Decision published

29 November 2016

Total amount granted: Not applicable.

International postdoc

In 2016, we called for grants for international postdoc twice. The grant is a flat amount of 1 050 000 SEK per year and we granted in total about 251 million SEK for the period 2016–2019. US was the most common country chosen by the applicants for foreign residence (almost half of all approved applications).

Decision published

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Spring call

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Approval rates and gender

Applicants

Number of applications

Number approved

Approval rate

Women

107

21

19.6 %

Men

132

20

15.2 %

Total

239

41

17.2 %

 

Approval‌ rates per area of science

Subject areas

Number of applications

Number approved

Humanities and social sciences, artistic research, educational sciences

74

13

Medicine and health

70

12

Natural and engineering sciences

95

16

 

 

Autumn call

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Approval rates and gender

Applicants

Number of applications

Number approved

Approval rate

Women

91

19

20.9 %

Men

144

22

15.3 %

Total

235

41

17.4 %

 

Approval rates per area of science

Subject areas

Number of applications

Number approved

Humanities and social sciences, Artistic research, Educational sciences

75

13

Medicine and health

55

9

Natural and engineering sciences

105

19

 

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