The Proactive Ageing profile area is excited to announce two funding opportunities for 2026 aimed at fostering interdisciplinary research and collaboration:
1. Seed Funding
- Purpose: Support time (salary) or running costs (e.g., preliminary data) for developing external research funding applications aligned with Proactive Ageing.
- Budget: 1M SEK for 2026.
- Grant Size: Up to 250,000 SEK (including indirect costs).
- Eligibility: Profile area members with a PhD who are not full professors (professors can join as collaborators).
- Application: Submit via this link (https://survey.mailing.lu.se/Survey/62589) with a 2-page project outline.
- Deadline: 31 January 2026. Decisions announced 28 February 2026.
2. Network & Seminar Support
- Purpose: Cover costs for seminars, workshops, and activities that initiate new interdisciplinary collaborations in research, education, and proactive ageing.
- Budget: 200,000 SEK for 2026.
- Grant Size: Typically 10,000–20,000 SEK.
- Eligibility: All profile area members with a PhD.
- Application: Apply here (https://survey.mailing.lu.se/Survey/62595). Open throughout 2026; decisions made continuously.
We look forward to your innovative ideas and collaborations!
– The Proactive Ageing Management Group
