Statistics 2024

The Swedish Research Council has in total prepared 5898 applications during 2024. Of these, 861 applications have been granted approximately 4.5 billion SEK.*

New division of research subjects 2023

Please note that last year we started presenting the statistics differently compared to previous years. The biggest change is that we now use 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.

* 113 of the applications will be included in next year's statistics, since they were decided upon in 2025. It applies to applications submitted to the call for project grants for research on civil society.

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
Starting grant
Consolidator grant
Visiting professorship (Tage Erlander)
Research environment grant for research on sixth-generation wireless systems (6G)
Distinguished professor grant

Medicine and health

Consolidator grant
Grant for research time in a clinical environment
Grant for research time within primary care
International postdoc 1 & 2
Project grant
Project grant for development of methods to replace, reduce and refine animal experiments (3R)
Project grant for research into antimicrobial resistance
Project grant for research into viral zoonoses
Starting grant
Proof of concept within the infection area
Doctoral programme grant within the infection area

Humanities and social sciences

International postdoc 1 & 2
Project grant
Visiting professorship (Olof Palme)
Visiting researcher grant in research into the Holocaust, victims of the Holocaust and anti-Semitism
Visiting professorship (Kerstion Hesselgren)
Research environment grant

Educational sciences

Exploratory workshops
International postdoc 1 & 2
Network grant
Project grant

Clinical therapy research

Grant for clinical study within therapy research (research environment grant)
Grant for planning of clinical study in therapy research (project grant)

Artistic research

Exploratory workshops
Grant for research communication
Research environment grant
International postdoc
Project grant

Swedish Research Council’s Board

Grant for interdisciplinary research environments
Research environment grant for register-based research
Doctoral programme grant within register-based research

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	36	0	-	0
Engineering and Technology	451	73	16 %	442 493 360
Humanities and the Arts	663	70	11 %	356 788 060
Medical and Health Sciences	1787	316	18 %	1 735 415 582
Natural sciences	1704	295	17 %	1 466 352 714
Social Sciences	1144	107	9 %	562 298 041
Total	5785	861	15 %	4 563 347 757

*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	340	38	11%	169 098 686
Scientific Council for Humanities and Social Sciences	1281	126	10%	683 609 615
The board of the Swedish Research Council	259	15	6%	318 382 000
The Committee for Artistic Research	121	13	11%	55 967 000
The Committee for Clinical Therapy Research	101	31	31%	233 481 152
The Scientific Council for Medicine and Health	1656	291	18%	1 433 440 639
The Scientific Council for Natural and Engineering Sciences	2027	347	17%	1 669 368 665
Total	5785	861	15%	4 563 347 757

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	315	8%	1 350 126
8-12	345	14%	1 298 567
>12	798	17%	1 260 278
Men
0-7	257	8%	1 363 221
8-12	490	11%	1 159 673
>12	1427	20%	1 205 588
Total	3341	16%	1 232 820

*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	2333	14%	1 446 190
Men	3436	15%	1 454 836
Total	5769	15%	1 451 566

*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	3706	16%	1 235 363
Project grant, focus	223	18%	1 179 098
Proof of Concept	20	45 %	997 693
Total	3949	16 %	1 230 427

Career support funding: approval rate and average grant
Type of funding	Number of applications	Approval rate	Average grant per year
Grant for research time	45	11%	1 427 000
Starting grant	644	14%	1 240 909
International postdoc	348	17%	1 354 330
Consolidator grant	214	8%	1 810 569
Total	1251	13%	1 354 833

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	427	9 %	4 186 427
Exploratory workshops	31	19 %	166 315
Doctoral programme grant	7	57 %	2 040 475
Visiting researcher grant (visiting professorship)	9	44 %	1 969 626
Network grant	15	27 %	397 172
Distinguished professor grant	83	5 %	3 837 500
Total	572	11 %	3 629 687

Science communication support and operational support
Type of funding	Number of applications	Approval rate	Average grant per year
Grant for research communication	13	15%	923 617
Total	13	15%	923 617

Administrating organisation

Approved grants and amounts per administrating organisation
Administration organisations	Number of applications	Total amount approved
Karolinska Institutet	150	899 840 364
Uppsala University	140	750 920 498
Lund University	125	644 029 990
University of Gothenburg	82	426 275 233
Stockholm University	64	283 295 136
Umeå University	63	302 125 762
Linköping University	59	331 919 621
KTH, Royal Institute of Technology	58	304 823 215
Others	47	212 839 813
Chalmers University of Technology	35	228 001 827
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	21	89 568 000
Not a Swedish University	17	89 708 298
Total	861	4 563 347 757