Although this year’s application schedule was tight, HSSH received an encouraging number of high-quality applications.
The evaluation emphasized the development of new ideas and solutions, interdisciplinary collaboration, feasibility of the proposed plans, and the creation of open added value for the SSH research community. The justification of the budget in relation to the project’s goals was also taken into account.
“In this funding round we aimed to support projects even more strongly than before. The goal is to select projects that are suitable for methodological development and to strengthen their collaboration with HSSH’s Methodological Unit,” says HSSH Director Risto Kunelius.
Through these projects, the broader impact they produce on campus will be enhanced. This may involve, for example, organizing workshops, publishing results in various formats, or other forms of joint activities.
In this year’s funding round, each selected project will receive €13,000. By slightly reducing the previous maximum amount of funding, it was possible to allocate support to as many high-quality projects as possible and to promote wide-ranging interdisciplinary collaboration within SSH research at the University of Helsinki.
All funded projects are expected to present their results at