Grants

Upon application, economic research projects, events, publications or other scientific projects are promoted by GERO in the form of scientific personnel grants and/or financial grants.

Aids are granted under the following conditions:

• The objective and the execution of the project meets the internationally and generally acknowledged scientific requirements.
• The result of the promoted project helps to improve the quality of the aged in the sense of GERO's philosophy.
• The realization of the project will not be possible or only partially be possible without independent and unrestricted grants.

Application for grants

If you wish to apply for personnel and / or financial grants for scientific projects, please send your written, formless application in English or German to:

Monika Müller
c/o GERO Forschungs- und Dokumentationszentrum
Bahnhofstrasse 6
CH - 8280 Kreuzlingen

Phone: Fax: E-Mail:

+41 (0) 71 677 50 77 +41 (0) 71 677 50 70 office@gero.org

An independent committee of the Academic Senate and the Scientific Advisory Board will first examine, if the incoming applications generally deserve promotion. Applicants receiving a favorable answer will then automatically be sent detailed application documents for a formal application in accordance with the GERO promotion regulations. The final decision on this application will then be taken at the next session of the Academic Senate.

Application criterions

Note:Formless applications directed to GERO can only be handled or subject to preliminary examination, if they are made in writing - in English or German. The applications must provide the following information:

1.   Applicant
1.1 Name of the university / faculty / institute Address / phone / facsimile /
      e-mail
1.2 Name / names and position of the representative / representatives
      Address / phone / facsimile / e-mail

2.   Project description
2.1 Subject / content / objective / participants
2.2 Where is the project to be carried through (country / city / location)?
2.3 Duration / project process
2.4 Where are the results to be publihed?

3.   Justification
3.1 What findings will be made that support the objectives of GERO?
3.2 Why can the project - in that form - only be carried through with the
      support of GERO?

4.   Costs
4.1 Costs of the project divided into personnel costs and material costs
      (material, traveling expenses, rents etc.)

Promoted projects

Scientific projects and research plans presently supported by GERO research grants:

• Geneva International Network on Ageing, Geneva / Switzerland
  Promotion of scientific events on the occasion of the "International Year of Older Persons 1999"
• Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg / Germany
  Promotion of scientific events of the German Center for Gerontology (DZFA Deutsches Zentrum für Alternsforschung.)
• Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged at Douglas Gardens, Miami, Florida / USA
  Development of scientific rehabilitation software solutions for rehabilitation hospitals and therapy- oriented residence homes and nursery homes
• University Trier, Trier / Germany
  Promotion of gerontological studies and dissertation assistance within the framework of the GERO study: "The Aged and Their Homes"
• University Bucharest, Bucharest / Romania
  Dissertation scholarships to promote up-and-coming scientists
• University Granada, Granada / Spain
  Gerontological investigation into changes of family structures in Andalusia by the psychological university
• Klinik am Stein - Geriatric Center Olsberg, Olsberg / Germany
  Development of a medical-orthopedic therapy and training program for geriatric gonarthrotics
• Deutscher Studien Verlag / Verlagsgruppe Beltz, Weinheim / Germany
  Promotion of the publishing of a geronto- social-economic manual of social gerontology in Germany
• Swiss Red Cross, Bern / Switzerland
  Developing social-educational learning programs on the subject "Ethics, Agression and Violence in Nursing and Caring for Aged People".
• Stein Gerontological Institute (SGI) Miami, Florida / USA
  Developing Improved Technical Equipment in Geriatric Rehablitation
• University of Constance, Konstanz / Germany
  Promotion of studies about psycho-traumatological effects of the Holocaust
• Asanger Verlag GmbH Heidelberg und Kröning / Germany
  Promotion of the publishing of a socio-culural book on the subject Age and Ageing in Russia
• Suchtklinisches Reha-Kompetenzzentrum (SKR), Hopfgarten / Germany
  Professional attendance and financing of scientific research projects for equal treatment of female and male rehabilitants at their workplaces
• Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (FURJ), Rio de Janeiro / Brazil
  Promotion of compilation and publication of a worldwide directory on all geronto-psychiatric clinics and therapy institutions
• Deutsches Institut für angewandte Pflegeforschung, Cologne / Germany
  Promotion of the development of computer-aided measuring instruments to determine criterions for manpower demands in European retirement homes and nursing homes
• Brigham and Women's Hospital / Faulkner Hospital, Boston (MA) / USA
  Promotion of medical-scientific cooperation with Chinese universities in geriatric medicine and care
• International School Kreuzlingen Konstanz / Switzerland
  Promotion of scholarships for socially disadvantaged students
• University of Porthmouth, Porthmouth / GB
  Dissertation scholarship and dissertation assistance to the topic "Value comparison of British and German acute-hospitals"
• Europäisches Forum für Interdisziplinäre Angwandte Gerontologie e.V., Berlin / Germany
  Financial assistance for the establishment of an administration and documentation office
• Fachhochschule für angewandtes Management Erding / Germany
  Master-Degree scholarship and assistance to the topic "Coworker motivation in mechanisms of health services"