NORFACE – Pre-announcement
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is pleased to pre-announce that NORFACE – New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Cooperation in Europe – in cooperation with CHANSE – Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe – will open a call for international research projects in the Social Sciences on the topic of “Enhancing well-being for the future”.
The theme can be approached from a variety of perspectives and disciplines in the social sciences. It enables and encourages multi-disciplinarity and provides opportunities for pan-European research integrating researchers from different regions of Europe, and for comparisons across various contexts.
The present call proposes to focus the research on the following themes:
- Crises, challenges and well-being
- Environmental challenges and well-being
- Well-being and mental health
- Well-being, economy and politics
Information about the call
- Project team: Composed of at least four and a maximum of six principal investigators, i.e. partners, eligible to receive funding from four or more different countries participating in the call
- Project duration: 24–36 months
- Research Funding: up to a maximum amount of €1,500,000 (across all partners)
The Well-being call promotes diversity in research. When building research consortia, applicants are strongly encouraged to take into account the following aspects:
- Gender balance
- Academic age balance
- Geographical diversity
- Knowledge exchange and impact
Indicative timeline:
- Official call announcement and launch of the submission system: 26 May 2023
- Deadline for outline proposals: 21 September 2023, 14:00 CET
- Deadline for invited full proposals: 26 March 2024, 14:00 CET
- Call results: October/November 2024
- Earliest start of funded projects: End of 2024/beginning of 2025
Countries expected to participate in the call:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
