Mental Ill-Health and Suicide Prevention Grant 2025 (Sweden)

Priority Areas

• The causes, mechanisms and development of mental ill-health,
• Promotion, prevention and early intervention for mental health, the organisation and
• Structure of the welfare system related to mental health,
• Practice-oriented research on effective interventions, methods and treatments for mental ill-health and psychiatric conditions.

Focus Areas

• Applications under this call should address one or more of the following areas:
  • Causes and mechanisms of development of psychiatric conditions and suicide
    • This includes research on the causes and mechanisms of the development of psychiatric conditions, as well as knowledge of the factors influencing the risk of suicide and how suicide can be prevented. Research may also address the grey area between mental disorders and psychiatric conditions.
  • Methods and interventions for people with mental ill-health and illness
    • This area includes practice-orientated research focusing on interventions, treatments and development of methods for mental ill-health and illness. How evidence-based methods can be put into practice and how interventions can be coordinated for people with severe psychiatric problems, for example in the form of comorbidity, is of particular interest. A holistic perspective and knowledge of how inequalities in health and care can be reduced, how individuals’ participation in the entire care chain can be enhanced, and how implementation and utilisation can be promoted are also relevant.
  • Organisation and conditions of the health and social care system
    • This includes research on what is needed to improve the organisation and conditions for services such as child and adolescent psychiatry. How the care chain and its organisation can be made more appropriate in terms of, for example, tiered care and first-line collaboration with specialised care, and what conditions are needed for an appropriate supply of qualified staff in mental health services are also of interest.

Funding Information

• You may apply for a maximum of SEK 5 million for three-year projects and SEK 6 million for four-year projects.
• Funding may be sought for 3 or 4 years.

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.

Assessment Criteria

• Requirements
  • Relevance to Forte
    • The research must be relevant in relation to Forte’s areas and the focus of the call.
  • Sex and gender perspective
    • A sex and gender perspective must be taken into account, if applicable.
  • Ethical considerations
    • The research must be conducted in an ethical manner, and any ethical issues must be addressed in an appropriate way.
• Scientific quality
  • Purpose, research questions, theoretical framework and background
    • The clarity and coherence in the description and justification of the purpose of the research, research questions, theoretical framework and background, including how well grounded it is in previous research.
  • Study design, material and methods
    • The clarity and coherence in the description and justification of the research’s design, empirical material and methods for data collection and analysis, as well as the appropriateness of these in relation to the purpose of the research and research questions.
  • Originality
    • The potential of the research to contribute to the research front, for example by developing new knowledge, new methods, theories and/or data.
  • Multidisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary approach
    • The relevance of a multidisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary approach to the scientific quality, if applicable.
• Societal relevance and utilization
  • Relevance to the wider community
    • The importance of the research to current societal challenges and how the research will help address these.
  • Benefit to the wider community
    • The short and/or long-term benefit of the research to the wider community, and how this is intended to be promoted.
  • Collaboration with the wider community
    • The clarity and coherence in the description and justification of the plan for collaboration with the actors affected by the research, if applicable.
  • Communication of research results
    • The reasonableness and appropriateness of planned communications for all relevant audiences.
• Feasibility
  • Work plan
    • The clarity and reasonableness of the work plan for conducting the research.
  • Competence
    • The competence and skills of the participants in relation to the needs for conducting the research.
  • Budgets and staffing
    • The reasonableness of budgeted costs and participants’ planned activities for conducting the research.

Application Requirements

• The application form includes both mandatory and non-mandatory information. The application cannot be submitted if mandatory information is missing. Ensure that the non-mandatory information you wish to include is also included in the application upon registration.
• Language
  • Applications under this call for proposals may be written in Swedish or English.

For more information, visit Forte.