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.
Eligibility
Some of the eligibility criteria will be:
- The research consortium must include research performing organizations in at least three Nordic countries. Nordic countries are defined here as Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland. Please note that a research institution in Norway and/or Sweden must be part of the project consortium.
- The host institution (Project Owner) for the project must be an established research performing organization 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, the LSC and the RCL respectively.
- 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.
- The project leader (and Nordic contact point) must be a qualified researcher (PhD) employed by their host institutions (Project Owners).
- Research performing organizations from other Nordic countries than Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Denmark cannot be Project Owners. Such research organizations can participate in funded projects, but not as Project leader and they cannot be Nordic co-hosts for projects.
Funding
The intention is to fund approximately 4-5 research projects.