Deadline: 28-Apr-22
The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOS-HS) is inviting proposals for funding covering a series of Nordic exploratory workshops. The aim of the grant is to promote research collaboration and support the development of new research areas and programmes within the humanities and social sciences in Nordic countries.
Objectives
- The primary objective of the call is to support the development of new researcher- and curiosity-driven research areas and programmes within the humanities and social sciences in the Nordic countries. The proposed series of workshops must have a strong focus on research and novel research areas and already established and ongoing activities will not be supported. If the network that applies for funding already exists, the proposal must contain novel elements, including breaking new ground and new participants. Funding is not intended to cover plain conferences or postgraduate training courses. There must be strong elements of active discussion and contribution of all participants.
- The secondary objective of the call is to encourage the inclusion of junior scholars and actors from outside academia in Nordic social sciences and humanities networks. It is also considered an advantage in the evaluation if a series of workshops aims at preparing ambitious research proposals to Nordic or international research programmes. However, this should not be the only purpose of the workshop series.
- The NOS-HS objectives for explorative workshops are to:
- promote curiosity-driven and novel bottom-up research
- promote Nordic added value in research
- include researchers from all career stages to develop new networks
- encourage early-career researchers to have active roles
- include actors from outside academia when appropriate
- support planning stages of large-scale projects
Funding Information
The budget allocated for the call is approximately MNOK 14 for a period of 2 years (2023-2024). The grant amount is minimum NOK 290 000 and maximum 430 000 for a period of 2 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- The project leader must be employed by the project owner during the grant period.
- The project owner must be a Nordic university or research institute, a Nordic higher education institution, or some other Nordic public organisation. The project owner must commit to administrating the funding. The commitment from the project owner is verified by a letter of commitment, which is a requirement for eligibility.
- The project leader must hold a PhD or professorship and is responsible for applying, using the funding, and reporting.
- The proposal must include at least two partners in addition to the project leader. The co-applicants (project collaborators, principal workshop organisers or applicants with special responsibilities) must hold a PhD or professorship. Each proposal must have partners representing at least three institutions in at least three different Nordic countries. Nordic countries are defined here as Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland. The maximum number of co-applicants is five. The roles and responsibilities of all applicants should be described in the proposal.
- The proposal and all appendices must be submitted in English.
- Participants invited to the workshops or keynote speakers or other participants with a special role may come from other countries, but the emphasis should be on Nordic institutions.
For more information, visit https://www.nordforsk.org/calls/call-proposals-joint-committee-nordic-research-councils-humanities-and-social-sciences-nos-hs