2020 (5. call for applications)
| Returning researcher | Name of the project | Grant amount (€) | |
| Tartu University | |||
| 1. | Sten Anslan | Optimized molecular identification protocols for rapid large-scale soil faunal surveys from soil | 113 500 |
| 2. | Uku Haljasorg | Improving vaccination efficiency in immunosenescence | 113 500 |
| 3. | Indrek Heinla | The effect of perinatal paracetamol exposure on functional connectivity and social behavior later in life. | 94 000 |
| 4. | Jaanis Lodjak | Costs of growth – effects on insulin-like growth factor 1 on telomere attrition | 113 500 |
| 5. | Sander Pajusalu | Rare disease genomics: developing methods to complement exome sequencing | 113 500 |
| 6. | Artur Tamm | The role of electron-phonon interaction in the melting process of solids | 107 500 |
| 7. | Margus Varjak | Viral genomes- more than RNA sequence | 113 500 |
| Tallinn University of Technology | |||
| 1. | Indrek Koppel | Cell type-specific proteomics of the brain: focus on astrocytes | 113 500 |
| 2. | Maksim Ošeka | Electrochemical Hydroamination in Continuous Flow | 103 000 |
| National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics | |||
| 1. | Marti Jeltsov | Passive cooling during severe accidents in small modular reactors | 107 500 |
| 2. | Joosep Pata | Particle Flow for CMS in the High Luminosity LHC phase | 113 500 |
| Tallinn University | |||
| 1. | Birgit Poopuu | The Role of Women in the Syrian Revolution: Peace through Prefigurative Politics | 113 500 |
| Estonian University of Life Sciences | |||
| 1. | Reimo Lutter | Genotypic control of water-use efficiency and carbon isotope composition of hybrid aspen | 113 500 |
| HansaBioMed Life Sciences OÜ | |||
| 1. | Mart Toots | Therapeutic potential of exosomes isolated from crop of Estonian origin against skin damage | 85 500 |
2019 (4. call for applications)
| Returning researcher | Name of the project | Grant amount (€) |
| Tartu University |
| 1. | Maris Hindrikson | The assembly of dog and wolf de novo Y chromosome reference genomes and the importance of Y chromosome in the process of dog domestication | 90 499,84 |
| 2. | Johann Langemets | Diameter two properties in Lipschitz spaces and in tensor products of Banach spaces | 22 166,65 |
| 3. | Rainer Pärna | UV and VUV fragmentation of selected pesticides | 90 499,84 |
| 4. | Mihkel Pajusalu | Optical navigation for small solar system body proximity operations and mapping | 90 499,84 |
| 5. | Artjom Vargunin | Flux-flow based spintronics in superconducting heterostructures | 85 499,92 |
| 6. | Triin Laisk | Characterizing the contribution of DNA rare variants, copy number variants, and placenta histological changes in miscarriage etiopathogenesis | 85 499,92 |
| 7. | Liisa Talving | New cleavages in New Europe: deepening conflict over globalisation in Central and Eastern Europe | 85 499,92 |
| Tallinn University of Technology |
| 8. | Leeli Amon-Veskimeister | Lessons of the past climate warming episodes: Changes of the postglacial climate, vegetation and hydrology in both sides of the Atlantic Ocean | 90 499,84 |
| 9. | Sirje Sildever | Phytoplankton response to a changing nutrient regime in the sea: tracing silica adaptation in living resting stages from sediment archives | 90 499,84 |
| 10. | Taavi Raadik | In situ production of monograin membrane solar cell from lunar regolith | 90 499,84 |
| National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
| 11. | Hardi Veermäe | Physics of boson stars and its implications for new physics | 85 499,92 |
| National Institute for Health Development |
| 12. | Kelli Lehto | Depression and dementia in old age: Towards improved differential diagnosis using individual-level genetic data | 85 499,92 |
2018 (3. call for applications)
| Returning researcher | Name of the project | Grant amount (€) | |
| Tartu University | |||
| 1. | Jaan Pärn | Global greenhouse gas balance of arable fields and grasslands on organic soils and gleysols | 90 499,84 |
| 2. | Kaire Toming | Interactions between lake biogeochemical properties and catchment characteristics based on the new earth observation satellites and high-frequency data. | 90 499,84 |
| 3. | Kaspar Valgepea | Systems-level quantification of CO2 capture using acetogen gas fermentation | 90 499,84 |
| 4. | Urmo Võsa | Fine-mapping causal genetic variants of complex traits by using large-scale eQTL data | 85 499,92 |
| 5. | Elmo Tempel | Integral field spectroscopy of galaxies in the cosmic environment | 85 499,92 |
| 6. | Aire Raidvee | Probabilistic intuition in human visual perception | 90 499,84 |
| 7. | Uku Vainik | Obesity’s behavioural similarities with addictions and mental health conditions | 85 499,92 |
| 8. | Kadri Koorem | Interactive effects of land-use related disturbances on the community composition, function and stability of AM fungal communities | 90 499,84 |
| Tallinn University of Technology | |||
| 9. | Ott Scheler | Droplet microfluidic platform for studying aspects of population heterogeneity in bacteria at single cell level | 90 499,84 |
| 10. | Anti Rohumaa | Designed systems for wood-adhesive interaction and performance | 90 499,84 |
| 11. | Martin Thalfeldt | Climate impact on the energy balance and cost-optimal design solutions of office buildings in Europe | 85 499,92 |
| 12. | Siim Link | Investigation of ash chemistry of the melting process of ashes of biomasses and their blends | 84 999,84 |
| Estonian University of Life Sciences | |||
| 13. | Indrek Melts | Multifunctional semi-natural communities contribute to sustainable and resilient future | 90 499,84 |
| National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics | |||
| 14. | Meelis-Mait Sildoja | Nonlinear-optical metrology | 90 499,84 |
2017 (2. call for applications)
| Returning researcher | Name of the project | Grant amount | |
| Tartu University | |||
| 1. | Ago-Erik Riet | Mathematical foundations of codes over permutations with applications to flash memories | 14 427,50€ |
| 2. | Andero Uusberg | Expectancy-value approach to task engagement | 75 800€ |
| 3. | Indrek Must | Electrotextured textiles for soft robotics | 75 800€ |
| 4. | Inga Jüriado | Species delimitation, ecological specification and patterns of specificity among symbiotic partners of cyanolichens | 75 800€ |
| 5. | Katrin Uba | Showing discontent? Electoral protests and protest mobilization in Estonia, 1991 to present | 69 920€ |
| 6. | Liis Siinor | Extraction and separation of rare earth elements from Estonian phosphorite using ionic liquids | 75 800€ |
| 7. | Oliver Meikar | Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in male mouse germ line | 75 800€ |
| 8. | Piret Villo | Metal-free Arylations of thioamides, and enrichment of platform molecules from biomass by ,,green’’ hypervalent iodine regents – diaryliodonium salts | 41 150€ |
| 9. | Riin Tamme | Functional diversity-area relationship: disentangling the roles of dispersal and niche limitation in plant communities | 38 210€ |
| 10. | Katrin Vaino | Exploring factors determining gymnasium students’ technology and engineering-related career orientations | 75 800€ |
| Tallinn University of Technology | |||
| 11. | Madis Ratassepp | Guided wave tomography for structural health monitoring of composite materials | 75 800€ |
| National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics | |||
| 12. | Indrek Reile | Profiling phosphometabolomic pathways in colorectal cancer by 18O isotope effect assisted 31P NMR spectroscopy | 75 800€ |
2016 (1. call for applications)
| Returning researcher | Name of the project | Grant amount |
| Estonian University of Life Sciences | 41 150 € | |
| 1. Mihkel Kiviste | Evaluation of impacts of renovation on the durability and indoor environmental quality of multy-apartment buildings in Tartu region | 41 150 € |
| Tallinn University of Technology | 193 370 € | |
| 2. Aleksei Netšunajev | Testing Economic Restrictions in Heteroskedastic Structural Vector Autoregressions | 38 210 € |
| 3. Toomas Vaimann | Deployment of Digitalization in Operation and Condition Monitoring of Energy Conversion Systems | 41 150 € |
| 4. Valle Raidla | The origin and fate of radionuclides in the Cambrian-Vendian aquifer system in Estonia | 41 150 € |
| 5. Juri Mihhailov | Power management in highly efficient and reliable distributed energy harvesting systems in mobile applications | 34 650 € |
| 6. Juri Belikov | Modeling and low-complexity analysis of large scale power networks | 38 210 € |
| University of Tallinn | 114 630 € | |
| 7. Liisi Keedus | Between the Times”: Embattled Temporalities and Political Imagination in Interwar Europe | 38 210 € |
| 8. Mariann Märtsin | Strong and capable families? Combining work, family and personal life in families with preschool aged children | 38 210 € |
| 9.Erle Rikmann | Digital Transnationalism and Social Media: the Processes of Identification of Young Russian-speakers in Estonia and Finland | 38 210 € |
| University of Tartu | 329 200 € | |
| 10. Kaija Põhako-Esko | Developmnt of biocompatible ionic electromechanically active polymer actuator | 41 150 € |
| 11. Kersti Jääger | Control of stem cell pluripotency by cell cycle phosphorylation switches | 41 150 € |
| 12. Edyta Kalinska | Time-transport-storminess – an experimental geological study of coastal system | 41 150 € |
| 13. Kristina Sohar | Climate change from Abies tree rings in the NW Himalayas | 41 150 € |
| 14. Kadri Sohar | Baltic Late-Pleistocene and Holocene temperature models from the Mutual Ostracod Temperature Range method | 41 150 € |
| 15. Pirko Tõugu | Effect of Instructions on Children’s Learning and Exploration in a Family Science Center | 41 150 € |
| 16. Arto Pulk | Memory formation through translation regulation of RNA-granules in Human neurons | 41 150 € |
| 17. Karl Kruusamäe | Predicting contact task strategy for human-robot physical interaction based on the pose and motion of human hands | 41 150 € |
