publication Forum) list.

Transition period
Papers submitted for publication in a FT45 journal no later than December 31, 2016 and published no later than December 31, 2018 qualify for an award as a 1st category publication. Both dates should be provided in the grant application.

Recognition awards for high quality publications can be applied for by filling in the electronic application form during the official application periods in February and September.

Please note: One application per article, meaning that one person from the research group fills in the application with relevant information for all authors of the article. Applications should include the name(s) of the authors of the article, personal data of researchers at the Aalto University School of Business (name, social security number, degree/tittle, IBAN-BIC -bank account number and home address). The published article should be appended to the application.

The recognition awards are given twice a year, in connection with the grant announcements made in the spring and fall.

Recognition awards for patents (2,000 euro or 4,000 euro per patent)

The HSE Support Foundation grants recognition awards for national or international patents granted to researchers or research groups at the Aalto University School of Business.

a)     the award for an invention granted a national patent is 2,000 euro

b)     the award for an invention granted an international patent, either

European-wide or American, is 4,000 euro.

The application procedure for recognition awards concerning patents is the same as for awards for publication in quality journals.

Special funds of the HSE Support Foundation
 

50th Anniversary Fund of the School of Economics, 1,000 euros

  • For supporting the development of present and future teachers and researchers at the Aalto University School of Business.
  • For securing the textbooks necessary for degrees to be completed at the Aalto University School of Business.
  • For development of the doctoral and special training deemed necessary at the Aalto University School of Business.
  • For development of the forms and means for applied language and other teaching at the Aalto University School of Business.

In deciding on grants, the developmental goals of various functions of the School of Business are to be taken into account in accordance with the decisions of the Board of the HSE Support Foundation. Grants for teaching support grant applications that aim at development of teaching and the preparation of new teaching material or at the development of new methods and forms of teaching and testing.

The Pricewaterhouse Coopers Oy Fund, 14,6000 euro

Grants in particular for research, teaching or study related to auditing, bookkeeping, and financial statement practice (teachers/students).

From the donation made by the Foundation of the commercial Counsellor Yrjö Paulow 5,000 euro to support the research and education of the Finnish foreign trade (teachers/students).

The Oy Stockmann Ab Jubilee Fund, 1,300 euro

Personal grants to students of the Aalto University School of Business or to researchers working at the school, including students studying for master’s degrees and preparing master’s theses, for the promotion of business research primarily in the retail trade sector (teachers/students).

The Professor Henrik Virkkunen Memorial Fund, 2,500 euro

Personal grants are made to students of the Aalto University School of Business or to researchers working at the school, including students studying for master’s degrees and preparing master’s theses. The grants are to promote quantitative research in business economics (teachers/students).

O G.W. Sohlberg Ab Fund, 2,000 euro

Grants for research and study in disciplines represented at the Aalto University School of Business, also for those pursuing a master’s degree in business or a related degree, especially on topics of importance for the metal, plastics, and wood industries (teachers/students).

Grants available for applications by students

The special funds of the HSE Support Foundation

The following grants are available from the scholarship funds of the HSE Foundation, mainly for application by doctoral students at the School of Business:

PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy Fund, 1,000 euro
(teachers/students)

From the donation made by the Foundation of the commercial Counsellor Yrjö Paulow 5,000 euro to support the research and education of the Finnish foreign trade (teachers/students).

The Oy Stockmann Ab Jubilee Fund, 1,300 euro
(teachers/students)

Professor Henrik Virkkunen Memorial Fund, 2,500 euro
(teachers/students)

Oy G.W. Sohlberg Ab fund, 2,000 euro
(teachers/students)

Anniversary fund, 2,500 euro
From the donation made by Board Chairman Peder Biese, in honor of his 60th birthday, for master’s theses dealing with internationalization and accounting.

Eeva and Matti Virkkunen Fund, 350 euro

Kauppatieteiden Kandidaattiyhdistys ry Fund, 350 euro
(Association of Bachelors Sciences)

 

DONATIONS FOR THESES AND DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

Grants to donor-specified fields of research from funds donated to the HSE Support Foundation for support of theses and dissertations are announced separately by the various subjects. Applications for such grants can be submitted on an application form available at the office of the HSE Support Foundation (not by electronic form at web-site). There are no specific periods for application.

Application forms are available at the office of the HSE Support Foundation

(main building/Room C 333.1), Runeberginkatu 14-16, 00100 Helsinki.

For more information please contact Tuula Murremäki, office manager at the HSE Support Foundation
telephone: +358 50 373 2241, e-mail: tuula.murrem%C3%A4ki [at] aalto [dot] fi (tuula.murremäki@aalto.fi)
 

Information for all applicants

Grants will be announced on the bulletin board and websites of the Aalto University School of Business and the HSE Support Foundation at the end of November. Letters including instructions will be sent to recipients of grants. 
 

Helsinki, September 3, 2018
The HSE Support Foundation

 


Yrjö Uitto Foundation
 

The Yrjö Uitto foundation has allocated 35,000 euro for grants to be made during the fall of 2018 for research and teaching in business economics regarding private enterprise and for projects supporting the conditions required for academic entrepreneurship. The purpose of these grants is primarily to support doctoral studies in economics at the Aalto University School of Business.

Please send a free-form application, which mention any other funding obtained or applied for, by Friday, October 12, 2018 to the office of  the HSE Support Foundation at the following address: P.O. Box 21210, 00076 AALTO, (street address: Runeberginkatu 14-16, (room C333.1), 00100 Helsinki). The envelope should be marked: “Uitto”.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to make sure that his or her application with appendices reaches the HSE Support Foundation Office by Friday, October 12, 2018.

NB: You may bring your application to the Information desk on the entrance lobby of the main building on Friday, October 12, 2018 at 7.00 pm at the latest.

For additional information contact Tuula Murremäki, tel. +358 50 373 2241,
e-mail: tuula.murremaki [at] aalto [dot] fi


Helsinki, September 3, 2018
Yrjö Uitto Foundation

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