Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Research

Academic research at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences is mostly done in research groups and the research groups working at the department have been listed on these pages according to the majors of the department.

The department is providing the space and basic services for the research groups, but the actual work of the groups is funded by competitive research grants obtained from external sources like The Academy of Finland, National Technology Agency of Finland, various ministries, European Union and different domestic and foreign private foundations. Additional funding is obtained by some groups from private companies and through contract research.

The research groups of the department are participating in several different organisations together with other research groups from the Helsinki area. These organisations include for example:

• Biocentrum Helsinki
• Viikki Research Group Organization in Molecular Biosciences
• Helsinki University Environmental Research Centre, HERC
• Viikki School of Environmental Sciences
• Network for Urban Studies
• Molecular Ecology and Systematics Laboratory - MES

For further information on the groups and their research, see the page(s) of the group and contact the group leader(s).