The Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee at the Research Council of Finland has awarded funding to 11 projects for building and upgrading national and international research infrastructures.
The total amount granted is more than €22 million. This is the last set of decisions in the FIRI 2023 call for research infrastructure funding.
Tampere University leads three research infrastructures, which investigate integrated optics, printed intelligence technology and wastewater-based surveillance.
Professor Goery Gentry from the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences leads the FinnLight-IO consortium which received funding for the development of integrated optics. Integrated optics can be applied, for example, in quantum computing, biosensors and communications to facilitate the digital transition.
FinnLight will create scientific impact and technological progress in the coming decade, supporting Finland’s position as one of the leaders of advanced technology while providing new business opportunities.
The other consortium partners are VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd and the University of Eastern Finland. The consortium’s funding totals some €2,6 million.