Research Council of Finland (RCF) – National Institutes of Health (NIH) Partnership Program
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- Posted
- September 22, 2025
- Closes
- See announcement
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 93.989
- Category
- Health
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 93.989 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $65M
- FY2025 obligated
- $67.9M
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $46.8M
- Awards in window
- 857
Top recipients: Yale Univ, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, the, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed August 2026
Synopsis
The Research Council of Finland (RCF)-National Institutes of Health (NIH) Partnership Program established in 2020 fosters the expansion of U.S.-Finland biomedical and behavioral research, generating valuable discoveries and innovations which may lead to enhancements in multiple areas of science and technology that are of mutual benefit to RCF and NIH such as population health, disease prevention, artificial intelligence in health, and quantum sensing in biomedical applications.
U.S. institutions will be encouraged to submit applications that must include significant collaboration with Finnish investigators who have received permission from RCF to participate in the joint research program. NIH will support receipt, review, and selection for funding of the projects. RCF will fully fund the Finnish investigators on collaborative grant applications while participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) will fund the U.S. component(s).
Authorities that allow Fogarty International Center to forecast this opportunity: Sections 301, 307, and 482 of the Public Health Service Act as amended (42 USC 241, 242, and 287b).
Who can apply
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Special district governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Other Eligible ApplicantsIndian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized);Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government;U.S. Territory or Possession;Faith-based or Community-based Organizations;Regional Organizations; andForeign components, as defined in the NIH Grant Policy Statement, are allowed.
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