Forte: Elderly and Ageing Grant (Sweden)

The call is given within the framework of Elderly and ageing – one of five areas where Forte is commissioned by the Swedish Government to coordinate the national research.

In a statement of orientation for the area of research into the elderly and ageing, Forte has identified several major areas of issues where new knowledge is required and where the existing knowledge needs to be applied in practice. For example, this includes the area of intersections and collaboration between different healthcare providers, which is also the subject of this call for proposals. Therefore, Forte wants to use this call for proposals to support research which can provide new knowledge, helping to develop methods and ways of working for collaboration between different providers in the area of the elderly and ageing. This is something which, in the long term, can lead to improved healthcare and care for the elderly in the Swedish welfare system.

Focus Areas

• Intersections and collaboration between different healthcare and care providers:
  • consequences for the elderly, their relatives and staff
• Elderly people who need healthcare and care often require input from several different providers. The providers need to collaborate, so that their efforts can be coordinated and so that the needs of the elderly person are at the core. The call for proposals therefore focuses in particular on how intersections or insufficient collaboration between different providers can create problems for staff, the elderly or their relatives, as well as how these problems can be avoided or managed. The topic of intersections and collaboration also covers research on how different pieces of legislation function in relation to each other, as well as questions about methods for needs assessment and what consequences needs assessment has for the elderly, their relatives and staff.

Cross-cutting perspectives

• There are perspectives which may be relevant to many of the issues in the call for proposals and the area of the elderly and ageing. Healthcare and care need to take into account the heterogeneity which exists within the elderly population in Sweden and which will be reinforced in the long term. This applies to older people who were born in other countries, as well as national minorities, among others. It could also include sex/gender aspects or how unequal living conditions can affect health.

Funding Information

• You may apply for a maximum of SEK 5 million for three-year projects. Please note that the maximum amount includes so called indirect costs/overheads (OH).
• Applications that exceed the specified limit will be rejected.

Eligibility Criteria

• Doctoral degree: To apply for a grant under this call for proposals, you must have obtained a doctoral degree no later than the closing date of the call for proposals.
• Reporting for previous grants: The main applicant must have submitted the final report for any previously approved grants from Forte within the reporting deadline. This only applies to grants where the deadline for final reporting has passed. Any previously granted extensions of project duration, and consequently of reporting deadlines, will be taken into account.

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