| Funded institutional research topics 2014 | ||||
| Topic | Principal Investigator | Title | Institution | |
| 1 | IUT27-1 | Laud, Peeter | Theory and Practice of Secure Intergovernmental, -organizational, and -personal Information Exchange | Cybernetica AS |
| 2 | IUT24-1 | Villems, Richard | The dawn of whole genomic era in archaeogenetics | Estonian Biocentre |
| 3 | IUT22-2 | Laak, Marin | Formal and Informal Networks of Literature, Based on Sources of Cultural History | Estonian Literary Museum |
| 4 | IUT22-4 | Sarv, Mari | Folklore in the Process of Cultural Communication: Ideologies and Communities | Estonian Literary Museum |
| 5 | IUT22-5 | Kõiva, Mare | Narrative and belief aspects of folklore studies | Estonian Literary Museum |
| 6 | IUT21-1 | Kull, Tiiu | Non-additive impact of border-richness to biota | Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| 7 | IUT21-2 | Nõges, Tiina | Lake food webs and C metabolism across gradients of catchment alkalinity and climate | Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| 8 | IUT21-4 | Uri, Veiko | The carbon dynamics in Estonian forests affected by sustainable management | Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| 9 | IUT19-17 | Klauson, Aleksander | Dynamical processes in hydraulic networks, marine structures and sea environment | National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
| 10 | IUT23-1 | Käämbre, Tuuli | Mechanisms of regulation of integrated energy metabolism in tumor and muscle cells. | National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
| 11 | IUT23-3 | Rõõm, Toomas | Interaction of THz radiation with magnetic excitations | National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
| 12 | IUT23-4 | Kadastik, Mario | Experimental high energy physics at the CMS experiment at LHC | National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
| 13 | IUT23-5 | Kahru, Anne | Nano(eco)toxicology and beyond (ToxBe) | National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
| 14 | IUT23-6 | Raidal, Martti | Origin of Mass | National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
| 15 | IUT23-7 | Heinmaa, Ivo | NMR investigations of the local structure and dynamics in solids and solutions | National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
| 16 | IUT23-9 | Rebane, Aleksander | Multi-photon functional optical sensing materials | National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
| 17 | IUT18-2 | Goodson, Ivor | Teachers’ professionality and professionalism in changing context | Tallinn University |
| 18 | IUT18-4 | Belobrovtseva, Irina | Estonia between East and West: The Paradigm of the Images of “Own”, “Other”, “Strange”, “Enemy” in Estonian Cultures in the 20th Century | Tallinn University |
| 19 | IUT18-8 | Mänd, Anu | The Making of Livonia: Actors, Institutions and Networks in the Medieval and Early Modern Baltic Sea Region | Tallinn University |
| 20 | IUT18-9 | Sugita, Shinya | Environmental Changes and Their Effects on the Coastal Landscape of Estonia: Past, Present and Future – ENCHANTED | Tallinn University |
| 21 | IUT19-1 | Raik, Jaan | Dependable multi-core computing systems | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 22 | IUT19-11 | Min, Mart | Impedance spectroscopy based identification and control of objects: signals, algorithms, energy efficient solutions | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 23 | IUT19-13 | Drechsler, Wolfgang Johannes Max | Challenges to state modernization in 21st century Europe: Theoretical developments and future scenarios | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 24 | IUT19-18 | Timmusk, Tõnis | Regulation of gene expression and signaling in nervous system health and disease | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 25 | IUT19-2 | Fridolin, Ivo | Biooptical and bioelectrical signals in Biomedical Engineering | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 26 | IUT19-22 | Vaikmäe, Rein | Groundwater flow history, global paleoclimate signals and anthropogenic influence in the Baltic Artesian Basin: a synthesis of numerical models and hydrogeochemical data | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 27 | IUT19-27 | Paalme, Toomas | Systems biology of food technologies and science | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 28 | IUT19-28 | Grossberg, Maarja | New materials and technologies for solar energetics | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 29 | IUT19-29 | Kübarsepp, Jakob | Multi-scale structured ceramic-based composites for extreme applications | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 30 | IUT19-3 | Truve, Erkki | Molecular plant-microbe interactions | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 31 | IUT19-32 | Lopp, Margus | Directed asymmetric catalytic synthesis: an integrated approach | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 32 | IUT19-4 | Krunks, Malle | Thin films and nanomaterials by wet-chemical methods for next-generation photovoltaics | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 33 | IUT19-6 | Lips, Urmas | Multi-scale physical processes controlling the biogeochemical signal dynamics in the stratified Baltic Sea | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 34 | IUT19-8 | Palumaa, Peep | Structural and medical metalloproteomics | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 35 | IUT19-9 | Samel, Nigulas | Structural and regulatory aspects of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism | Tallinn University of Technology |
| 36 | IUT26-2 | Hütsi, Gert | Galaxy evolution in the hierarchical Universe | Tartu Observatory |
| 37 | IUT28-1 | Undusk, Jaan | Entangled Literatures: Discursive History of Literary Culture in Estonia | Under and Tuglas Literature Centre |
| 38 | IUT20-1 | Talvet, Jüri | Estonian Literature in the Paradigm of Comparative Literary Research | University of Tartu |
| 39 | IUT20-11 | Hõrrak, Urmas | Airborne nanoparticles and their role in meteorological processes | University of Tartu |
| 40 | IUT20-13 | Lust, Enn | Functional Micro/Mesoporous Nanomaterials for Novel Energy Conversion and Storage Systems | University of Tartu |
| 41 | IUT20-14 | Leito, Ivo | The Chemistry of Superacids and Superbases and its Hi-Tech Applications | University of Tartu |
| 42 | IUT20-15 | Burk, Peeter | Complex Formation and Molecular Recognition in Chemistry: Increasing the Effectiveness and Selectivity of Important Processes | University of Tartu |
| 43 | IUT20-16 | Tammeveski, Kaido | Investigation of Processes in Microheterogeneous and Nanoscale Systems and Related Technological Applications | University of Tartu |
| 44 | IUT20-17 | Rinken, Ago | Novel Optical Biosensing Systems and Their Biomedical Applications | University of Tartu |
| 45 | IUT20-19 | Kivisaar, Maia | Molecular Mechanisms of Adaptation of Bacteria to Environmental Stress | University of Tartu |
| 46 | IUT20-21 | Remme, Jaanus | Biosynthesis of Macromolecules and Maintenance of their Synthetic Activity | University of Tartu |
| 47 | IUT20-23 | Kristjuhan, Arnold | Role of chromatin in regulation of DNA replication and transcription | University of Tartu |
| 48 | IUT20-24 | Aabloo, Alvo | Stimuli-Responsive Smart Polymer Composite Materials and their Applications in Lab-on chip Devices and in Robotics | University of Tartu |
| 49 | IUT20-26 | Langel, Ülo | Trans-barrier targeting | University of Tartu |
| 50 | IUT20-27 | Merits, Andres | Interaction between virus and host: expanding knowledge for the development of biomedical tools | University of Tartu |
| 51 | IUT20-28 | Zobel, Martin | The role of arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) in shaping plant community patterns and plant interactions | University of Tartu |
| 52 | IUT20-29 | Pärtel, Meelis | Dark diversity: taxonomic, phylogenetic, functional and genetic levels in dynamic plant communities | University of Tartu |
| 53 | IUT20-3 | Ehala, Martin | Sustainability of Estonian in the Era of Globalisation (SEEG) | University of Tartu |
| 54 | IUT20-30 | Kõljalg, Urmas | Big data – integrated study of fungal species and their interactions | University of Tartu |
| 55 | IUT20-31 | Zobel, Kristjan | The role of plant-plant interactions as drivers of evolutionary change in herbaceous plants | University of Tartu |
| 56 | IUT20-32 | Saarma, Urmas | Evolutionary and contemporary processes in populations of mammals and their pathogens | University of Tartu |
| 57 | IUT20-33 | Tammaru, Toomas | Comparative approaches to evolutionary ecology of insects: from phylogenies to applied population dynamics | University of Tartu |
| 58 | IUT20-34 | Meidla, Tõnu | The Phanerozoic journey of Baltica: sedimentary, geochemical and biotic signatures of changing environment – PalaeoBaltica | University of Tartu |
| 59 | IUT20-38 | Kalmus, Veronika; Vihalemm, Triin | Acceleration of Social and Personal Time in the Information Society: Practices and Effects of Mediated Communication | University of Tartu |
| 60 | IUT20-39 | Berg, Eiki | Political Community in Flux: Identity, Sovereignty and Democracy in a Transforming World | University of Tartu |
| 61 | IUT20-40 | Harro, Jaanus | Sources of Resilience: Neurobiology and Development of Cognitive and Affective Processes Crucial for Coping Styles | University of Tartu |
| 62 | IUT20-41 | Vasar, Eero | IgLON family of cell adhesion molecules as the potential targets for neuropsychiatric disorders | University of Tartu |
| 63 | IUT20-42 | Zilmer, Mihkel | Metabolomical and arterial wall phenotyping (systems biology approach-based and functional-structural biomarkers for development of novel diagnostic platforms of chronic diseases) | University of Tartu |
| 64 | IUT20-43 | Uibo, Raivo | Immune mechanisms in diabetes | University of Tartu |
| 65 | IUT20-45 | Maron, Eduard | Neurobiological, genetic and psychological markers of the treatment response in schizophrenia and mood disorders | University of Tartu |
| 66 | IUT20-46 | Kõks, Sulev | Translational studies on bone and muscle pathologies | University of Tartu |
| 67 | IUT20-49 | Varblane, Urmas | Structural Change as the Factor of Productivity Growth in the Case of Catching up Economies | University of Tartu |
| 68 | IUT20-5 | Sutrop, Margit | Disagreements: Philosophical Analysis | University of Tartu |
| 69 | IUT20-50 | Mälksoo, Lauri | The Evolution of Human Rights Law and Discourse in the Russian Federation, and its Interaction with Human Rights in Europe and the World | University of Tartu |
| 70 | IUT20-55 | Dumas, Marlon | Data-Driven Management of Software and Business Processes | University of Tartu |
| 71 | IUT20-56 | Kaalep, Heiki-Jaan | Computational models for Estonian | University of Tartu |
| 72 | IUT20-57 | Oja, Eve | Structural Problems in Analysis, Algebra, and Geometry, with Applications to Numerical Analysis | University of Tartu |
| 73 | IUT20-58 | Jürimäe, Jaak | Physical performance and health: adaptational and age-related aspects | University of Tartu |
| 74 | IUT20-60 | Metspalu, Andres | Omics for health: an integrated approach to understand and predict human disease | University of Tartu |
| 75 | IUT20-7 | Lang, Valter | Estonia in Circum-Baltic space: archaeology of economic, social, and cultural processes | University of Tartu |
| Funded core research facilities 2014 | ||||
| Topic | Principal Investigator | Title | Institution | |
| 1 | IUT24-6 | Parik, Jüri | Estonian Centre for Genomics | Estonian Biocentre |
| 2 | IUT20-52 | Ainsaar, Leho | Estonian Environmental Observatory | University of Tartu |
| 3 | IUT20-53 | Kõljalg, Urmas | Natural History Archives and Information network | University of Tartu |
| 4 | IUT20-54 | Aarik, Jaan | Namaterials – research and applications | University of Tartu |
| 5 | IUT20-62 | Lembinen, Liisi | Estonian e-resources and collection preservation | University of Tartu |
| 6 | IUT20-63 | Anton, Lauri | Estonian Scientific Computing Infrastructure | University of Tartu |
| 7 | IUT20-64 | Plaas, Mario | National Centre for Translational and Clinical Research | University of Tartu |
| 8 | IUT20-65 | Vider, Kadri | Center of Estonian Language Resources | University of Tartu |
