Call for co-financing of EU projects 2018
Aim
Barncancerfonden (The Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund) calls for proposals for European collaboration projects relevant for children’s oncology. The major part of the total grant should already have been granted at European level.
Terms and conditions for the call
Funding is granted during a time period of one to three years to cover project costs not included in the allocated grant from the European funding agency. Generally, this includes costs for Work Packages organized by a main applicant with its main activity in one of the Nordic countries. Funding is granted for a maximum of 25% of the total project costs.
Barncancerfonden finances research projects expected to benefit children with cancer in Sweden and/or childhood cancer research in Sweden. Applications with an indirect relevance for childhood oncology may also be granted. The relevance for children with cancer in Sweden and/or childhood cancer research in Sweden should be clearly demonstrated. Clinical projects may, for example, include patients in Sweden.
Costs to apply for include operating costs, minor equipment, publication costs, travel costs and salary costs.
Grant applications submitted to Barncancerfonden are awarded by a peer review process. Submitted applications are evaluated by independent research committees with respect to the research question, methodology, feasibility/merits of the applicant(s), relevance for children with cancer in Sweden, and when applicable the scientific report.
Within the call, applications for a new project or a continuation of a previously funded project are accepted. A continuation project is an extension of a project previously funded by Barncancerfonden. Reasonable modifications in the project approach are acceptable. An application for a continuation project must be submitted no later than two years after the project period of the original project was concluded. The application is otherwise regarded as a new project. A continuation grant based on an ongoing project may be applied for if the latter is finalized after the current call but prior to the next consecutive call for the same type of grant. The project number for the previously approved project must be stated in the application.
Eligibility to apply
• Funding is applied for by an individual scientist that has, or intends to locate, the principal activity in one of the Nordic countries.
• Funding for international projects may be granted under the prerequisite of active participation of a scientist based in Sweden (main or co-applicant).
• Eligible to apply are medical doctors, scientists, counsellors, psychologists, nurses and other researchers in the field of childhood cancer that hold a Swedish doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. The co-applicant does not need a PhD degree.
About the grant
The grant is a block grant unless otherwise stated in the decision letter.
Administration
The grant is to be administered by a Nordic university or institute, alternatively another Nordic organization with research as its main purpose in collaboration with a university or institute.
Application period
Refer to the web page of Barncancerfonden. Incomplete or late applications will not be evaluated.
Instructions for applying
The application system opens two months prior to the last day for application. A complete application includes a filled-in form the following appendices uploaded in PDF file format.
• Project description
• Decision from the European funding agency that verifies the allocated grant
The project description may not exceed 6 A4-pages including references (12 ppt Times New Roman, single-spaced, automatic line break).
The project description may be written either in English or in Swedish and should contain the information needed to evaluate the aim, originality and feasibility of the project.
The project should have an overall aim and a number of specific goals. The aim may be visionary but the goals should be written as specific as possible. All project goals should be possible to fulfill if the project is fully financed (and the entire project period described in the application is granted). It is therefore of utmost importance that the application has a reasonable budget with respect to the proposed research. The project goals should be directly comparable to the final report where the progress and results from the project will be described.
The project description should give a clear representation of its position in a national and international context. Do not refer to appendices since these are not considered.
The project description should also specify if the project involves ethical issuesand if these needs specific ethical considerations. The main applicant is responsible for an approved ethical application when applicable.
The project description should contain the following headings:
• Aim and goals; present the overall aim and the specific goals of the research project.
• Background; a summary of your own and other’s research, as well as previous findings in the research field.
• Preliminary results; describe your own experiments and preliminary studies in the field of research.
• Work plan; summarize the project and present a timetable. Describe theories, methods and implementation.
• International and national collaboration: short description of collaboration with foreign and Swedish researchers and research groups or clinical partners.
• Ethical considerations.
• The five most relevant publications for the project (published by the applicant).
• Literature references of importance.
Note that the application may not be submitted electronically if mandatory information is missing. After submission, the first page of the application must be printed, signed, and sent by email to Barncancerfonden no later than one week after the last day of the application period. Revisions to submitted applications are not allowed.
The signed first page is to be sent to:
forskning@barncancerfonden.se
Organization of the application
Instructions on how to fill in the application form is found in the top right corner on each tab.
The application may be written either in English or in Swedish with the following exceptions:
• The popular science description must be written in Swedish.
• The summary must be written in English.
• The title must be written in both Swedish and English.
Special terms
• Barncancerfonden has some restrictions regarding parallell grants. Refer to the separate document "Policydokument flera anslag" (In Swedish) on the web page of Barncancerfonden under Apply for research grants.
• Refer to "Policydokument godkända kostnader" (in Swedish) for approved costs for the grant form. The document is found on the web page of Barncancerfonden under Apply for research grants.
General terms
Refer to the separate document ”Generella villkor” (in Swedish) in the application system.
Retrieval of grants
Refer to the separate document ”Så får du dina beviljade medel” (in Swedish) in the application system.
Contact
Abraham Mellkvist-Roos, Research Coordinator
Tel: 08-584 209 22 (00)
abraham.mellkvist.roos@barncancerfonden.se
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