Note that the text was updated 14 June under What must the application contain?/Research plan. 

Closed call

09 June - 24 August 2021

Grant for clinical studies within therapy research - full application

The purpose of the grant is to provide support for clinical therapy studies that are justified by the needs of health and medical care and are expected to lead to patient and societal benefit within a relatively short period of time. Therapy studies refers to both intervention and observation studies. Areas such as prevention, diagnostics, follow-up, implementation, care and rehabilitation are also included. The grant aims to enable a constellation of researchers within regions and academia to work towards a common research goal.

Support form: Research environment and research collaboration support

Subject area/Focus: Clinical Therapy Research

Applicant: Individual researcher whose project outline has been approved, and has been invited to submit a full application.

Participating researchers: A minimum of 3 and maximum of 10 researchers shall be invited to join the application.

Grant period: 4 years.

Grant amount: Minimum 1 000 000 SEK per year, maximum 20 000 000 SEK over the entire 4-year period.

Start of grant period: January 2022.

Application period: 9 June 2021 (14.00/2 pm) – 24 August 2021 (14.00/2 pm).

Publication of grant award: No later than the beginning of December 2021.

Please note:

  • You must explain in your research plan how your stated activity level is suited to the implementation of the research project.
  • You must describe whether sex and gender perspectives are relevant for your research and, if so, in which way you will use such perspectives, or why you choose not to do so. How sex and gender perspectives are managed in the research project will form part of the assessment of scientific quality. Read more under the heading “Research description” and on our website. Opens in new window.
  • You will need to have a data management plan Opens in new window. for data generated within the research we award funds for. You must not send the plan to us, but according to our general grant terms and conditions, your administrating organisation must confirm that a data management plan will be in place when you start your project or equivalent, and also that the plan will be maintained.

Specific instructions for the call

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