The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities has awarded the Gad Rausing Prize to member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, Professor Terttu Nevalainen. The prize of 1,3 million Swedish crowns is awarded for outstanding research in humanities.

New book on the Folklore Fellows' Communications series has been released: "Dictionaries as Sources of Folklore Data". The book is edited by Jonathan Roper.

Application processes for the Vilho, Yrjö and Kalle Väisälä Fund has been closed 21 September 2020.

Finnish Academy of Science and Letters is participating in a seed funding program to initiate and strengthen bilateral cooperation in science, innovation and higher education in fields of excellence in Finland and France. Call for proposals is now open! Deadline is 31 October 2020.

The award is the most prestigious recognition of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, and it is granted to a particularly distinguished member for their scientific work.

Following careful consideration of the current course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Finnish Academy of Science and Letetrs has made the decision to postpone all gatherings and meetings to Autumn. At the moment we are planning for our Autumn programme to go ahead but given the fluidity of the situation we will be closely monitoring government advice.