Closed call

17 August - 20 September 2022

Doctoral programme grant within general practice

The purpose of the grant is to arrange third cycle higher education aimed at strengthening research competence within primary care in Sweden. The initiative is based on a Government mandate.

Support form: Research environment and collaboration support

Subject area: Medicine and Health

Focus: General practice

Applicant: Organisation (Swedish higher education institution, HEI) The coordinator of the doctoral programme at the host organisation shall be invited to be the project leader for the application by the persons responsible for the organisation’s applications.

Participating researchers: A minimum of 2 further HEIs shall participate in the application (maximum 10 organisations). One contact person per participating HEI shall be invited as a participating researcher

Grant period: 4–5 years

Grant amount: Maximum 3 000 000 SEK per year

Budgetary framework: Approximately 34 million SEK in total. Up to 3 graduate schools may be awarded funding. 

Start of grant period: January 2023

Application period: 17 August 2022 (14.00/2 p.m.) – 20 September 2022 (14.00/2 pm)

Publication of grant award: No later than the beginning of December 2022

Specific instructions for the call

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