Statistics 2023

The Swedish Research Council has in total prepared 5684 applications during 2023. Of these, 1052 applications have been granted more than 5 billion SEK.

New division of research subjects

Note! In the presentation of the statistics, we have made some changes compared with previous years. One of these is that we are now using Statistics Sweden’s standard for Swedish division of research subjects when we report success rates and grant amounts. The statistics are presented by research subject areas and correspond to the first Statistics Sweden code the applicant has chosen for their application.

The previous division of application into subject areas did not strictly follow the Statistics Sweden standard, which made it difficult to compare our data with data from other funding bodies, for example.

Free research

The largest part of the funding are within free research, which means grants that are not limited to a particular area.

One of the Swedish Research Council´s goals for achieving gender equality within our area of activities is to have the same approval rate and the same average grant amount for women and for men.

Please note that grants for research infrastructure are not reported on this page.

Calls included in the statistics

Natural and Engineering Sciences

International postdoc 1 & 2
Project grant
Project grant for research into cyber and information security
Project grant Röntgen-Ångström Cluster
Starting grant

Medicine and health

Consolidator grant
Distinguished professor grant
Doctoral programme grant within psychiatric research
Grant for research time in a clinical environment
Grant for research time within health care sciences
Grant for research time within primary care
International postdoc 1 & 2
Project grant for research into viruses and pandemics – from fundamental mechanisms to medical interventions
Project grant for research within primary care
Project grant
Project grant for development of methods to replace, reduce and refine animal experiments (3R)
Starting grant

Humanities and social sciences

International postdoc 1 & 2
Project grant for research into migration and integration
Project grant for research into racism and discrimination
Project grant for research into societal security
Project grant for research into the Holocaust, victims of the Holocaust and anti-Semitism
Research environment grant on crime
Research environment grant on the social consequences of digitalisation
Research environment grant within segregation
Project grant
Scientific journal grant within humanities and social sciences
Visiting professorship (Kerstion Hesselgren & Olof Palme)
Visiting researcher grant in research into the Holocaust, victims of the Holocaust and anti-Semitism

Educational sciences

Exploratory workshops
International postdoc 1 & 2
Network grant
Project grant
Starting grant
Visiting researcher grant

Development research

Project grant: Sustainability and resilience

Clinical therapy research

Grant for clinical study within therapy research
Grant for planning of clinical study in therapy research

Artistic research

Exploratory workshops
Grant for research communication
International postdoc 1 & 2
Project grant

Swedish Research Council’s Board

Grant for centre of excellence

Approval rates, grant amounts and average grants

Approval rates and grant amounts per area of science
Area of science*	Number of applications	Approved applications	Approval rate	Total amount approved
Agricultural and Veterinary sciences	47	4	9 %	17 074 000
Engineering and Technology	430	83	19 %	351 457 665
Humanities and the Arts	694	96	14 %	462 634 773
Medical and Health Sciences	1736	371	21 %	1 838 709 720
Natural sciences	1491	321	22 %	1 409 453 551
Social Sciences	1286	177	14 %	977 084 264
Total	5684	1052	19 %	5 056 413 973

*By applicant's first selected SCB code at the highest level (the 1-digit level)

Approval rates and grant amounts per scientific council, committee and board
Scientific council, committee and board	Number of applications	Appoved applications	Approval rate	Total amount approved
Committee for Educational Sciences	350	45	13 %	186 453 329
Scientific Council for Humanities and Social Sciences	1477	209	14 %	1 052 552 167
The board of the Swedish Research Council	124	15	12 %	434 473 005
The Committee for Artistic Research	108	14	13 %	39 604 000
The Committee for Clinical Therapy Research	96	28	29 %	209 727 534
The Committee for Development Research	84	8	10 %	44 399 000
The Scientific Council for Medicine and Health	1590	345	22 %	1 558 930 938
The Scientific Council for Natural and Engineering Sciences	1855	388	21 %	1 530 274 000
Total	5684	1052	19 %	5 056 413 973

Approval rates and average grants per career age for free project grants
Career age per applicants	Number of applications*	Approval rate	Average grant per year
Women
0-7	260	9 %	1 353 055
8-12	345	16 %	1 044 109
>12	734	22 %	1 081 456
Men
0-7	230	10 %	1 273 240
8-12	455	15 %	1 036 662
>12	1317	23 %	1 089 666
Total	3341	19 %	1 092 347

*Project grants within artistic research are not included

Approved rates and average grants for all applicants
Applicants	Number of applications*	Approval rate	Average grant per year
Women	2342	18 %	1 318 110
Men	3273	19 %	1 375 987
Total	5615	18 %	1 353 266

*Doctoral programme, Visiting researcher programme, Visiting professorship and Scientific journal grant are not included

Approval rate and average grant per type of funding

Project funding: approval rate and average grant
Type of funding	Number of applications	Approval rate	Average grant per year
Project grant	3406	19 %	1 094 825
Project grant, focus	707	17 %	1 458 571
Total	4113	19 %	1 147 439

Career support funding: approval rate and average grant
Type of funding	Number of applications	Approval rate	Average grant per year
Grant for research time	56	14 %	1 712 400
Starting grant	681	16 %	1 155 915
International post doc	277	25 %	1 179 135
Consolidator grant	109	6 %	1 772 650
Total	1123	17 %	1 214 837

Research environment & Research collaboration funding: approval rate and average grant
Type of funding	Number of applications	Approval rate	Average grant per year
Research environment grant	140	22 %	3 145 459
Exploratory workshops	24	29 %	196 417
Doctoral programme grant	4	50 %	5 937 500
Visiting researcher grant (visiting professorship)	10	50 %	1 939 648
Network grant	13	38 %	388 550
Distinguished professor grant	54	7 %	3 831 250
Total	245	22 %	2 982 682

Science communication support and operational support
Type of funding	Number of applications	Approval rate	Average grant per year
Grant for research communication	24	8 %	833 333
Operating grants for research coordination and institutes	124	12 %	5 792 973
Scientific journal grant	55	44 %	257 041
Total	203	20 %	3 083 215

Administrating organisation

Approved grants and amounts per administrating organisation
Administration organisations	Number of applications	Total amount approved
Karolinska Institutet	175	893 520 108
Uppsala University	165	809 491 043
Lund University	141	608 747 448
University of Gothenburg	108	573 029 930
Others	87	412 570 526
Stockholm University	86	385 027 698
Linlöping University	69	359 117 075
Umeå University	58	273 749 485
KTH, Royal Institute of Technology	57	267 685 383
Chalmers University of Technology	45	201 610 544
Not a Swedish university	37	171 846 733
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	24	100 018 000
Total	1 052	5 056 413 973