Call for co-financing of EU projects 2021

Aim 

Barncancerfonden (The Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund) calls for proposals for European collaboration projects relevant for pediatric 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).  

• The main applicant must hold a Swedish doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. The co-applicant does not need a PhD degree.  

Co-applicants
After the imposition of the The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, also known as GDPR, Barncancerfonden has changed the handling of co-applicants. The following applies:

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 documents
A complete application is submitted via the application system. Note that the application may not be submitted electronically if mandatory information is missing. Attachments must be in PDF file format (maximum 2 MB). Additions or revisions after closure of the call are not accepted. A complete application includes a filled-in form and the following appendices uploaded in PDF file format:

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:

Confirmation of the application
The application must be confirmed by the main applicant and the head of department, director or equivalent in order to be valid. The main applicant confirms the application in connection to submission. Note that this must be done before the closure of the call. The day after the call has closed, an email with a request to confirm the application is sent to the head of department, director or equivalent you have stated in the application. Confirmation must be done no later than 7 days after the call has closed.

If the application for some reason cannot be confirmed digitally, the first page of the application must be printed, signed, and sent to forskning@barncancerfonden.se 

Application period
Refer to the web page of Barncancerfonden. Note that the call closes at 14:00 the last day for application. Applications cannot be submitted after the closure of the call. 

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

General terms
Refer to the separate document ”General terms” in the application system.

Retrieval of grants
Refer to the separate document ”How to claim your allocated grant” in the application system.

Contact
For questions, please contact:
Kristin Mattsson, Research coordinator
Send e-mail to Kristin
073 - 866 53 34

or

Anders Höglund, Research coordinator
Send e-mail to Anders
08-584 209 31

It is also possible to write to:

forskning@barncancerfonden.se