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Decision published
03 November 2016
Total amount granted: 547 763 900 SEK
Humanities and social sciences
November 3 2016, the Swedish Research Council published decisions on approved grants in humanities and social sciences over the period 2016–2020. Total grant amount was 547 763 900 SEK.
Decision published 14:00 03 November 2016
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These call for proposals is included in the grant decision:
- Research project grant
- Research project grant – culture and cultural heritage research
- Research project grant – conditions for growth
- Research project grant – research on racism
Applicants | Number of applications | Number approved | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|---|
Women | 509 | 60 | 11.7 % |
Men | 589 | 66 | 11.2 % |
| Total | 1 098 | 126 | 11.4 % |
420 of the total number of applications was submitted by junior researchers. 38 of which were granted, giving an approval rate of 9 percent for junior researchers.
Applicants | Number of applications | Number approved | Approval rate | Average grant year one |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | 401 | 40 | 9.9 % | 1 253 364 |
Men | 469 | 48 | 10.2 % | 1 211 813 |
Total | 870 | 88 | 10.1 % | 1 230 699 |
We granted a total of 357 755 200 SEK for research project grants over the grant period 2016–2020.
Applicants | Number of applications | Number approved | Approval rate | Average grant year one |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | 44 | 8 | 18.1 % | 1 273 125 |
Men | 41 | 6 | 14.6 % | 1 673 333 |
Total | 85 | 14 | 16.4 % | 1 444 643 |
In total, 90 200 000 SEK was awarded for grants for culture and cultural heritage research.
Applicants | Number of applications | Number approved | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|---|
Women | 16 | 1 | 6.2 % |
Men | 35 | 6 | 17.1 % |
| Total | 51 | 7 | 13.7 % |
In total, we granted 34 461 000 SEK on research project grants for conditions for growth. The average grant of the first year was 1 229 286 SEK.
Applicants | Number of applications | Number approved | Approval rate | Average grant year one |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | 48 | 11 | 22.9 % | 1 215 627 |
Men | 44 | 6 | 13.6 % | 1 104 517 |
Total | 92 | 17 | 18.4 % | 1 176 412 |
We granted a total of 65 347 700 SEK for research on racism.
Total grant amount | |
|---|---|
University of Gothenburg | 129 237 700 |
Stockholm University | 94 975 300 |
Uppsala University | 92 352 300 |
Lund University | 71 901 900 |
Umeå University | 47 013 700 |
Linköping University | 22 600 000 |
Södertörn University | 19 029 600 |
KTH Royal Institute of Technology | 9 450 000 |
Luleå university of Technology | 7 800 000 |
Malmö University | 6 812 000 |
The table shows the ten administrating organisations that was granted the most funding over the grant period.
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