Closed call

15 January - 18 February 2020

Grant for activities within STEM subjects at national research infrastructures

The purpose of the call is to increase the interest of lower and upper secondary school pupils in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by funding activities at national research infrastructures through ongoing grants from the Swedish Research Council.

The activities shall be designed to increase interest and encourage new groups of pupils to choose STEM subjects at upper secondary school and higher education level.

Support form: Infrastructure support

Subject area: Research infrastructure

Focus: STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics)

Applicant: Organisation with an ongoing grant to research infrastructure of national interest from the Swedish Research Council. The coordinator of the activities shall be invited to be the project leader for the application

Participating researchers: No participating researchers may be invited to join the application.

Grant period: 1–2 years, with an option to extend for a further 1–2 years if invited by the Swedish Research Council.

Grant amount: Minimum 200 000 SEK per year, maximum 400 000 SEK per year

Budgetary framework: 1 000 000 SEK per year for 2 years

Start of grant period: 2020

Application period: 15 January 2020 (14.00/2 p.m.) – 18 February 2020 (14.00/2 p.m.)

Publication of grant award: No later than end of May 2020

Specific instructions for the call

In addition to reading the specific call text, you also need to consult our Guide for applicants.