BELSPO & FPS Health - call on labour force shortages within the long term care sector

Research

Funding organisation:

Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid

What?

BELSPO and the FPS Health are joining their budget to enable the participation of Belgian researchers in the transnational call issued by the Joint Programming Initiative “More Years Better Lives: the challenges and opportunities of demographic change”.

Reserved budget: 300.000 EUR, 1 project will be selected for Belgium

The call is centred on the problem of labour force shortages in the long-term care sector. To address this issue, they want to fund research on three interrelated aspects of the labour force shortages in the LTC sector within the framework of demographic change, ageing and care of older people:

• Working situation
• Role of AI
• Cross-national differences and similarities within different welfare systems

Proposals must address all three research topics, paying particular attention to cross-cutting issues of gender, ethnicity, and social inclusion. Proposals should include the perspective of care givers as well as those receiving care. Overall, they are interested in research that goes beyond only the mapping of issues described and instead proposes practical solutions informing policymakers, the care sector and/or other related organisations.

Who?

Belgian researchers must set up or join a network composed of other eligible researchers from at least three other participating countries: Austria, The Netherlands, Finland, Germany, Sweden and the UK.

This call should enable Belgian researchers to develop their academic knowledge and skills in a transnational environment but also to generate impact in Belgium and provide actionable and tangible information for the Federal Public Service Health, which is confronted with an increase in the demand for LT Care without a corresponding increase in health workers.
Therefore, the national condition for Belgium is the fact that Belgian data or the Belgian situation is seriously considered by interested Belgian researchers who, in case of selection, will regularly reach out to Belgian non-scientific stakeholders (including FPS Health) during the project. Potential Belgian applicants are therefore invited to contact Belspo and FPS Health prior to submitting a proposal.

Each consortium must nominate a coordinator among the project’s applicants. The coordinator must be considered an eligible project applicant by one of the funding organisations participating in the call.
Each partner will be represented by one (and only one) group leader (local PI).
Each eligible applicant can only be involved in a maximum of two proposals and can only be listed as a coordinator on one proposal.
  

Application?

Joint proposals (in English) must be submitted to the online submission website by the Coordinator no later than 14th May at 16:00 CET.
On this Electronic Submission Platform (ESP) platform, you can also find all the details of the proposals and further attachments for providing the information requested are provided.
Project participants may be required to supply additional documents to national platforms, depending on the requirements of their respective Funding Organisation.
Belgian researchers are asked to contact Belspo and FPS Health prior to submitting a proposal.
Contactperson BELSPO: aziz.naji@belspo.be
  

More information?

On the JPI "More Years Better Lives" website, you can find more information, the call text, the Guide for applicants and a link to the submission platform.

Please always contact research@uhasselt.be if you want to apply.
  

Deadline

14.05.2024

Contact Hasselt University?

E-mail sarah.szyr@uhasselt.be

Tel. +3211269052