1. Application Deadline (modified on August 24th, previous deadline for Korea was August 25th)

  • Korea (NRF): September 9th 2020 (6 pm, local time Korea)

  • Sweden (VR): September 15th 2020 (2 pm, CET)

  • Start date for selected projects (December 1st 2020) has not been changed.

2. Focus

  • Joint research activities that can provide results in a relatively short timeframe such as new methods and products – developing vaccines, medical hardware, drugs, diagnostic tools as well as developing best practices for caring COVID-19 infected individuals 

  • Epidemiology related research such as modeling technology that predicts the spread of COVID-19 infection through mathematical and statistical analysis, as well as research related to infection tracking and quarantine system

3. Grant Amount

  • Korea: 150 million KRW per project

  • Sweden: 1.5 million SEK per project

4. Grant Period: 13 months (December 1st 2020 – December 31st 2021)

5. Application Procedure

  • Korea: NRF operates ERND system (https://ernd.nrf.re.kr) for Korean PIs to apply

  • Sweden: VR operates Prisma (https://prisma.research.se) for Swedish PIs to apply (https://prisma.research.se/Go/Apply/6872426d-c27c-429b-b4ce-abd400fff889)

6. Please refer to the website and attached call text for details

• Link to NRF’s website (in Korean)

• Link to VR’s website

7. Contacts

  • Korea: Eunjeong Yang, American & European Affairs, NRF (+82 2 3460 5618, ejyang@nrf.re.kr) 

  • Sweden: Magnus Friberg, VR (+46 8 546 44 122, magnus.friberg@vr.se)