Forte – Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare is a research funding agency under the Ministry for Health and Social Affairs.
Forte’s mission:
- Promoting and supporting basic and applied research
- Identifying research needs relevant to our areas of responsibility
- Dialogue, dissemination of information and transfer of knowledge to prioritized target groups.
- Promoting cooperation between researchers both nationally and internationally.
Research Funding:
Forte’s main research support is through project grants. The scientists submit their proposals and subsequently their scientific merit and societal relevance are assessed through a peer review process. To stimulate research of excellence within specific areas the Council may award research grants to Centres of Excellence. Forte also finances post-doc and research positions at Swedish universities. Forte operates the Forte Marie Curie International Postdoc Programme.
Forte also
– evaluates research within our areas of responsibility
– is responsible for coordinating research within the areas of the elderly, children and young people, disability, International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) and socio-scientific alcohol and drug research
– promotes multidisciplinary research
– promotes research relating to sex equality
– promotes gender perspective in research application
