The Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research
The Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research
The Kavli Foundation's health research programme has, in the period 2017–2024, distributed 172 million Norwegian kroner to research on mental health in children and young people. The funds have been distributed through a dedicated programme for the application process, developed and operated in collaboration between the Kavli Foundation and Stiftelsen Dam.
The Kavli Foundation's health research programme is specifically designed to avoid supporting wasteful research. Prior to each call for funding, relevant knowledge gaps are identified through a comprehensive process involving both subject matter experts and users (patients, next of kin, and healthcare professionals). These knowledge gaps form the basis for the calls for funding.
The Knowledge Gaps
A central ambition of the programme is to avoid supporting research that fails to address real issues, or that contributes little to new or applicable knowledge. The programme is therefore built around a clear insight- and needs-driven approach, with the identification of knowledge gaps at its core. The research supported shall be relevant, targeted, and grounded in actual challenges related to children and young people's mental health – not solely in academic interests alone.
What is the effect of online treatment for children and young people with mild to moderate depression?
Read moreWhat is the effect of trauma treatment for children and young people with a refugee background?
Read moreWhat is the effect of parental involvement and feedback systems in school-based interventions?
Read moreWhat is the effect of school-based life skills interventions?
Read moreWhat is the effect of music therapy for children and young people with ASD?
Read moreWhat is the effect of treatment programmes for adolescents with depression and self-harm admitted to emergency departments?
Read moreProjects that have received funding
April 2017
Institutions that have received funding
Advisory Panel for Quality Assessment and Applications
The Kavli Foundation's expert committee for quality assessment evaluates the scientific quality of outline applications and full applications.
Katrina Witt
Katrina Witt
NHMRC Emerging Leader Fellow at the Australian organisation and research/education institution Orygen and the University of Melbourne. Co-chair of the Special Interest Group for the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). Senior Methods Editor at The Cochrane Collaboration.
NHMRC Emerging Leader Fellow at the Australian organisation and research/education institution Orygen and the University of Melbourne. Co-chair of the Special Interest Group for the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). Senior Methods Editor at The Cochrane Collaboration.
Ole Jakob Storebø
Ole Jakob Storebø
Professor, Department of Psychology at the University of Southern Denmark. Editor at the Cochrane Collaboration and Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
Professor, Department of Psychology at the University of Southern Denmark. Editor at the Cochrane Collaboration and Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
Patty Leiten
Patty Leiten
Assistant Professor and Director PhD Education ved Research Institute for Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam.
Assistant Professor and Director PhD Education ved Research Institute for Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam.
Russell Viner
Russell Viner
CBE Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) i Storbritannia. Professor i Adolescent Health ved UCL Great Ormond St. Institute of Child Health i London, Storbritannia. Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Education i England. President i the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health fra 2018-2021.
CBE Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) i Storbritannia. Professor i Adolescent Health ved UCL Great Ormond St. Institute of Child Health i London, Storbritannia. Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Education i England. President i the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health fra 2018-2021.
Brandy Maynard
Brandy Maynard
Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work at Saint Louis University and member of the Campbell Collaboration's Social Welfare Coordinating Group.
Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work at Saint Louis University and member of the Campbell Collaboration's Social Welfare Coordinating Group.
User Panel
The Kavli Foundation invited user groups, including patients, next of kin, and healthcare professionals, within children and young people's mental health to participate in the allocation process.
The users ranked the identified knowledge gaps and research questions through a survey, as the issues for possible research projects. This served as a recommendation when the Kavli Foundation's board made the final decision on which questions were prioritised and included in the call for applications.
