Applications have to be made on a special application form which is available on this website - www.ekhagastiftelsen.se - or can be requested per mail from our office.
Note! Please make sure you download the current application form! (New every year)
Application deadline is May 31st 2012, which is the day we must have received the application. Applications must be sent by mail to our Post Office Box. NOTE! Messenger or courier services can not deliver to Post Office Boxes. If you want to deliver the application personally or by courier, please contact us by e-mail or by phone (+46 70 240 81 81) at least one week before the deadline.
A project description of no more than 5 pages shall be included as a supplement to the application.
It should describe and answer and the following aspects (if applicable):
» What problem or which question is to be solved/answered? Which idea or vision is to be tested or further developed?
» What is the hypothesis?
» Present situation, current international knowledge/research (including references) and conclusions.
» Goal or purpose/aim
» Material and methods
» Time plan and budget
» Expected results and their importance/significance. How are the results to be evaluated? How will the project be documented and disseminated?
In a second supplement the qualifications and references of the applicant and co-applicants should be stated, especially within the area that the foundation supports.
For applications prepared with a word processor the font size should be at least 12 points.
The application including supplements is to be submitted in seven copies (as the applications are to be distributed to the members of the scientific advisory council).
Applications sent in by e-mail or fax will not be considered.
Please make our work easier by submitting the application not stapled together and if possible using both sides of the paper.
A detailed budget is to be submitted as a supplement to the application.
Evaluating the applications, Ekhagastiftelsen will accept the following types of costs:
A. Direct costs for salaries for active personnel in the project (including reasonable salary related costs such as for example taxes paid by the employer - lkp (lönekostnadspålägg)), equipment/instruments, travel etc.
B. Direct office/building costs for under A mentioned personnel (specification of current cost per square metre and norm regarding room size per person).
C. Other direct project related costs such as for example administration of budget and IT-systems.
In the project budget (which is to be submitted as an supplement to the application) salary costs for project personnel which can not be supported by other funds available to the applicant/organization, office/building costs for these persons, and other costs are to be stated.
The budget shall also show which funds are given to the project by the institution/university/managing body. For example in the form of salaries for other personnel participationg in the project.
A budget item for example for unspecified university fees or unspecified overhead (for example universitetspåslag) can not be accepted.
More information regarding the background for these new rules can be found on a separate webpage. See link BUDGET in the menyn.
There is no maximum amount that can be applied for in the application. Please note that in the last years the total amount awarded has been in the range 5-10 million SEK. We try to award approximately equal amounts towards ecological agriculture and biological medicine and keep the number of projects to between 10 and 20 per year. The largest amount ever awarded has been 1.500.000 SEK.
RESEARCH GRANTS
The primary aim of the foundation is to support research in ecological agriculture, biological medicine and the importance of he way of life for the human health. The application can be for up to three year long projects. For multi-year projects a yearly report must be handed in.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Grants can also be awarded in the form of scholarships for studies/travel relating to research within the primary goals of the foundation.
References to numbers on the form:
1. » Managing body/person: The body/person who is responsible for and keeps accounts for a possible grant.
2. » The project title may contain no more than 20 words. In an application for scholarship the title of related research project shall be stated.
3. » A summary description of the projects, studies or travels aim/purpose, implementation and significance/importance is to be written in
this space. A reference to a supplement is not accepted. A more detailed project description should, however, be submitted as a separate supplement.
4. » Enter keywords that characterize the project. The keywords will be used for searches in a separate register.
5. » Applications can be made for up to three year long projects. The budget is to be further detailed in a separate document. Amount should
be stated in SEK (Swedish kronor).
6. » If an application within the same area has been or is to be sent to another organization, the applicant has to specify name of
other organization, funds applied for and funds granted. This is in order to be able to coordinate grants with other organizations.
7. » The signature of department/faculty head implies that the organization accepts administrational responsibility for
granted funds and places resources necessary for the realization of the project at the disposal of the project.
8. » If a yearly report for an earlier granted project is attached this is not enough to fulfill the reporting
requirements of the earlier project. The project has to send in a report separately.
Applications are evaluated and prioritized by a scientific advisory council. Based upon the councils recommendations, the board decides on award of funds at a meeting in October.
Prioritization criteria are:
» The relevance of the project idea with respect to the aims of the foundation.
» The scientific quality of method and execution, including the applicants competence for the project and for the time plan and budget presented.
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