NordForsk has launched a call for proposals on Sustainable health and social care systems for elderly. Applications are expected from October 24 until February 20.
The overall aim of the call is to fund research which generates knowledge and evidence-based solutions in the area of sustainable health and social care systems for elderly. The research should contribute with knowledge that can be used to prepare and equip the health and social care systems of the Nordic and Baltic countries to meet the challenges of a growing elderly population.
The call focuses on solutions to secure seamless pathways of health and social care based on active involvement of service users, next of kin and social networks with the purpose of ensuring health equity. Solutions should contribute to the maintenance of good lives for elderly and their relatives within the context of sustainable health and social care systems. The call is provided in collaboration with the Latvian Council of Science.
Available call budget: up to 300 000 euro per project.
Duration: Up to 4 years.
Number of supported projects: 2.
Deadline: February 20, 2025.
Eligibility criteria
- The research consortium must include research performing organisations in at least three Nordic countries.
- The proposal must include a signed Letter of Commitment from each partner institution. Letters of Commitment must be signed by a person authorized to take on financial commitments on behalf of the institution for the entire duration of the project.
- The host institution (Project Owner) for the project must be established research performing organisation based in one of the countries co-funding the call. Project owners, project leaders and project participants from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania must be eligible to receive funding from ETAG, LCS, or RCL, respectively see Annex 1 for more information.
- If the project owner is based in Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania, the project must appoint a co-host institution in Norway, Sweden, Denmark or Iceland which NordForsk enters into contract with concerning the Nordic part of the project. A contact person must be appointed from the co-host institution and will serve as NordForsk’s administrative contact point.
- The project leader (and Nordic contact point) must be a qualified researcher (PhD) employed by their host institutions (Project Owners).
- Research performing organisations from other Nordic countries than Sweden,Norway, Denmark or Iceland cannot be Project Owners. Such research organisations can participate in funded projects, but not as Project leader and they cannot be Nordic co-hosts for projects.
- Researchers may participate in one proposal in this call. If a researcher participates in more than one proposal in this call, then all those proposals will be rejected in the eligibility check stage.
- Research institutions may be partners in more than one proposal.
- Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian applicants and project participants must comply with the respective national rules see Annex 1 of the call text.
- Institutions based in the Russian Federation may not participate in projects funded by this call.
Additional information and details on application process are available here.
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In the spring of 2025, applications will open for two more programmes: “Sustainable Forestry” and “Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).”
The NordForsk programme in Latvia is implemented within the framework of the ERDF project No. 1.1.1.5/1/24/I/001 “Support for Latvia's Participation in International Research and Innovation Programs” (in Latvian). Its competitions must align with Latvia’s Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization (RIS3) (in Latvian).
NordForsk is an organisation under the Nordic Council of Ministers that provides funding for and facilitates Nordic cooperation on research and research infrastructure. It was established in 2005 for the purpose of strengthening Nordic research.
