Collaborative projects

HCAS has two collaborative projects with other institutions: the NNF-IAS Fellowship Programme on Health and Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Intelligence (INTELLIGENCE³). For more detailed instructions on the application process, see the Apply page.

The NNF-IAS Fellowship Program is an interdisciplinary program intended for early-career researchers. It was launched in 2026 as a collaboration between Nordic Insititutes for Advanced Study and is funded by the .

Over six years, the program offers twenty fellowships addressing challenges in health and sustainability. NNF-IAS Fellows work in two‑year fellowships in parallel across the Institutes for Advanced Studies in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The first call for for applications will open in the summer of 2026.

Fellowships

  • 5 two-year fellowships annually (a total of 20 fellows in four groups).
  • Open to all nationalities and all disciplines.
  • Targeted researchers with a PhD and 2–10 years of postdoctoral experience.
  • Fellows are employed full-time and fellowships are distributed across the four main IAS.
  • Fellowship includes salary, mobility funds and research/travel budget.

The Interdisciplinary Approaches to Intelligence (2025–2028) project, funded by the University of Helsinki and coordinated by HCAS, is a collaborative framework between HCAS, the at Helsinki Institute for Life Science (HiLIFE), and the at the Faculty of Science.

The project aims at establishing an interdisciplinary platform for the study of intelligence, a complex and timely topic where the research interests of neuroscience, computer science, and many fields in the social sciences and humanities converge. In the long run, the project seeks to create a collaborative scheme between the participating units to facilitate the continuing flow of ideas between SSH, neuroscience, and computer science.