Event

Info Event – Rise to Challenge main funding call 2026

21.4.2026
Webinar

Business Finland's Rise to Challenge (Näytönpaikka) funding is aimed at research organizations in order to identify the most impactful research initiatives for funding. The info event introduces the funding with a case example.

Starts 4/21/2026

Date and registration

Date: April 21, 2.30.-4 p.m.
Location: Teams

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Further information

Karin Wikman and Virpi Mikkonen

E-mail address:

naytonpaikka (at) businessfinland.fi

Info Event – Rise to Challenge main funding call 2026.

This online event will be held in English and it will be recorded.

What research ideas could disrupt markets in the future? The goal of the Rise to Challenge funding is to build radical new knowledge base through research, that companies can later utilize.

Agenda

14:30 Opening and background, Kari Komulainen, Business Finland

14:40 Rise to Challenge call, targets and the process, Karin Wikman and Virpi Mikkonen, Business Finland

15:00 Case: On Chip Edge AI Neuromorphic Applications for Security, Petriina Paturi, University of Turku

15:20 Q&A

Read more about the Rise to Challenge funding call (URL)