The new multidisciplinary research collegia, founded together by the University of Turku and the Turku School of Economics, received altogether 158 applications during their first application round.
The Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) appointed five Collegium researchers and five postdoc Researchers and the Turku Collegium for Science and Medicine (TCSM) five Collegium Researcher for the first term of office beginning on 1 March 2009.