NordForsk, in cooperation with research funding organisations from Baltic States opened the call for proposals „Sustainable health and social care systems for elderly“. The deadline for proposal submission is 20 February 2025 13:00 CEST.
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. Solutions should contribute to the maintenance of good lives for elderly and their relatives within the context of sustainable health and social care systems.
For more details, please see announcement and read the full call text.
The consortium of applicants must include partners from research-performing organisations in at least three participating countries or areas, of which two are participating Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Aland, Iceland). Research performing organisations from other Nordic countries than Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Denmark cannot be Project Owners and Nordic co-hosts for projects, but can participate in funded projects. If the project owner is based in Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania, the project must also have a co-host institution in Norway, Sweden, Iceland or Denmark 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.
Estonian partner(s) in a successful project will be funded by the Estonian Research Council (ETAG). The maximum requested budget for the Estonian partner(s) participating in one project, if all Estonian partners participate as regular partners, is 150 000 euros per project. If the Project Leader (Owner) is from an Estonian research organisation, the requested budget for the Estonian sub-project may be up to 300 000 euros. If several Estonian partners participate in a project coordinated by an Estonian research organisation, the maximum requested budget of all Estonian partners in the project is still 300 000 euros.
Eligibility criteria for Estonian partners: https://etag.ee/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Vastavusnouded-Eesti-taotlejatele-partnerluste-rahvusvahelistel-uhiskonkurssidel-osalemiseks.pdf
Applications must be submitted via the NordForsk Application Portal.
Call announcement at NordForsk website: https://www.nordforsk.org/calls/call-proposals-sustainable-health-and-social-care-systems-elderly
Call Contact at ETAG: Argo Soon (argo.soon@etag.ee)