Overview: AoF Academy Research Fellow
General	Program name	AoF Academy Research Fellow
	Funds for	PI salary funds
	Funding agency	Academy of Finland
	Scope	International
	Fields of science	All fields of Science
	Duration	5 years
	Program web site	http://www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/Funding-and-guidance/Apply-now/
	Number of calls per year	1 (usually with deadline in September)
Eligibility	EU-Life institution	FIMM
	Applicant's Level of Experience (years after PhD)	The applicant is a researcher with 3–9 years of experience since PhD completion (degree certificate issued 24 Sep 2005–24 Sep 2011), or 3–13 years, provided that they have since completed medical specialist training.
	Applicant's Nationality	Any
	Other Important Requirements	In the September call, we will consider only one application from one and the same applicant for an Academy Project (or consortium subproject) or a research post as Academy Research Fellow or Postdoctoral Researcher. If you do submit more than one application for any of these funding opportunities or apply for more than one type of such funding, only the first application received will be reviewed. Applications that are not reviewed for this reason will not be eligible for funding.
Funding type & amounts	Fellowship (net salary, exempt of national taxes)
	Working contract (gross salary)	A monthly salary of 4950 eur for 60 months + indirect employee costs 28% and overheads 14.29%.
	Other allowances	Research costs for 5 yrs. Research Council for Health granted in yr. 2014 on average 550 000 eur per project as research costs
Next deadline	Sept. 1, 2015, 4:15 p.m.
Past submissions outcomes
Year	Available fellowships	Success rates
2015		In the September 2013 call, the success rate of applications for a research post as Academy Research Fellow was as follows: Research Council for Biosciences and Environment: 13%; Research Council for Culture and Society: 13%; Research Council for Health: 11%.