General call for applications 2009

The funding is being allocated as follows: 1.2 billion to the natural and engineering sciences, 1.0 billion to national and international research infrastructures, 938 million to medicine, 146 million to the educational sciences, 400 million to the humanities and social sciences, 44 million to artistic research and development, and 18 million to gender research.

In total, around 4700 applications were received. Of these, just over 1000 were approved, i.e. an approval rate of about 23%. The natural and engineering sciences received the most applications. The most funding goes to Uppsala University.

The Committee for Research Infrastructures has the highest approval rate (33%), but medicine (just over 27%) and the natural and engineering sciences (just over 25%) also have relatively high rates. The lowest approval rate (just over 9%) is in the educational sciences.

“This is unfortunate, since such a large number of applications received a high scientific grade. The research grants are relatively high, but this money must be divided on average among four participants per project, and many of the researchers have no other funding sources to apply to," says Elisabet Nihlfors, Secretary General of the Committee for Educational Sciences.

The average sum for project research grants has increased in all areas. In the natural and engineering sciences and in medicine, the average sum awarded to women exceeded that awarded to men.

Approval rates between men and women applying for project research grants differ most in medicine and least in the humanities and social sciences.

Funding has been approved for 68 junior researcher appointments.
“Investing in young researchers is a conscious decision. It´s one way to identify strong leaders for research teams of the future," says Håkan Billig, Secretary General of the Scientific Council for Medicine.

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