Funding

Projects

Sleep Revolution

Revolution of sleep diagnostics and personalized health care based on digital diagnostics and therapeutics with health data integration

Amount: 15M€

Funder: European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 965417, Duration: 2021–2025, Consortium head: Arnardottir Erna Sif, UEF leader: Leppänen Timo, Work package leaders: Korkalainen Henri, Sund Reijo, Task leader: Nikkonen Sami

SmartSleep Lab

RDI & Teaching environment for next-generation medical devices, softwares and services – open science-based health data for regional growth, development project

Amount: 331 000 €

Funder: Regional Council of Pohjois-Savo (REACT-EU programme), Duration: 2021–2023, Project head: Samu Kainulainen

AI4Sleep

New Enhanced and Individualized Diagnostic Paradigm for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Amount: 287 000 €

Funder: Academy of Finland, Duration: 2019–2022, Project head: Leppänen Timo

NordSleep

Novel wearable sensors and machine learning solutions for personalized diagnostics and treatment of sleep apnea

Amount: 2.4M€

Funder: Nordforsk, Business Finland, Research Council of Norway, Icelandic Centre for Research (RANNÍS), Duration: 2018–2022, Consortium head: Töyräs Juha, Work package leaders: Leppänen Timo and Myllymaa Sami

OSA Diagnostics

Towards enhances and individualized diagnostics of obstructive sleep apnea with wearable sensors and sophisticated computational parameters

Amount: 392 000 €

Funder: Academy of Finland, Duration: 2017–2019, Project head: Töyräs Juha

Smaller projects and personal grants

Group leaders

Juha Töyräs

Timo Leppänen

54 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2024
70 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2023
40 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2022
30 100 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2021
31 000 € from Finnish Cultural Foundation – North Savo Regional Fund, 2020
90 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2020
20 000 € from Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation, 2019
20 000 € from Tampere Tuberculosis Foundation, 2019
20 700 € from Respiratory Foundation of Kuopio Region, 2019
79 985 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2018
15 000 € from Respiratory Foundation of Kuopio Region, 2018
3 000 € from Finnish-Norwegian Medical Foundation, 2018
68 325 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2017
20 000 € from Respiratory Foundation of Kuopio Region, 2017
20 000 € from Instrumentarium Science Foundation, 2017
8 000 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2017
6 000 € from OLVI Foundation, 2016

Antti Kulkas

Sami Myllymaa

54 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2024
17 500 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2024
5 000 € from Foundation of Finnish Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 2024
70 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2023
40 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2022
60 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2021
47 500 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2020
7 000 € from Tampere Tuberculosis Foundation, 2019
51 761 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2017
15 000 € form Paulo Foundation, 2017

Postdoctoral Fellows

Samu Kainulainen

45 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2024
68 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2022
75 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2021
30 000 € from Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2021
3 000 € from Alfred Kordelin Foundation, 2020
7 500 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2019
27 016 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2018
20 000 € form Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation, 2017

Henri Korkalainen

54 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2024
60 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2023
80 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2022
65 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2021
8 400 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2021
15 000 € from Finnish Cultural Foundation – North Savo Regional Fund, 2021
5 000 € from Foundation of Finnish Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 2021
5 000 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2020
9 000 € from Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2020
4 000 € from Foundation of Finnish Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 2020
10 000 € from Respiratory Foundation of Kuopio Region, 2020
7 500 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2019
4 000 € from Foundation of Finnish Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 2019
27 016 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2018
12 000 € from Respiratory Foundation of Kuopio Region, 2018
8 000 € from Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation, 2018

Sami Nikkonen

45 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2024
50 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2023
55 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2022
22 500 € from Finnish Cultural Foundation – North Savo Regional Fund, 2021
13 000 € form Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2020
7 500 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2019
24 000 €, Funder: Instrumentarium Science Foundation, 2019
27 016 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2018
6 000 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2018
5 000 € from Orion Research Foundation, 2018

Ph.D. Students

Serajeddin Ebrahimian

Mohammadreza Ghorvei

Salla Hietakoste

35 060 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2023
7 500 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2023
5 000 € from Foundation of Finnish Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 2023
8 000 € from Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation, 2022
4 000 € from Paulo Foundation, 2021
12 000 € from Alfred Kordelin Foundation, 2021
10 000 € from Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation, 2021
4 000 € from Foundation of Finnish Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 2021
17 500 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2021
7 500 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2021
24 000 € from Instrumentarium Science Foundation, 2020
4 000 € from Foundation of Finnish Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 2020
17 350 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2020
5 000 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2020

Juuso Huovila

Riku Huttunen

17 500 € from Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2024
29 250 € from The Emil Aaltonen Foundation, 2022
7 500 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2022
28 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2022
20 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2021
7 500 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2021
17 350 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2020

Tuomas Karhu

50 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2024
24 000 € from Instrumentarium Science Foundation, 2021
20 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2021
23 500 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2021
10 000 € from Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation, 2020
8 000 € from Tampere Tuberculosis Foundation, 2020
7 500 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2019
4 000 € from Foundation of Finnish Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 2019

Mieli Luukinen

Purbanka Pahari

55 000 € from the SCITECO doctoral programme position funded by the UEF, 2022
7 500 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2022
23 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2022
18 000 € from Respiratory Foundation of Kuopio Region, 2022
5 000 € from Orion Research Foundation, 2021
17 500 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2021

Henna Pitkänen

28 000 € from the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding, 2022
24 000 € from The Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation, 2022
10 000 € from Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation, 2021
27 500 € from The Vilho, Yrjö and Kalle Väisälä Foundation, 2021
10 000 € from Tampere Tuberculosis Foundation, 2021
4 000 € from Foundation of Finnish Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 2021
7 500 € from The Research Foundation of the Pulmonary Diseases, 2021