93 new grant projects funded in the 2024 call:
55 team projects
| Principal Investigator | Project Title | Institution |
| Aivar Kriiska | A millennium-long settlement crisis? In-depth archaeological and geoarchaeological studies of the final Stone Age and the Early Metal Age (2500 BC to 500 BC) in Eastern Baltic | University of Tartu |
| Andreas Kyritsakis | Atomic scale dynamics of surfaces under high electric field | University of Tartu |
| Anna Volkova | Next-Generation District Heating: Enhancing Sustainability through Multi-Level Energy Cascades and Decentralised Renewable Energy Sources | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Anton Rassõlkin | Advanced Digital Tools to Accelerate the Development of Software-Defined Electric Vehicles | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Bin Liu | Ecotypic adaptation mechanisms of coastal and inland forest tree species to heatwaves in Northern Europe | Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| Eero Vasar | Metabolic and genetic signatures of the dynamics of first-episode psychosis: associations with adverse effects of antipsychotic treatment | University of Tartu |
| Eneken Laanes | Memory and Environment: The Intersection of Fast and Slow Violence in Transnational European Literatures | Tallinn University |
| Eve Runno-Paurson | Development of strategies to mitigate the vulnerability of potato to pathogens under changing climate conditions in Northern Europe | Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| Fedor Rozhanskiy | Advanced description of minor Finno-Ugric languages with intricate phonology-morphology interface | University of Tartu |
| Heikki Junninen | Aerosol processes in atmosphere during changing climate conditions | University of Tartu |
| Helger Lipmaa | Modern Cryptographic Techniques | University of Tartu |
| Huber Flores | GENIE: Foundations of Generative Calibration for Low-cost Pervasive Light Sensing | University of Tartu |
| Ilona Oja Açik | All inorganic semi-transparent thin film solar cells for solar windows and indoor photovoltaics | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Ivika Ostonen-Märtin | Effects of management, climate and land-use change on forests belowground – short- and long-term shifts in soil organic carbon stocks and fluxes | University of Tartu |
| Ivo Fridolin | A Novel Technology for Personalized Optical On-line Monitoring of Middle Molecular Weight Uremic Toxins Removal in Hemodialysis | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Ivo Leito | Measuring acidity at phase interfaces | University of Tartu |
| Jaak Truu | Microbial ecology of plastisphere in interconnected aquatic ecosystems | University of Tartu |
| Johann Langemets | Extreme phenomena in Banach space geometry: small and big slices and their applications to Lipschitz-free spaces and their duals | University of Tartu |
| John Alexander Davison | Estimating fungal niches to understand community assembly and responses to environmental change | University of Tartu |
| Jörg Dr Pieper | Real-time structural dynamics in cyanobacterial photosystems | University of Tartu |
| Kaido Tammeveski | Development of high-performing electrocatalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, zinc-air batteries and electrolysers | University of Tartu |
| Kaire Innos | Addressing inequities in cancer: register-based approach to understand mechanisms and develop solutions | National Institute for Health Development |
| Kairi Kasearu | Reinforcing Societal Resilience through Securitization | University of Tartu |
| Kaja Kasemets | Novel synergistic antifungal nanocomposites for biomedical applications: efficient, safe and sustainable by design | National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
| Karin Sein | Protecting Consumers in Consumer Credit Contracts in the Financial Crisis | University of Tartu |
| Kaupo Kukli | Heterostructures of wide-bandgap oxide semiconductors with tunable phase composition | University of Tartu |
| Krista Alikas | Methods, Traceability and Validation of the In-Water Ocean Color Measurements | University of Tartu |
| Kristi Huik | The Role of Virome in Development of Microbiota and Sepsis in Preterm Neonates | University of Tartu |
| Lauri Vares | Smartly designed chemically recyclable high-performance polymers via photocyclization of bioderived building blocks | University of Tartu |
| Lili Milani | Next-generation pharmacogenomics: systematic integration of genetics, physiology, and drug-drug interactions (PGxOMICS) | University of Tartu |
| Maido Remm | Computational Methods for Fast Identification of Antimicrobial Resistance Profile From Metagenomic Samples | University of Tartu |
| Margus Varjak | Viral capsid protein interactome in cells | University of Tartu |
| Margus Viigimaa | Medication Adherence and Treatment Efficacy in Patients with Dyslipidaemia and Achievement-oriented Novel Patient Digital Support | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Monika Suškevičs | Transformative Impact of Citizen Science on Environmental Governance: a systematic analysis of Perspective and Pathways | Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| Oive Tinn | Biotic perturbations from the Late Ordovician to the early Silurian in Baltica: macro- and microecological changes associated with extinctions and recoveries | University of Tartu |
| Osamu Shimmi | Microtubule-mediated cell protrusion networks direct three-dimensional tissue morphogenesis via intercellular transport of signalling molecules and organelles | University of Tartu |
| Pille Taba | Unveiling early links between idiopathic polyneuropathy and Parkinson’s disease | University of Tartu |
| Piret Paal | ARS MORIENDI ESTONIA 2030: a medical anthropological and linguistic study to improve death literacy | University of Tartu |
| Piret Pikma | Getting over the hump – adsorption model from ionic liquids | University of Tartu |
| Reet Karise | Risks and benefits arising from food resources in agricultural landscape for honey bees: a model based approach | Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| Žanna Pärtlas | Ethnogenesis of the Seto People and Their Cultural Relations with Eastern Finno-Ugrians in the Light of Ethnomusicological Data | Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre |
| Tanel Tenson | New Tools for Developing Antibacterial Therapeutics | University of Tartu |
| Targo Kalamees | Climate Resilient Renovation to Achieve Future-proof Buildings | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Tiit Kutser | Unlocking the secrets of carbon cycle in the aquatic ecosystems | University of Tartu |
| Timo Kikas | Unlocking Lignocellulosic Biomass for Lignin-based Drug Intermediates and FDCA Production | Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| Tomi Sebastian Koivisto | Space – Time – Matter | University of Tartu |
| Toomas Haller | A New Methodology for Predicting the Onset of Chronic Kidney Disease, Its Subtypes, and Disease Trajectories | University of Tartu |
| Toomas Tammaru | Evolution of thermal traits in insects: a comparative-ecological approach | University of Tartu |
| Torben Lange | Study of Higgs boson pair production and the trilinear Higgs boson self-coupling with the LHC Run 3 and beyond | National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
| Tõnis Timmusk | Gene Regulation in Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders With the Emphasis on Disease-Associated Transcription Factors TCF4, SATB2, FOXP1, and Neurotrophic Factor BDNF | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Uku Tooming | Imagination in Cognition: Contemporary and Ancient Perspectives | University of Tartu |
| Vallo Tilgar | The role of gut microbiome in facilitating evolutionary adaptations to changing environments | University of Tartu |
| Veiko Uri | Effect of different management methods to carbon budget in pine stands on well drained organic soils. | Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| Vesal Vojdani | Explainable Verification | University of Tartu |
| Vitali Nagirnõi | Novel light emitters based on partially disordered functional materials | University of Tartu |
22 starting projects
| Principal Investigator | Project Title | Institution |
| Aki Harima | The Digital-Physical Hybrid Architecture of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Multi-Level Analysis | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Alberto Sola Leyva | Understanding the molecular basis of female poor reproductive outcome (LOTUS: femaLe reprOducTive sUcceSs) | Celvia CC AS |
| Catherine Helen Gibson | Entangled borderlands: mapping intra-imperial connections for a new spatial history of the late Romanov Empire | University of Tartu |
| Edgars Eihmanis | Europeanization of green industrial policy (EUGRIP): how the EU’s new regulatory, fiscal and governance capacities shape decarbonisation in Eastern and Central Europe | University of Tartu |
| Enrico Tordoni | BIODECODE – decoding biodiversity changes in the Anthropocene through functional, evolutionary, and species interaction dynamics across the Tree of Life. | University of Tartu |
| Heikko Kallakas | Valorisation of Low-Quality Underutilized Hardwood Species for Innovative Biobased Engineered Wood Products | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Helena Sork | Bioinspired EV mimetics for the delivery of gene editing compounds | University of Tartu |
| Ingrid Ruudi | Built environments of care from the late Socialist to post-Socialist Estonia | Estonian Academy of Arts |
| Juhan Saharov | From Experts to Revolutionaries: The Role of Intelligentsia in Soviet Estonia and East-Central Europe during the Late Cold War | University of Tartu |
| Kaire Loit | Development of biocontrol methods against Phytophthora infestans using soilborne oomycetes and mycoviruses | Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| Kristina Sohar | Unveiling forest ecosystem dynamics: insights into climate change and human impact through tree rings | University of Tartu |
| Kärt Mätlik | The Role of Histone Bivalency and EZH1 in Neuronal Development and Function | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Maris Alver | Population-specific Prediction Models for Metabolic Syndrome and Treatment Response for Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder Patients Using Clinical Data and Electronic Health Records | University of Tartu |
| Marju Himma | Science Communication in Information Disorder (SCID) | University of Tartu |
| Marta Berholts | Elucidating the Sensitizing Mechanism of Cancer Radiosensitizers at the Molecular Level | University of Tartu |
| Martin Jakoobi | Developing homogeneous non-noble metal based p-H2 induced polarization transfer catalysts for NMR signal enhancement | National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
| Pilleriin Peets | Mapping the chemical space of natural biomes by combining non-targeted LC-HRMS datasets | University of Tartu |
| Sander Ratso | Novel methods for the study of molten carbonate electrolytes | National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
| Shishir Sankhyayan | Superclusters and Voids: Properties, Dynamics and Correlation | University of Tartu |
| Tatevik Minasyan | Laser Powder-Bed Fusion of Ni3Al-Based Superalloys for Turbine Blisks | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Toomas Toomsoo | Exploring NMR Biomarkers for Parkinson’s Disease Risk Stratification Based on Polygenic Risk Score Levels in Healthy Subjects and de novo Parkinson’s Disease Patients | Tallinn University |
| Vladimir Kuts | Human-Robot interaction via XR – the road towards Industry 5.0 across the manufacturing and healthcare domains. | Tallinn University of Technology |
16 postdoctoral projects
| Principal Investigator | Project Title | Institution |
| Akmal Kosimov | DASC-eMet: Dual-atom Site Catalysts for CO2 Electroreduction to Methanol | University of Tartu |
| Anton Malmi | The Articulatory Properties of Children’s Acquisition of Estonian Palatalization | University of Tartu |
| Erwan Pennarun | Feeding genomes to Deep Learning algorithms to detect diet-based local adaptation | University of Tartu |
| Kadi Tulver | The Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms of Mental Representation Restructuring | University of Tartu |
| Kristel Panksep | Mapping biodiversity hotspots of fish communities through environmental DNA: digging down to sediments and harnessing the power of long reads | Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| Kristina Kiisholts | Ex Vivo Reconstruction of Human Endometrium and Metabolic Adaptations in Embryo Implantation | University of Tartu |
| Kristjan Müürsepp | Phenomenological implications of fundamental theories of axions and how to probe them | National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
| Madis Järvekülg | Investigating the ’public value’ created by public service media for and with the music industries in Estonia and Finland | Tallinn University |
| Mari Aigro | MORE: Morphological Overabundance Realised in Estonian | University of Tartu |
| Marili Sell | The interactive impacts of drought and elevated atmospheric CO2 on tree nutrient acquisition and carbon capture | University of Tartu |
| Mikk Vikerpuur | Numerical Approximations for Fractional Differential Equations and Related Topics | University of Tartu |
| Peeter Tinits | Cultural Evolution of Book Diversity in Europe 1600-1900: Popular Literacy, Secularization and New Written Language Communities | University of Tartu |
| Ritums Cepītis | Surface Curvature Effect Beyond Oxygen Electrocatalysis | University of Tartu |
| Sander Varbla | Improved Marine Geoid Modelling Through Data Assimilation Using Satellite Altimetry and Model Datasets /MarGeoid/ | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Siim-Kaarel Sepp | Unravelling the consequences and mechanisms of range expansions in plants by analysing aboveground-belowground ecological networks | University of Tartu |
| Vlad-Julian Piljukov | Understanding Protein Synthesis in Human Mitochondria | University of Tartu |