Changes to the project
Even in a well-planned project, the person in charge may change, the project needs more time, or the project's cost estimate changes. The company implementing the project may need a business arrangement, such as a merger with another company. It is possible to appeal to the terms and conditions of the loan granted by Business Finland if the results of the project cannot be utilised in accordance with the set objectives. You will need Business Finland's consent in advance for most changes, but in some cases a simple notification is sufficient.
Business Finland's customer and loan change processing is congested. We will do our best to forward the change requests, but we are unable to give estimates of processing times. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the congestion.
Changes in project execution
Submit a change application in the e-service when there are changes in your project
- Schedule
- Cost estimate
- Financing plan
- Project plan
- Project condition
Submit a change application on the 'Changes' tab in the e-service.You can select several changes for the same application. In the 'Other changes' section, you can notify, for example, of a project suspension or a change in the public research steering group.
The change application can be submitted by the responsible manager of the project or by a person who has a right of exclusive representation entered in the Trade Register or a right of representation separately notified to Business Finland.
If the principal investigator of your project changes, read the instructions in the section Changing project managers.
If, due to the change, your organisation does not currently have a person who could submit an application through the e-service, use the form. When using the form, always attach a sanctions questionnaire to the customer and loan change application.
Persons in charge of the project will change
Make a change of persons in charge in the e-service
If the project manager, contact person or cost accounting contact person changes, you can make the change in the e-service. Only the responsible manager of the project and persons who have the right of representation entered in the Trade Register have the right to make personnel changes. The person to be added must be registered as a user of the online service.
Make the change on the project's 'Changes' tab. The change of the contact person and the contact person for the cost statement will take effect as soon as you have submitted the change application. The change in the responsible manager in the e-service will enter into force once the matter has been processed by Business Finland. This will be notified to the project managers.
Please make sure that all persons responsible for the project have the right to act on behalf of the project.
Account number changes
Notify us of a change of account number by secure email
If the account to which the project funding is paid changes, report the new account number by sending the signed Y1 form to Business Finland's registry by secure email. The notification requires an official signature from the organisation.
Send the form by secure mail to Business Finland's registry
The change in the bank account number of organisations receiving public research funding must be agreed separately with Business Finland.