Application form – Funds for Research 2024

Introduction

Call for proposals 2024: Funds for Research

Research Council Faroe Islands offers funding for research, open for applications once a year.

Application deadline is February 15th, 2024, 12:00 noon GMT +1.

Funding may be granted for research:

- carried out by a Faroese researcher, or
- carried out in cooperation with a Faroese research institute, or
- considered significant in a Faroese context

Funding may be granted for basic and applied research:

- PhD projects
- Projects spanning a minimum of 6 months
- Industrial R&D projects

Emphasis will be on:

Scientific excellence, impact, and implementation.

Advantage is given to projects that strengthen the Faroese Research community with:

- data and lasting knowledge and skills
- cooperation between various researchers/research entities and/or businesses
- international cooperation and mobility.

Requirements:

- a minimum of 1/3 of the total cost must be covered by sources other than the Research Council. For industrial projects the minimum is 1/2 of the toal cost.

The minimum amount available to apply for is 300,000 DKK. There is no set maximum for the budget total, however, funding granted by the Research Council rarely exceeds 1.1 million DKK for research projects and 1.7 million DKK for PhD projects.

The total amount available for funding in 2024 is up to 9 million DKK.

Please read the full Terms of reference before submitting the application.

Applications must include a detailed project description. Furthermore, the applicant’s academic and scientific qualifications are to be fully specified. Academic qualifications, financial requirements, and other information relevant for the board’s consideration must be documented.

Applications must be written in English and submitted via this application platform.

Applicants are encouraged to contact the Research Council Faroe Islands for detailed guidance.

This call for proposals and Terms of reference may be subject to revision until six weeks before the application submission deadline. If the call is revised, we will provide notification here.

20 December 2023 - Changes made in the Budget Section. Maximum amounts changed from 1 and 1.5 million DKK to 1.1 and 1.7 million DKK.

General Information

Project Title in English (max. 150 characters)

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Project Title in Faroese (max. 150 characters)

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Project Acronym (max. 30 characters)

Host institution - Project Owner

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Director/Head of Department

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Email

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Project Leader

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Position

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Academic Degree

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Phone

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Email

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Keywords

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Suggested peers

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Workplace/s of the project

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Project Period

Commences

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Finishes

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Summary

Project Summary in English (max. 800 characters)

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Please note, if the application is granted the summary will be published on the Research Council’s website.

Project Summary in Faroese (max. 800 characters)

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Additional relevant information (max. 200 characters)

Has this proposal (or a very similar one) been submitted and evaluated by the Research Council in the past 3 years?

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Yes, the same proposalYes, this version has minor changesYes, this version har major changesNo

In case of changes to a previously submitted application, please provide a detailed description of the changes and the reason for these changes as enclosure.

Project Consortium

Research team (max. 1200 characters)

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Budget

A detailed budget for the entire project must be enclosed. Please consult with the budget guidelines in the Terms of reference

Total cost for the project in DKK

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Funds sought from the Research Council (RCFI) in DKK

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Total budget per calendar year

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	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
Salaries
Expenses
Overhead
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Plan for funding

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Funding Sources	Applied	Obtained
Research Council Faroe Islands
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Communication

Communication and knowledge exchange strategy (max. 1200 characters)

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Data Management Plan

Data Management Plan (max. 900 characters)

Ethics

Description of the relevant legal and ethical frameworks and procedures needed to perform the research (max. 1200 characters)

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Enclosures

All enclosures must be in pdf format.

Standard page definition for uploaded documents: 2400 characters including spaces.

This equals Calibri, 12-point, 1½ line spacing. Please include line numbers in the Project description.

Project Plan Template

Management Plan template

Host Institution template

Project plan (max. 6 standard pages, including graphs and tables)

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References

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Management plan (max. 2 standard pages)

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An overall budget detailing the expected costs and funding for the project

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CV's, including a list of maximum ten publications

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Letter of commitment from Head of Host institution

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Letters of commitment

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Ethics documentation

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Diploma and transcript of records

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Comments on previous applications

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Approval and Submission

Drafts of the application can be downloaded in pdf version throughout the process.

The Project Leader submits the final application with enclosures on behalf of the research consortium.

When the application is finally submitted, the Head of Institution and the Project Leader will receive an email with a copy of the submitted application.

Prior to the deadline, it is possible for Research Council Faroe Islands upon request from the Project Leader to reopen the application to allow changes in the application. The submission process will be the same as described above.

When the call is closed, the submission is final, and no changes will be accepted.

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