Documents and results

Postdoctoral researcherName of the projectGrant amount (€)
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Merko VagaGenetic, physiological and environmental factors affecting twinning in dairy cattle and effects on health and performance of dams and twin calves.107 500
Vinícius Fernandes de SouzaComparison of Temperate and Tropical Rainforest Tree Species: Isoprene emission rates under high temperature and CO2113 500
Fiaz AhmadMicroalgae co-processing with municipal solid waste in a zero-waste microalgal biorefinery113 500
Tallinn University of Technology
Lukáš UstrnulDevelopment of innovative sensing for bioactive chiral compounds via supramolecular recognition based on hemicucurbituril-porphyrin system.108 000
Sirle SalmistuFactors Influencing the Implementation of Age-Friendly Communities in Estonia. Applications in Urban Planning and Public Administration.102 000
Mustafa ArdaDevelopment of numerical methods for analysis of advanced composite and nanostructures59 250
Peter Robert WalkeInvestigation and stabilisation of the metallic phase of 2D-transition metal dichalcogenides for energy storage applications108 000
Tallinn University
Kerli Kirch SchneiderRepresentations of Femininity in Estonian Pop Music102 000
Tanya Elena Fernandez EscuderoIdeology in Translation. Political Discourse on Migration in the Media102 000
University of Tartu
Marcus Adrian RoxburghThe shadow in the North; the globalising influence of Roman metal exports on eastern Baltic communities113 500
Jan-Peter GeorgeHow dry is too dry? Quantifying the adverse effects of droughts for European forests across the last two decades102 000
Shishir SankhyayanSuperclusters, Voids and the Giant Radio Galaxy Environments 107 500
Aave HannusDesign and Validation of Attitude Measures for Preschoolers: Measuring Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Attitudes108 000
Junichi FujinumaUniting species and site characteristics to hierarchically model dark diversity: biogeographic and evolutionary drivers on presence and absence of vascular plant species in theoretically suitable habitats.107 500
Andres ReiljanFear and loathing across party lines: What fuels affective polarization in European party systems?107 500
Desalew Meseret MogesThe effect of climate and land use/cover change on the flow regime and soil moisture113 500
Nataliya KrutyakThe influence of structural disorder on the performance of novel luminescent inorganic materials113 500
Kerttu RozenvaldeSustainability of Estonian as language of higher education in multilingual academic setting: language use and attitudes102 000
Juulia-Gabrielle MoreauDesigning an experimental melt-rock-injection system at high temperatures for studying shock metamorphism in planetary rocks.113 500
João Luís de Figueiredo RosaConstraining modified theories of gravity with gravitational wave data and black-hole perturbation theory107 500
Karin KustassooWays to understanding: (religious) disagreements and the possibility of agreement on the basis of young Heidegger’s phenomenology107 500
Siqi LyuEffect of linguistic and musical experience on the processing of language in the brain108 000
Marzia BeltramiNegotiating Ethics through Fictional Minds and Bodies107 500
Srinu AkulaDeveloping strategies for atomically dispersed non-precious metals as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions113 500
Emanuele ZappalaCohomology of ternary self-distributive structures and invariants of framed links107 500
Olesya DulyaDistribution of soil biodiversity and functions across land use types in Europe and Estonia113 500
María José Guzmán MonsalveHamiltonian formalism and dynamics of symmetric teleparallel gravities107 500
National Institute for Health Development
Madleen OrumaaAssessment of Pap-smear quality and adherence to clinical guidelines in the follow-up of abnormal findings among cervical cancer patients in Estonia102 000

2019 (4. call for applications)

Postdoctoral researcherSupervisorName of the projectGrant amount
University of Tartu
Francesca ArnavasMarina GrišakovaUnnatural’ Fairy Tales: A Cognitive Approach85 499,92€
Gemma Carreras BadosaAna RebaneOptimization of cell-penetrating peptide based method to deliver microRNA mimics into dendritic cells and target skin inflammation in vivo14 166,64€
Ausra BaradokeIndrek MustGridionics: biomimetic ion-modulated interfaces for soft robotics90 499,84€
Niloufar Hagh DoustLeho TedersooContext dependency of forest soil microbial feedback to climate change along soil fertility gradients in temperate forests of Estonia90 499,84€
Catherine Helen GibsonIrina PaertSeeing Through Numbers: Counting and Mapping Religious Communities in the Baltic Provinces, 1840-191485 499,92€
Somayyeh Kheir JouIvo LeitoDesign and synthesis of macrocyclic molecular receptors for carboxylate anion binding90 499,84€
Glen KelpVäino SammelselgDielectric metasurfaces for gas sensing90 499,84€
Kärt PaisteKalle KirsimäeHigh resolution investigation of sulfur isotope variability in co-existing pyrite and organic sulfur: discerning environmental information from organic-rich metasediments84 999,84€
Sara PaydarGunnar NurkOptimization of chemical composition and porosity of novel Ln0.2Sr0.7-xCaxTi0.3Fe0.7O3-δ (Ln = La, Nd) based fuel electrode for reversible solid oxide cell90 499,84€
Helena SorkReet KurgThe discovery of novel biomarkers for non-invasive diagnostics of melanoma84 999,84€
Jorge Gigante ValcarcelLaur JärvNew insights and prospects for observing the dynamical effects of a space-time torsion in strongly magnetized neutron stars and black holes85 499,92€
Ji-Zhong WanMeelis PärtelTime-delayed effects of forest availability on observed and dark diversity of tree species: comparison across different temporal and spatial scales85 499,92€
Tallinn University
John Allen BuchananKarin DeanStrongmen in Southeast Asia: Opium, Coercion and Local State Formation85 499,92€
Alessandro RippaKarin DeanRoad biographies: Colonialism, insurgency and development along the China-Myanmar borderlands85 499,92€
Katrin Vanessa SchwanitzAllan PuurTransitions to Adulthood in the Context of the Great Recession in Europe79 999,92€
Tallinn University of Technology
Mariia AntipchikVitali SõritskiBiosensor for early diagnostics of Hepatitis C84 999,84€
Simona BartkovaOtt SchelerElucidating the heavy metal-induced hetero- and collateral resistance in bacteria to antibiotics at the single-cell genomic, transcriptomic and phenotypic levels90 499,84€
Henrik PieperAnna VolkovaOptimal dimensioning and annual operation of district cooling systems in cold climates with existing district heating43 333,29€
National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (KBFI) 
Sandeep BhowmikMario KadastikSearching Higgs particle and developing trigger algorithm in the CMS detector at LHC, CERN Switzerland84 999,84€
Alla KhosrovyanAnne KahruAssessment of hazard of UV weathered microplastics in aquatic environment (UV-PLASTOX)84 999,84€
Estonian Academy of Arts
Margaret TaliVirve SarapikRemembering Difficult Knowledge in the Baltic Visual culture79 999,92€
Dermtest OÜ
Christian  KoopKülli KingoTeledermatology in practice – evaluating the diagnostic and management accuracy of teledermatology applied in Estonian health system85 499,92€

2018 (3. call for applications)

Postdoctoral researcherSupervisorName of the projectGrant amount
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Kristina NoreikienėAnti VasemägiHabitat-dependent variation in sensory organs and the brain in perch84 999,84 €
Giacomo PuglielliLauri LaanistoGlobal patterns of intraspecific abiotic stress tolerance in woody species85 499,92 €
Pawel MirskiÜlo VäliThe use of wildlife movement data to reveal hotspots of biodiversity in agricultural landscape90 499,84 €
Tharaka Rama Krishna Chowdary DoddapaneniTimo KikasIntegrated torrefaction/microbial conversion: An approach to produce biofuels and bio-chemicals from lignocellulosic biomasssic biomass90 499,84 €
National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (KBFI) 
Alexandros KaramMartti RaidalDynamically induced Planck, dark matter, neutrino and electroweak mass scales85 499,92 €
Valeriy VerchenkoRaivo SternUnconventional superconductivity in the Mo_nGa_(5n+1) intermetallics90 499,84 €
Tallinn University
Philipp Dominik KeidlIndrek IbrusTransmedia and Historiography: Archives, Metadata, Power28 833,31 €
Anna Maria OzimekUlrike RohnInvestigating working conditions in the Estonian video game industry62 166,61 €
Tallinn University of Technology
Ishaya Peni GamboKuldar TaveterConflict Resolution in Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering for Socio-Technical Systems
Asya Ivanova Drenkova-TuhtanMaarja KruusmaaEMPHASIS (Estimation of Magnetic Particle HydrodynAmic StabIlity through Sensing)76 333,20 €
University of Tartu
Radwa El ShawiJaak ViloTowards Usable Machine Learning for Efficient Predictive Analytics in the Healthcare Domain90 499,84 €
Alin OlteanuTimo MaranTowards a joint environmental and digital literacy: An ecosemiotic approach to digitalization85 499,92 €
Toon StaesMarina GrišakovaComplex Plots: Narrative Representations of Complexity85 499,92 €
Ali Ghiami-ShomamiIvo LeitoComputational design of novel matrix compounds for MALDI-MS85 499,92 €
James Stephen PearsonMargit SutropDisagreement and the Bounds of Multiculturalism: A Critique of Political Exclusion85 499,92 €
Kaidi LõoPärtel LippusMorphology in speech90 499,84 €
Daniel KaasikLauri MälksooForest Harvesting in International Law: The Case of Estonia85 499,92 €
Sebastian Bahamonde BeltranManuel HohmannEnergy conditions and singularities in the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity85 499,92 €
Sabina TrägerTsipe AavikThe effect of landscape configuration on the functional connectivity of Primula veris – a landscape genomic approach84 999,84 €
Triumf Research OÜ
Kadri HaljasKirsti AkkermannReducing psychological problems in chronically ill children through digital health intervention90 499,84 €

2017 (2. call for applications)

Postdoctoral researcherSupervisorName of the projectGrant amount
Estonian Academy of Arts
Regina-Nino MionVirve SarapikImage or Sign: A Phenomenological Study of Pictorial Representation63 420 €
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Raymond WardTiiu KullAssessment of carbon storage and sequestration rates within the Estonian coastal zone75 800 €
National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (KBFI) 
Tommi Tapani MarkkanenMartti RaidalCosmological impacts of the electroweak vacuum instability69 920 €
Tanmoy ChakrabartyRaivo SternNovel electronic states of low-dimensional and magnetically frustrated systems75 800 €
University of Tallinn
Teet TeinemaaEva Näripea, Indrek IbrusPost-Soviet Neoliberalism in Contemporary Estonian Cinema69 920 €
Gustavs StrengaMarek TammEconomy of symbolic exchange. Gift-giving as a social, cultural and political practice in the late medieval Livonia69 920 €
Aija LulleRaivo VetikAffective migratory nationalism among recent Eastern European migrants in Europe69 920 €
Tallinn University of Technology
Souhaib OueslatiMaarja GrossbergOptoelectronic studies of Cu2ZnSn(SSe)4 monograin layer solar cells69 300 €
Rocio Rojas HernandezIrina HussainovaDevelopment of novel core-shell structured luminescent materials75 800 €
University of Tartu
Aurele ToussaintMeelis PärtelMacroecology of functional diversity: comparison of taxonomic groups69 300 €
Justin Michael ZylstraBruno MölderEssence and Metaphysical Disagreement69 920 €
Eldho Kuppamala Puthenpurayil ThomasVitaly SkachekStudy of Novel Codes for Problems in Distributed Systems63 420 €
Martin MölderVello Andres PettaiPerceptual Spaces of Party Politics: An Inductive Study of European Party Systems69 920 €
Alexander KmochÜlo ManderEnhancing data fusion, parallelisation for hydrological modelling and estimating sensitivity to spatial parameterization of SWAT to model nitrogen and phosphorus runoff at local and global scale75 800 €
Alison Ruth KolosovaArt LeeteInculturation and indigenous Orthodoxy: The cultural impact of Orthodox missionary work on the Finno-Ugrian peoples of the Volga-Kama region 1870-192069 920 €
John ClarkeToomas Tammaru250 million years of size and shape evolution in fishes: testing the role of biological and environmental factors in generating morphological diversity69 920 €
Hanna Ilona Eerika MäkeläMarina GrišakovaImagining the Inner Journey: Conversion and its Discontents in Film Narratives from the 1960’s to the 2010’s69 920 €
Ashutosh Kumar PandeyHannes KollistOzone sensitive mutants for studying signalling in guard cells75 800 €
Dhanaji Pandit BhopateAsko UriConstruction of protein binding-responsive photoluminescent carbon nanoparticles for cell and tissue imaging41 150 €
Oscar Castro GarciaTimo MaranBiosemiotic approach to enactive minimal cognition75 800 €

2016 (1. call for applications)

Postdoctoral researcherSupervisorName of the projectGrant amount
Estonian Literary Museum
1. Saša BabičPiret VoolaidTradition and Innovation: Short forms of folklore and contemporary cultural dialogues69 920 €
Estonian University of Life Sciences
2. Fabio ErcoliTiina NõgesAllochthonous organic matter and invasive species effects on lake food webs under climate change scenarios75 800 €
National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (KBFI) 
3. Charlie StarkTõnis PehkFemtosecond multi-photon spectroscopy of transition metal complexes75 800 €
4. Jasper AdamsonAleksander RebaneLarge Functional Resorcinarene Macrocycles69 300 €
University of Tallinn
5. Christian RitterIndrek IbrusEmbracing virtual travel and gamification: the digital tourism industry in Tallinn69 920 €
6. Uku LemberKarsten BrüggemannQueer life-world in late Soviet Estonia (1960-80s)69 920 €
Tallinn University of Technology
7. Yan LiangOlle HintsThe emergence of chitinozoans on Baltica: diversification, biostratigraphy and biogeographic links during the Early and Middle Ordovician75 800 €
8. Sofiya AydinyanIrina HussainovaCombustion synthesized new materials for the additive manufacturing75 800 €
9. Serhii StepenkoDmitri VinnikovResearch, Design and Implementation of Novel Power Quality Enhancement Techniques for Distributed Generation Systems75 800 €
10. Tara GhasempouriJaan RaikVerification assertion mining and qualification methods for improving functional safety in computing systems69 920 €
University of Tartu
11. Lorena Simon GraciaTambet TeesaluPolymeric nanoparticles for glioblastoma treatment69 300 €
12. Sten HanssonTriin Vihalemm(Mis)communicating power: A framework for analysing modern government communication69 300 €
13. Maili JakobsonSulev KõksIdentification and characterization of WFS1 interactome: molecular insights into the Wolfram syndrome-associated diabetes and neurodegeneration75 800 €
14. Silja-Riin VoolmaJüri AllikReducing Estonian youth alcohol and tobacco consumption through health technology69 920 €
15. Carlos Perez CarmonaMeelis PärtelFunctional completeness of ecological communities: an integrated probabilistic framework linked to ecosystem stability75 800 €
16. Gemma Carreras-BadosaAna RebaneFormulation of cell-penetrating peptide-based microRNA nanoparticles to target dendritic cells and inflammation75 800 €
17. Karin Sigrid Linnea JohanssonHannes KollistGenetic regulation of plant–atmosphere interactions75 800 €
18. Kiran LiversageJonne KottaEcosystem shifts during escalating species invasions: an experimental synthesis of Baltic Sea dynamics75 800 €
19. Anu HynninenKalle KirsimäeDeciphering biotic and abiotic processes in weathering: influence of microbial interactions75 800 €
20. Kaur AlasooLeopold PartsPredicting the consequences of rare noncoding genetic variation75 800€
21. Filip JarošTimo MaranSocial behavior of animals in a cognitive and environmental context: a biosemiotic perspective40 852,50€
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