The Board has defined the following focus areas in the strategy for 2022-25:
- Saving lives at birth
- Better reporting of data, as basis for improved care: Utstein Formula for Survival
- Promising hypothesis relating to updating of ILCOR guidelines for Emergency Cardiac Care and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- International/multicenter collaborations for improved education and implementation
- Implementation of the Global Resuscitation Alliance
- Projects at or in collaboration with SAFER simulation center in Stavanger
The Foundation will grant up till NOK 40 mill per year in five categories:
- Saving Lives at birth in low-resource settings
- Program support
- Project support
- Bjørn Lind stipends
- Center support (being phased out)
The total grants are expected to be split as follows:
- 50 % for projects in low-resource countries (mainly through program support)
- 20 % for program support with international collaboration in high- and medium income countries
- 15 % for research projects
- 15 % for other purposes (incl. Bjørn Lind fellowships long-term commitments to support professorships etc.)
For more information on what the Foundation funds and do not fund, see here