The Research Council of Finland has selected 11 Centres of Excellence for the 2026-2033 programme period. University of Helsinki researchers are involved in a total of eight new Centres.
The University of Helsinki will lead five new Centres of Excellence in research selected by The Research Council of Finland.
The aim of the Finnish Centre of Excellence Programme is to strengthen Finnish research by raising its level, contributing to its regeneration and promoting its societal impact. The research groups selected as Centres of Excellence are scientifically first-rate research communities that have the capacity for renewal and high societal impact. In addition, Centres of Excellence are research communities that are striving for or already are at the international cutting edge of research in their fields.
New Centres of Excellence coordinated by the University of Helsinki and their directors:
- Centre of Excellence in Metabolic Integration ()
- Centre of Excellence in Immune-Endothelial Interfaces (IMMENs) ()
- Centre of Excellence in Space Resilience )
- Centre of Excellence in Meliorist Philosophy of Suffering ()
- Centre of Excellence in Neutron-Star Physics (
Researchers from the University of Helsinki participate also in these new Centres of Excellence:
- Centre of Excellence in Nationalism Research in the Humanities
- Centre of Excellence in Peatlands, Climate Change and Ecological Restoration
- Centre of Excellence of Multibeing Indigenous Societies
