Latest news are on the front page. NORFACE has decided to grant funding to twelve projects in its research programme on "Migration in Europe - Social, Economic, Cultural and Policy Dynamics". The funded projects will start late 2009 and have a maximum duration of four years. The funding granted to the transnational projects ranges between 500.000 € and 3.8 million €. Altogether 240 outline proposals were received to the research programme call. Of these 45 were invited to submit a Full Proposal. More information about the funded projects can be found here.

List of funded projects
List of reviewers used NORFACE organized its second Conference 17th September 2009 in Brussels. The Conference brought together some 70 representatives of the NORFACE funding organisations, universities and the European Commission. Read more The NORFACE research programme on Re-emergence of Religion as a Social Force in Europe? organized its Conference 22nd - 23rd April 2009 at the Goldsmiths College in London. The Conference brought together members of the ten projects funded from the programme to share their work and to debate the issue of social force. The funded projects look at the significance of religion in contemporary social life and explore the social and cultural impacts of recent religious growth points, such as Pentecostalism and Islam. The NORFACE programme on Religion was launched in March 2007 and will continue through 2010.

More information on the projects funded from the NORFACE research programme on Religion on the Relemerge website.

NORFACE has nominated Professor Christian Dustmann from University College London ... read more

NORFACE has launched the second round of its call for proposals in its Transnational Research Programme with the theme Migration in Europe - Social, Economic, Cultural and Policy Dynamics. Only the 45 proposals invited to submit a Full Proposal are eligible to apply on the second round. The Full Proposals are invited with the deadline 30th January 2009, 17:00 CET.

Full details of the Full Proposal stage are available in:

    Research Programme Specification
    Guidelines for Applicants
    Additional information
    Frequently Asked Questions (19 Jan 09)
    FAQ from the outline proposal stage

NORFACE ERA-NET has launched a call for proposals in its Transnational Research Programme with the theme Migration in Europe - Social, Economic, Cultural and Policy Dynamics and a total budget of about 23 million €. The funded projects should, as a minimum, include research teams in three different NORFACE countries. Researchers from countries where migration originates can be included in the research teams when relevant. NORFACE aims to fund trans-European research projects in the scope of 500.000 - 4 million € under the following three themes:

• Migration - Causes and Consequences
• Integration
• Cohesion and Conflict

Full details of the call are available in the links below.

   Call text
   Research Programme Specification
   Guidelines for Applicants (3 July 2008)
   Additional Information
   Frequently Asked Questions (13 August 2008)

Background material:

Report: Migration and Integration in Europe: The State of Research prepared by ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford

Electronic Proposal Submission System

The applications must be submitted using the NORFACE Electronic Proposal Submission System (EPSS). The system includes guidelines for filling in the requested information.

Link: Enter EPSS

The first stage of the NORFACE research programme on Migration in Europe - Social, Economic, Cultural and Policy Dynamics closed on 10th September 2008. Of the 240 submitted outline proposals 237 were found eligible. The eligible proposals are currently being evaluated by international experts. All applicants will be informed after mid-November whether they are invited to submit a Full Proposal. The successful applicants will be invited to submit a Full Proposal using the EPSS by 30th January 2009. read more