Consolidator grant

Outline application.
The purpose of the grant is to give the most prominent junior researchers the opportunity to consolidate their research and broaden their activities as independent researchers.

Within the framework of the call, the Swedish Research Council wishes to support researchers who have a scientifically interesting research idea, and who can convert and conduct the research task and thereby move the frontiers of research forward, or fill in existing gaps in knowledge.

Support form: Career support

Subject area: Humanities and Social Sciences, Medicine and Health, Natural and Engineering Sciences, Educational Sciences

Focus: Undirected

Applicant: Individual researcher who has completed a doctoral degree more than 7 years ago and up to 12 years ago.

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

Grant period: 6 years

Grant amount: 2 000 000 SEK per year

Start of grant period: January 2021

Application period:
Project outline: 15 January 2020 (14.00/2 p.m.) – 18 February 2020 (14.00/2 p.m.)
Full application: 17 June 2020 (14.00/2 p.m.) – 25 August 2020 (14.00/2 p.m.)

Publication of grant award: No later than the beginning of December 2020