Closed call

09 February - 15 March 2022

Starting grant within medicine and health

The aim of the grant is to give junior researchers the opportunity to establish themselves as independent researchers in Sweden.

Support form: Career support

Subject area: Medicine and Health

Applicant: Individual researcher who has completed a doctoral degree more than 2 years ago and up to 7 years ago.

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

Grant period: 4 years

Grant amount: 1 500 000 SEK per year

Start of grant period: January 2023

Application period: 9 February 2022 (14.00/2 pm) – 15 March 2022 (14.00/2 pm)

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

Please note:

  • This year’s call also includes special support for the areas of precision medicine, psychiatry with focus on compulsory mental care and forensic psychiatry, and antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance. Please state in your application whether it relates to either of these areas.
  • As from 2022, new criteria apply for approval of administrating organisations for grants awarded by the Swedish Research Council. You therefore need to make sure that your organisation fulfils the requirements and has been approved by us as an administrating organisation for calls issued after 1 January 2022.
  • Please note also that the instructions for your description of ethical considerations in the application have changed as from this year. Furthermore, we also ask you to describe the management of risks or obstacles to the implementation of the project in the research plan.
  • You must explain in your research plan how your stated activity level (which must be a minimum of 50 per cent of a full-time equivalent) is suited to the implementation of the research project.
  • 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.

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Contact

Telephone hours are weekdays excluding public holidays from 9.00/9 a.m. to 16.00/4 p.m. while the call is open.

Calls medicine and health

ansokmh@vr.se

+46 (0)8 546 44 050

Specific instructions for the call

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