Decision published
05 December 2017
Total amount granted: SEK 488 840 000
Distinguished professor grant
On December 5 the Swedish Research Council published decisions on distinguished professor grant 2017. Almost half a billion SEK will be allocated in 2018–2027.
Decision published
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Applicants | Number of applications | Number approved | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|---|
Women | 28 | 2 | 7 % |
Men | 84 | 8 | 10 % |
Total | 112 | 10 | 9 % |
Area of science | Number of applications | Number approved | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|---|
Natural and engineering sciences | 57 | 4 | 7 % |
Medicine and health | 39 | 4 | 10 % |
Humanities and social sciences | 16 | 2 | 13 % |
Educational research | 0 | 0 | 0 % |
Total | 112 | 10 | 9 % |
More than 50 percent of the applications were within natural and engineering sciences. humanities and social sciences had the highest approval rate, by 13 percent.
Applicants | Total amount approved | Average grant per year |
|---|---|---|
Women | 100 000 000 | 5 000 000 |
Men | 388 840 000 | 4 860 500 |
Total | 488 840 000 | 4 888 400 |
Administrating organisations | Number of approved applications | Total amount approved |
|---|---|---|
Karolinska Institutet, KI | 5 | 244 000 000 |
Royal Institute of Technology | 2 | 97 240 000 |
University of Gothenburg | 1 | 50 000 000 |
Stockholm University | 1 | 50 000 000 |
Uppsala University | 1 | 47 600 000 |
Total | 10 | 488 840 000 |
What happens next?
Within a couple of days, the decision and statement will be available in your personal account in Prisma. A message is shown in the Tasks module on Prisma’s starting page. You can find your statement in the tab Applications and grants. Please select the page Applications in the left-hand menu. To read the statement, please go to the list in the middle section of the page and click on the arrow to the right of the Event log button. Your research colleagues may receive their decisions and statements before you receive yours, or vice versa.
Read more about how to find your decision in Prisma. External link.
If your application has been approved, a document describing the conditions for the grant, “Approval of Conditions”, is also published in your personal Prisma account. It may take up to three weeks before the document is published in Prisma. You and the head of department/corresponding must sign this as soon as possible, but no later than within 90 days.
Payment of the grant will normally start no earlier than January 2018, and it will be paid out monthly on condition that the “Approval of Conditions” have been signed. Your HEI will then administer the payments to you.
Yes, it is up to you and your employer to agree on when the project shall start, as long as this does not affect the availability period of the grant.
The review process is described under “How your application is assessed” in the call text. A link to the call is available in the right hand column of this page
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