{
  "title": "Sex and gender in research-funder application rules",
  "review_date": "2026-10-19",
  "status": "prototype_for_founder_review",
  "origin": "A focused desk review of the linked public sources; not an automatic weekly engine output.",
  "question": "Do applications have to address sex or gender in the research itself?",
  "scope": "Swedish Research Council general guidance and one specified Research Council of Norway 2026 call. Not an exhaustive review of Nordic funders.",
  "records": [
    {
      "funder": "Swedish Research Council",
      "country": "Sweden",
      "source_type": "General applicant guidance",
      "source_url": "https://www.vr.se/english/applying-for-funding/requirements-terms-and-conditions/considering-sex-and-gender-dimensions--in-your-research.html",
      "source_updated": "2024-11-28",
      "source_checked": "2026-10-19",
      "passage_location": "This applies for grant applicants",
      "finding": "For most calls, applicants must describe whether sex and gender dimensions are relevant. Full instructions are in the specific call.",
      "limit": "This does not establish a rule for every scheme or demonstrate compliance in funded projects."
    },
    {
      "funder": "Research Council of Norway",
      "country": "Norway",
      "source_type": "Historical call criteria",
      "call": "Research for Future Skills, Education and Working Life, 2026",
      "call_status": "Closed",
      "source_updated": "2026-05-27",
      "source_url": "https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/call-for-proposals/2026/research-for-future-skills-education-and-working-life/",
      "source_checked": "2026-10-19",
      "passage_location": "Assessment / Excellence",
      "finding": "The call includes the adequacy of gender perspectives in research and/or innovation among the Excellence criteria.",
      "limit": "This is one specified call, not a universal statement about Norwegian funding or project compliance."
    }
  ],
  "open_reference": {
    "code": "R-Po-1",
    "title": "Sex-stratified analysis requirements",
    "url": "https://womenshealth2040.org/playbook/r-po-1",
    "publication": "Women's Health 2040 Implementation Playbook",
    "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
    "relationship": "Relevant context; no claim that the need is fulfilled."
  },
  "next_checks": ["Grant conditions", "Final-report requirements", "Reporting from funded projects"],
  "boundaries": ["No country score", "No compliance estimate", "No systematic-review claim", "Organisational equality and research-content requirements remain distinct"],
  "change_replay": "A hypothetical future final-report requirement. The follow-up interface is proposed, not a live alert."
}