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NordForsk is planning a call on Sustainable health and social care systems for elderly. The intention is to provide funding for approximately 4-5 research projects under this call. The call for proposals will be issued late October 2024, with a deadline February 2025.

In a new publication, researchers make six recommendations for urban planners and decision makers to make Nordic cities sustainable.

Antibiotic resistance is a global health threat. That's why NordForsk is awarding funding for network projects to encourage young researchers to focus antibiotic resistance research at the Nordic level.

199 projects have applied for funding in the first round of NordForsk's Arctic call. 36 of them, representing 18 per cent of the applications, have now been invited to the second round. The application portal is open and ready to receive the new applications.

Invitations to send full proposals have been sent via the application portal.

In a new report, researchers present six recommendations to optimise the use of the concept of ‘Nordic added value’ across Nordic institutions. The recommendations focus on creating greater cohesion, promoting long-term value and strengthening Nordic identity.

Nordic co-operation was formalised through the Nordic Council in 1952. However, the idea of a shared Nordic culture and identity has deep roots, particularly in the so-called Scandinavianism, which had its heyday in the eighteen hundreds.

Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland have welcomed many Ukrainian refugees since Russia invaded the country two and a half years ago. But as the war drags on, governments are starting to change course.