The following provides advance information to facilitate planning ahead of making an application. The full call text will be published when the call opens.
Upcoming call
26 February - 01 April 2025
Project grant for research into crime
The purpose of the project grant is to give researchers the freedom to formulate their own research idea, method and implementation, and to solve a specific research task within a limited period. This is a project grant with focus, aimed at supporting research into crime.
Subject area: Humanities and Social Sciences, Artistic Research, Medicine and Health, Natural and Engineering Sciences, Educational Sciences
Support form: Project support
Grant form: Project grant with focus
Focus: Research into crime
Applicant: Individual researcher
Participating researchers: Up to 6 other researchers may be invited to join the application
Grant period: 1–4 years. If you apply for a fourth year, this must be specifically justified in the application.
Grant amount: Minimum 400 000 SEK per year, maximum 1 700 000 SEK per year
Budgetary framework: 25 million SEK per year for maximum 4 years
Start of grant period: January 2026
Application period: 26 February 2025 (14.00/2 pm) – 1 April 2025 (14.00/2 pm)
Publication of grant award: No later than the end of November 2025
Focus
The research programme about criminality shall contribute new knowledge about the causes and consequences of criminality, and also about methods for preventing and fighting crime. The 2025 call will be funding applications in one of these two areas:
Gender equality and criminality. Applications with this focus can, for example, relate to studies of violence in close relationships, sexualised violence and sexual harassment, honour-related violence and repression, gender equality and gender aspects of crime development and crime prevention, gender equality and gender aspects of the functioning of the legal system, and more.
Preventive work to counteract criminality. Applications with this focus can, for example, relate to studies or evaluations of initiatives from schools, healthcare, and social services, as well as the crime prevention work of the police and the prison and probation services, the role of civil society and municipalities in crime prevention work, area-based crime prevention initiatives, and more.
We welcome applications from all scientific fields, and also cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary approaches. The research may cover both local and national circumstances, as well as international comparisons. Research within the programme shall contribute to creating knowledge-based and effective practices for counteracting and fighting criminality.
The Swedish Research Council has been mandated by the Government to establish a national research programme in criminality. Projects awarded funding will be part of this programme, and will be coordinated by a scientific coordinator.