Call for Proposals: Thematic Research “Health and Well-Being” (Denmark)

• Research on elderly and ageing
• Research on loneliness
• Strengthened research on vulnerable children and youth and poor well-being

Themes

• Research on Elderly and Ageing 
  • DKK 29.5 million has been allocated to Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) with the purpose of supporting multidisciplinary and practice-oriented research on nursing and care for the elderly citizen, which is to illuminate elderly citizens’ social, psychological and physical robustness, including and among other things within the context of nursing and care in the local healthcare system. It could e.g. be in areas such as rehabilitation, care and prevention with a focus on municipal healthcare services.
• Research on Loneliness 
  • DKK 19.7 million has been allocated to Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) with the purpose of supporting research on loneliness. The funds should contribute to generating knowledge on the causes of loneliness as well as the handling and prevention thereof across various life phases and generations.
• Strengthened Research on Vulnerable Children and Youth and Poor Well-Being 
  • DKK 34.5 million has been allocated to Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) with the purpose of strengthening research on vulnerability and poor well-being among children and youth.
• The funds should support capacity building and strengthened coordination of the practice-oriented research on vulnerable children and youth and contribute with more knowledge about causal relationships, the interplay with pedagogic-psychological counselling (PPR), etc.

Funding Information

• DFF-Research Project 1 (thematic)
  • To advance the quality of Danish research, DFF offers funding for research projects within a budgetary framework of up to DKK 2,200,000, excluding overhead/administration expenses. The duration of a DFF-Research Project 1 (thematic) is typically 3 years, but it is possible to apply for a project of up to 4 years’ duration if the project includes one or more PhD student(s).
• DFF-Research Project 2 (thematic)
  • To advance the quality of, and develop collaboration within Danish research, DFF offers funding for research projects carried out by multiple researchers (e.g. postdoctoral candidates and PhD students) of up to 4.5 years in duration within a budgetary framework of between DKK 2,200,000 to DKK 4,300,000, excluding overhead/administration expenses.
• Starting Dates for Projects 
  • The earliest possible starting date is 1 February 2025 and the latest possible starting date is 1 December 2025.
  • DFF does not provide retroactive funding. You can therefore not apply for research funding for activities that have already begun by the time the fund makes its decision.

Eligibility Criteria

• For all of the three themes it applies that the instrument DFF-Research Project2 is only funded in special instances where it has been persuasively argued that the objective cannot be reached through a DFF-Research Project 1.
• For applications to Strengthened research on vulnerable children and youth and poor well-being, DFF further underlines the requirement that the application form must account for how the project will support capacity building and strengthened coordination of the practice-oriented research in the area.
• DFF-Research Project 1 (thematic)
  • DFF underlines that the project description must include an account of the proposed content of any sub-projects, including PhD and postdoctoral projects.
  • You can apply for funding for embedded PhD and postdoctoral scholarships, if these are well integrated into the project and fulfil a clear, independent function within the research project. Embedded postdoctoral candidates must have obtained their PhD or achieved equivalent qualifications, e.g., a positive assistant professorship evaluation (adjunktbedømmelse), within the last 4 years at the time of the application deadline. If a named postdoctoral candidate is a PhD student at the time of application, the application must include a declaration from the student’s supervisor, stating that the student is expected to submit the PhD thesis within 6 months after the application deadline.
  • There must be a sufficiently balanced relationship between the roles of all listed project participants (scientific/academic staff, technical/administrative staff, and whether funded or not), and the concrete role of the participants must be accounted for and justified.
  • If the application includes requests for funding for unnamed PhD students and/or unnamed postdocs, the application must include an account of the proposed recruitment process.
• DFF-Research Project 2 (thematic)
  • You must possess considerable, independent research experience at a high, international level. Furthermore, you must have obtained your PhD or achieved equivalent qualifications (e.g., a positive assistant professorship evaluation (adjunktbedømmelse), at least 8 years before the expiration of the application deadline. Periods of leave must be deducted. If you hold both a PhD degree and equivalent qualifications, the PhD age will be calculated based on the PhD degree.
  • The exact date on which the PhD degree was awarded, as it appears from the signature on the PhD diploma, must be stated in the application form in e-grant.

For more information, visit DFF.