General Information on Cost-Share Grants For Finnish Universities

Why should a university participate in cost-share grants, funded together with the Fulbright Finland Foundation?

  • To further internationalize the university, faculties, and research and teaching
  • To provide more funding and international grant opportunities for students, researchers and staff
  • A Fulbright grant to the U.S. includes several significant benefits before and during the grant period (further information on the program benefits)
  • The participation information regarding the cost-share funding is published along with the selected grantees, which provides positive visibility for the university
  • Some of the Fulbright Finland Foundation’s grant programs cannot be applied to if the home university does not participate in cost-share grants
     

Cost-share grants are part of the following grant programs


Selection of cost-share grants and billing from the university’s viewpoint

  1. At the start of the year, the Foundation sends a letter to Finnish universities asking them to list those cost-share grant categories that they want to participate in during the next academic year.
  2. At the end of the application period, applications that have been submitted by an applicant from a specific university and have passed the technical screening are sent to be evaluated in that university.
  3. The university provides the Foundation the names of those applicants that it agrees to support.
  4. The Foundation selects the grantees and notifies the applicants and their home universities of the decision.
  5. The selections are announced in the Award Ceremony, organized in Helsinki in May. Also, the names of the universities participating in cost-share grants are announced along with the names of the grantees.
  6. The Foundation pays the grants in dollars. The share of the university is billed in euros based on the exchange rate of the billing date, which in turn is dependent on the timing of the grantee’s Fulbright period. If the grant period starts in the fall semester, the Foundation sends the bill at the beginning of August. If the period starts in spring semester, the bill is sent at the beginning of January. If the Fulbright period lasts for an entire academic year, both fall and spring semester are billed in August.
The information on universities participating in cost-sharing of grants during the 2024-25 academic year will be published on this website by the end of March 2023.

 

Cost-share grants by program

Please note that ASLA-Fulbright Pre-Doctoral Research Fellows Program and ASLA-Fulbright research Grants for Senior Scholars can only be applied if one’s home university participates in Cost-share grants.

Cost-share universities in the academic year 2023-2024

information is not available for university of jyväskylä, University of Lapland, and åbo akademi.

ASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grant

  • A grant for master and doctoral-level studies in the U.S. (one academic year consisting of courses or conducting research, or an entire degree).
  • The amount of grant: 30,000 USD at most.
  • University’s share of the funding: 50%.
  • Aalto University* (Note special requirements)
  • University of Helsinki: Applicants have to attach their department's opinion on the cost-share grants in their application.
  • University of Eastern Finland, the following faculties:
    • Philosophical faculty
    • Faculty of Science and Forestry
    • Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
  • Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT
  • University of Oulu, the following faculties:
    • Faculty of Education
    • Faculty of Humanities
    • Faculty of Medicine
    • Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
    • Faculty of Technology
    • Oulu Business School
    • Kerttu Saalasti Institute
  • University of Turku** (Note special requirements)
  • Tampere University
  • University of Vaasa

ASLA-Fulbright Pre-Doctoral Research Fellows Program

  • A grant for doctoral research in the U.S. for at least 6 months
  • The amount of grant: 18,000 USD at most.
  • University’s share of the funding: 50%.
  • Aalto University* (Note special requirements)
  • University of Helsinki: Applicants have to attach their department's opinion on the cost-share grants in their application.
  • University of Eastern Finland, the following faculties:
    • Philosophical faculty
    • Faculty of Science and Forestry
    • Faculty of Health Sciences
    • Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
  • Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT
  • University of Oulu, the following faculties:
    • Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
    • Oulu Business School
    • Faculty of Education
    • Faculty of Humanities
    • Faculty of Medicine
    • Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
    • Faculty of Technology
    • Kerttu Saalasti Institute
  • Hanken School of Economics
  • Tampere University
  • University of the Arts Helsinki
  • University of Turku** (Note special requirements)
  • University of Vaasa

ASLA-Fulbright Research Grants for Junior Scholars

  • A grant for a junior scholar for conducting research in the U.S. at least for 4 months (within 4 years after completing the doctorate).
  • The amount of grant: 30,000 USD at most.
  • University’s share of the funding: 50%.
  • Aalto University* (Note special requirements)
  • University of Helsinki: Applicants have to attach their department's opinion on the cost-share grants in their application.
  • University of Eastern Finland, the following faculties:
    • Philosophical faculty
    • Faculty of Science and Forestry
    • Faculty of Health Sciences
    • Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
  • Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT
  • University of Oulu, the following faculties:
    • Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
    • Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
    • Oulu Business School
    • Faculty of Education
    • Faculty of Humanities
    • Faculty of Medicine
    • Faculty of Technology
    • Kerttu Saalasti Institute
  • Hanken School of Economics
  • Tampere University
  • University of the Arts Helsinki
  • University of Turku** (Note special requirements)
  • University of Vaasa

ASLA-Fulbright Research Grants for Senior Scholars

  • A grant for a senior scholar for conducting research in the U.S. (at least 4 years after completing the doctorate)
  • The amount of grant: 30,000 USD at most.
  • University’s share of the funding: 50%.
  • Aalto University* (Note special requirements)
  • University of Helsinki: Applicants have to attach their department's opinion on the cost-share grants in their application.
  • University of Eastern Finland, the following faculties:
    • Philosophical faculty
    • Faculty of Science and Forestry
    • Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
  • Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT
  • University of Oulu, the following faculties:
    • Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
    • Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
    • Oulu Business School
    • Faculty of Education
    • Faculty of Humanities
    • Faculty of Medicine
    • Faculty of Technology
    • Kerttu Saalasti Institute
  • Hanken School of Economics
  • Tampere University
  • University of the Arts Helsinki
  • University of Turku** (Note special requirements)
  • University of Vaasa

ASLA-Fulbright Mid-Career Professional Development Grant (MCPD)

  • A grant for professionals and experts at a mid-career stage, who are looking for new inspiration to their work and want to widen the expertise of their own field.
  • The amount of grant: 15,000 USD at most.
  • University’s share of the funding: 50%.
  • A university staff member applying for the MCPD program has to find out their department’s or unit’s opinion on the cost share funding of the Fulbright grant. This is done by attaching “a cost-share agreement of the university” as part of the application, even if the university would not agree to share the costs.
  



*Aalto University requires that the applicant’s department or unit covers half of the university’s cost-share funding. The applicant has to attach a statement given by the head/director of their department/unit in their Fulbright application (a pdf of a statement or an email, indicating also contact details of the signatory). The statement has to show that the sending unit is willing to cover half of the cost-share sum. Aalto University does not support master-level studies or studies resulting in a degree. Further information: Mervi Rantanen ([email protected]) / Aalto University.

**The University of Turku requires that the department or unit of a Fulbright grant applicant covers half of the cost-share funding of the University of Turku. The grant applicant has to attach their unit’s agreement on this in their Fulbright application. The agreement has to be a signed attachment (an email is not enough), which shows that the unit is willing to cover half of the cost-share sum. Further information: Satu Nurmi (satu.e.nurmi(at)utu.fi).