NB: This article has been updated since its publication. NordForsk announced on 4 June 2025 that five projects would receive funding. After this, two more projects have recieved funding. The list below contains all seven projects.
NordForsk received a total of 74 applications by the deadline in February 2025, many of very high quality and relevance.
The funded projects address issues related to older people's substance abuse problems, formal and informal care systems, healthy ageing in Nordic Indigenous populations, prevention of osteoporotic fractures, and how qualitative living environments can contribute to home-based health and care services.
“We are facing major societal challenges due to an ageing population, and we urgently need new knowledge about this future. We are therefore delighted to be able to support these seven research projects, which in different ways will contribute to the knowledge-based development of tomorrow’s health and care systems. This is not just about health, but also about dignity, quality of life and sustainable welfare societies,” says Kristin Andersen, Chief Operating Officer at NordForsk.
Funded projects
- Building Sustainable Care Systems for Older People in the Nordic-Baltic Region (SustainCare)
Project leader: Tine Rostgaard, Roskilde University
Project partners from Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania - Continuous Healthcare in Osteoporosis CasE-finding (CHOICE)
Project leader: Katrine Hass Rubin, Odense University Hospital
Project partners from Sweden, Denmark, Norway - Promoting Healthy Aging of Sámi and Inuit Elders Through Co-Designed Digital Health Tool
Project leader: Ivana Bojanic, Nord University
Project partners from Sweden, Denmark, Norway
- Strategic municipal leadership for active aging and care in the local community (LOCALCARE)
Project leader: Anna Granath Hansson, Nordregio
Project partners from Sweden, Denmark, Norway - Developing a Nordic Model for Harm Reduction: Sustainable Health and Social Care for Older Adults with Substance Use Problems (NORDHARM)
Project leader: Håkan Jönson, Lund University
Project partners from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Lithuania
- ROBOts as Welfare Technologies and Actors for ELderLy Care: A Nordic Model for Integration of Advanced Assistive Technologies
Project leader: Diana Saplacan Lindblom, University of Oslo
Project partners from: Sweden and Denmark
- Determinants of Demand and Supply of Elder Care: Pathways to Sustainable Care Systems
Project leader: Aline Bütikofer, NHH - Norwegian School of Economics
Project partners from: Sweden and Denmark
