Deadline: 18-Apr-23
The Swedish Research Council invites applications from all disciplines and subject areas, such as humanities, behavioural sciences, economics, social sciences, educational sciences, natural sciences, engineering sciences, environmental sciences, urban planning, medicine and health, and also welcomes interdisciplinary projects.
The purpose of the grant is to give junior researchers the opportunity to establish themselves as independent researchers in Sweden.
The research shall also be of particular relevance to least developed countries, that is be based on phenomena, circumstances and/or challenges that are specific to, or more noticeable in, least developed countries than in other countries. Collaboration and/or other research activities can be conducted also in other countries. The classification of least developed countries follows OECD’s Development Assistance Committee DAC.
Focus Area
- The goal of the call for starting grants in development research is to support Swedish research of the highest quality with particular relevance to the fight against poverty and for sustainable development in least developed countries.
Funding Information
- Grant amount: Minimum 400 000 SEK per year, maximum 1 200 000 SEK per year
- Grant period: 4 years
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant for a starting grant must be an individual researcher together with their organisation (a Swedish higher education institution, HEI, or another Swedish organisation that fulfils their criteria for administrating organisations for Swedish Research Council grants Opens in new window.). They must have approved your organisation as an administrating organisation for you to apply. The administrating organisation must sign your application in Prisma no later than 7 calendar days after the deadline for this call.
- You shall be the project leader and have scientific responsibility for the project. The time you set aside for the project (your activity level) must be suited to the task and its implementation, and must equal at least 50 per cent of a full-time equivalent throughout the grant period.
- You must hold a Swedish doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, awarded more than 2 years and no more than 7 years before the deadline for this call.
- You do not have to be employed by the administrating organisation at the time of application, but you must be employed at the start of and throughout the grant period and any additional availability period. The employment must equal at least 50 per cent of a full-time equivalent.
- Note: If you are awarded a grant, you will have to validate your doctoral degree before the grant can be paid. If you have a Swedish doctoral degree, you can validate it easily before you send in your application.
Career age
- To apply for a starting grant, your doctoral degree must have been awarded more than 2 years ago and no more than 7 years ago at the deadline for the call, For applicants with Swedish doctoral degrees, the award date listed in Ladok applies. You will not be able to complete your application if your doctoral degree was awarded less than 2 years ago or more than 7 years ago. An exception applies if you have not been in paid employment for a long period(s) after being awarded your doctoral degree, and and this has affected your ability to gain merit as a researcher.
For more information, visit Swedish Research Council.