In November Forte plans to open the call Challenges in Working Life 2024. The aim of the call is to promote good working conditions and is given within the framework of the national research programme on working life. A total of SEK 39 million is reserved for the years 2024–2026.

Focus areas

Applications to this call should focus on one of the themes described below:

  • Improving the prerequisites and conditions for organising and undertaking work considering different forms of employment
  • Developing organisation and management with the aim of improving working conditions and efficiency
  • Ensure an efficient and flexible working life in relation to digital technology linked to people’s conditions and needs.

Read more about the themes in the strategic agenda for the national research programme on working life.

About the grant

Grant type: Project grants

Grant length: 2–3 years

Limitations: The same person can submit one application as main applicant.

Eligibility requirements: As main applicant you must have completed a doctoral degree no later than the date of the call closing.

Time plan

The call opens: 15 November 2023 10:00 CEST
Deadline for applications: 18 January 2024 14:00 CET
Forte’s board decides on funding: May 2024
Decisions are published: Shortly after Forte’s board decision
Project start: 1 July 2024

More information about the call, the application and full terms and conditions will be published when the call opens.