The purpose of the grant is to give junior researchers the opportunity to establish themselves as independent researchers in Sweden.
Support form: Career support
Subject area: Medicine and Health
Applicant: Individual researcher who has completed a doctoral degree more than 2 years ago and up to 7 years ago.
Participating researchers: No participating researchers may be invited to join the application.
Grant period: 4 years
Grant amount: 1 500 000 SEK per year
Start of grant period: January 2024
Application period: 22 February 2023 (14.00/2 pm) – 28 March 2023 (14.00/2 pm)
Publication of grant award: No later than the end/beginning of November 2023
Please note:
- This year’s call includes separate support for the areas of precision medicine, psychiatry with focus on psychiatric involuntary care and forensic psychiatry, and antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance. Please state in your application whether it relates to any of these areas.
- As from 2023, all who are awarded a career grant must validate their doctoral degrees. If you have a Swedish doctoral degree, you can validate it easily before you send in your application. Read more in Prisma’s user supportExternal link, opens in new window. about how to validate your doctoral degree via Ladok.
- You must justify in your research plan how your stated activity level (which must be a minimum of 50 per cent of a full-time equivalent) is suited to the implementation of the research project. We also ask you to describe the management of risks or obstacles to the implementation of the research plan.
- As from 2022, there are guidelines for study registration and result reporting for clinical studies funded by the Swedish Research CouncilOpens in new window.. This means that information about the study shall be registered in a public study register, and that a summary of the results shall be published in the register.
- Read here for information on project collaboration with researchers in Russia and Belarus.Opens in new window.
- Read more about grants awarded in previous yearsOpens in new window..
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Specific instructions for the call
In addition to reading the call text, you also need to consult our Guide for applicantsOpens in new window.
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