NordForsk, Academy of Finland, Formas, the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development, Forte, the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, the Swedish Energy Agency and the Research Council of Norway, are collaborating to fund research in the fields of sustainable urban development and smart cities. Four research projects with a budget of maximum NOK 12.5 million each will be funded. The call for proposals is issued on 14 March 2019 with application deadline of 4 June 2019. Funding decisions of the call will preliminary be announced in October 2019. Applications are made through NordForsk's web site.
The aim of the Nordic Programme on Sustainable Urban Development and Smart Cities is to promote cooperation between the knowledge communities in the Nordic countries in order to enhance opportunities and address challenges relating to sustainable urban development and smart cities. The main objectives of the programme are to enhance Nordic research collaboration and to fund excellent research with impact within and beyond academia. The programme seeks to develop innovative and interdisciplinary analyses and methods in studies of urban development smart cities and use of essential knowledge for successful implementation.
The programme encourages fruitful cooperation between different research fields from socio-economic sciences and humanities to natural sciences and engineering, and to health sciences. Further, the programme has a cross-sectoral approach and aims to stimulate cooperation among the research community and local authorities in the Nordic countries to address challenges of urban and regional life in cities of all sizes.
See decision on Nordforsks webbsite External link.
The call is open to researchers based at universities, universities of applied sciences or research institutes located in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, irrespective of their nationality. The host institution that coordinates the research project must be a research-performing institution located in one of the participating countries.
In each funded project, the consortium must consist of researchers from research-performing institutions in at least three Nordic countries and public stakeholders. Applicants will be encouraged to incorporate early, continuous and active engagement with stakeholders, such as policymakers, and civil society, into the project design.
NordForsk will fund four collaborative four-year research projects with a budget of maximum NOK 12.5 million each.
This call is a joint effort between the Academy of Finland; Formas - the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development; Forte - the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare; the Swedish Energy Agency; the Research Council of Norway, and NordForsk.
Apply on NordForsk web site External link.
This call is a part of the Swedish national research program on sustainable spatial planning. The programme is guided by a strategic agenda that describes a number of prioritized themes and perspectives.