Joint Transnational Call
MAIN OBJECTIVE
The overarching aim of our JPI is to find ways to improve the health and wellbeing of older people, to enable less-active elderly to be more engaged in social life and more active contributors to wider society, and to do this in cost-effective ways. Also, it is important to recognise the diversity of older people and to ensure that practical and policy changes do not unfairly put them at a disadvantage on the basis of factors like gender, ethnic origin, social class, location or disability. To achieve this, we need a better understanding of how to introduce changes based on a multitude of needs in older people. We are interested, therefore, in understanding the implementation of new technologies in an inclusive manner, to help finding new solutions which accommodate individuals´ needs, aspirations and limitations, as well as the ways in which they learn and interact with others.
TOPICS Technology (compulsory), Places, Learning
ELIGIBLE PARTNERS
Each proposal must involve a minimum of three eligible applicants from at least three different countries participating in the call. The maximum number of eligible applicants in a project consortium is seven.
- Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW), Austria (formal decision pending)
- Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT), Austria (formal decision pending)
- Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), Belgium
- Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Belgium
- The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canada
- Academy of Finland (AKA), Finland
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
- Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), Italy (250.000 €)
- Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness – State Agency for Research, Spain
- National Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain
- The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE), Sweden
- The Swedish Innovation agency (Vinnova), Sweden
- The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw), The Netherlands
DURATION: up to three years