Programme on health research
The Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research is committed to fund research on preventing and combating serious illness and on alleviating humanitarian need. In 2017-2022 the programme will be devoted to the funding collaborative research projects addressing selected evidence gaps in children and adolescents mental health.
About the programme
The Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research is committed to fund research on preventing and combating serious illness and on alleviating humanitarian need. In 2017-2022 the programme will be devoted to the funding collaborative research projects addressing selected evidence gaps in children and adolescents mental health.
Call for proposal 2020 (closed)
Call for proposal 2019 (closed)>
Call for proposal 2018 (closed) >
Call for proposal 2017 (closed) >
Administrative staff
The staff designed the programme. They screen all applications before sending them through to review and they provide support for the scientific committees.
Jan-Ole Hesselberg | Programme manager
joh@kavlifondet.no | +47 900 71 673
Ida Svege | Senior Advisor
ics@kavlifondet.no | +47 917 11 952
The Strategic Scientific Committee
The committee searches for evidence gaps in high quality scientific databases. The identified evidence gaps are formulated as research questions.
Arild Bjørndal | Chair
Bjørndal is the director of RBUP and professor II at the University of Oslo. He is the former board chair of the Campbell Collaboration.

Johan Siqveland
Karianne Thune Hammerstrøm | Member
Hammerstrøm is a senior advisor at RBUP and the former head of the section of welfare services at The Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services.
Scientific Review Committee
The committee reviews the pre-proposals and full-proposals.
Sarah Hetrick
Clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Youth Mental Health in the Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland
Patty Leiten
Assistant Professor and Director PhD Education at Research Institute for Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam
Brandy Maynard
Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Saint Louis University and Co-Chair of the Campbell Collaboration’s Social Welfare Coordinating Group.
Robert Nix
Integrated Specialist in Diverse and Underserved Children, Families, and Communities, Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The User Panel
The Kavli Trust user panel consists of approximately 200 registered users, including patients, carers and healthcare professionals within children and adolescents mental health. They provide a ranking of the identified research questions. It serves as a recommendation when the Kavli Trust Board decides on which research questions that should be prioritized and included in the call.
More about this project
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The Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research: Call for proposals 2021
December 14, 2020
The Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research will be awarding a total of NOK 20 M in 2021 to collaborative research projects addressing selected evidence gaps in child and adolescent mental health.
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Kavli Trust grants NOK 10 million for new study on music therapy and autism
December 08, 2020
The Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research grants 10 mill Norwegian kroner (NOK) to a research project investigating the effects of music therapy for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
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Child and adolescent mental health: What research do we fund?
November 25, 2020
Are you a patient, a carer or a health professional involved with the child and adolescent mental health services? If so, you can take part in deciding which research projects should receive funding from Kavli Trust’s Health Research Programme.
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University of Oslo awarded Kavli Trust grant for new autism treatment trial
November 11, 2020
The University of Oslo (UiO) has been awarded funding from Kavli Trust for a new study on medicine given as a nasal spray for young people with autism spectrum diagnoses (ASD).
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The Kavli Trust programme on health research: 2020 call for proposals
December 09, 2019
The Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research will be awarding a total of NOK 20 M to collaborative research projects addressing selected evidence gaps in child and adolescent mental health. Registration opens January 3rd.
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Funding for research projects on anxiety disorders in children
November 28, 2019
Kavli Trust awards 19.3 million NOK to research on child and adolescent mental health. Two new projects focusing on prevention of anxiety disorders are funded by The Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research.
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Child and adolescent mental health: What research should we fund?
November 23, 2019
Are you a patient, a carer or a health professional involved with the child and adolescent mental health services? If so, you can take part in deciding which research projects should receive funding from Kavli Trust’s Health Research Programme.
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Funding of new research on children and adolescents mental health from the Kavli Trust
January 10, 2019
For the second time the Kavli Trust has granted research projects aiming to provide knowledge to evidence gaps regarding the treatment of mental health problems in children and adolescent. Three projects receive a total of NOK 30 million, following a thorough application and review process.
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The Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research: 2019 CALL FOR PROPOSALS
December 13, 2018
For the third time The Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research will be awarding a total of NOK 25 M to collaborative research projects addressing selected evidence gaps in child and adolescent mental health. Registration opens January 3rd.
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Invitation to suggest research gaps within child and adolescent mental health
September 05, 2018
The Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research invites patients, family caregivers, health personnel, researchers and others to suggest research gaps within the field of child and adolescent mental health.
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Twelve applicants are invited to apply for research funding
June 12, 2018
Twelve chosen candidates are now being given the chance to submit a more comprehensive application for research funding from the Kavli Trust to study children and adolescents mental health.
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NOK 17,6 million to research on treatments of mental health problems in children and adolescents
March 19, 2018
The Kavli Trust awards 17,6 million NOK to research on treatments of mental health problems in children and adolescents. Two projects will receive funding from the Kavli Trust's programme on health research in 2018.
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2018
December 15, 2017
For the second time The Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research will be awarding a total of NOK 25 M to collaborative research projects addressing selected evidence gaps in child and adolescent mental health. Registration opens January 3rd.
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Shortlist for focused research funding
December 12, 2017
Ten chosen candidates are now being given the chance to submit a more comprehensive application for funds from the Kavli Trust to study mental health issues affecting children and young people.
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Reducing avoidable waste in health research
October 13, 2017
If you have NOK 75 million to spend on health research, how should you design grant giving process?
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31 pre-proposals submitted
October 13, 2017
Through the Programme on Health Research the Kavli Trust will be awarding a total of EUR 2,6 M to collaborative research projects addressing selected evidence gaps in child and adolescent mental health.
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2017
June 28, 2017
The Kavli Trust will be awarding a total of NOK 25 M to collaborative research projects addressing selected evidence gaps in child and adolescent mental health. Registration opens July 5th.
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Funding for research on mental health (Eng)
May 22, 2017
The Kavli Trust will be awarding a total of NOK 25 M to collaborative research projects addressing selected evidence gaps in children and adolescents mental health.