Urban Funding Afternoon
STUE and TURNS, together with the Tampere University Pre-award Team, City of Tampere and Business Tampere, organize an Urban Funding Afternoon in Paidia, on Thursday 6 June.
During the event you will get familiar with the EU Missions and the Driving Urban Transitions partnerships (DUT) and the funding opportunities provided by these initiatives. The event brings together researchers, people from the city and companies of the Climate Partner Network, to jointly ideate new research and innovation openings for a sustainable urban future.
- Time: Thursday 6 June 2024, at 12.15-16.00
- Venue: Paidia (Nokia Arena, Kanslerinrinne 3, 3rd floor)
- Sign up by 29 May by filling in this form.
The first part of the event (Funding Information) is hybrid, so you can join it also on Teams. The link will be sent to you after registration. The second part (Workshop & Networking) is in person only.
Part I: Funding information
12.15 Welcome & Introduction
Introducing the event and stakeholders
- Tampere University: STUE, TURNS, Pre-award Team
- City of Tampere, Business Tampere, Climate Partner Network
12.35 DUT Partnerships
- What is the DUT partnership about; DUT calls in the autumn (Virpi Mikkonen, Business Finland)
- Experience from the DUT-funded MULTIGINATION project (Petri Pohjola, TAMK)
12.55 EU Missions
- What are EU missions about? What types of funding opportunities do they provide? (Maria Salonen, Tampere University)
- EU Missions from the perspective of the City of Tampere (Maiju Juntunen, City of Tampere)
13.40 Coffee break
- A possibility to go through the funding call texts
Part II: Workshop & networking
14.00 Elaborating the themes in small groups
- Discussing the themes and finding possible partners
- Formulating the research topic and questions
- Planning for the application process
15.50 Wrap up and the next steps
16.00 End of event
You are warmly welcome!
More information
- Alisa Vänttinen (alisa.vanttinen@tuni.fi), STUE (Sustainable Transformation of Urban Environments)
- Riina Lundman (riina.lundman@tuni.fi), TURNS (Tampere Urban Research Network for Sustainability)