Decision published
12 December 2017
Total amount granted: SEK 10 500 000
Scientific journal grant
The Swedish Research Council has made decisions for scientific journal grants within humanities and social sciences for the period 2018–2020.
Decision published
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Number of applications | Number approved | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
42 | 17 | 40 % |
Total amount approved | Average grant per year |
|---|---|
10 500 000 | 205 882 |
Orientation | Total amount approved |
|---|---|
Literature | 1 830 000 |
History | 1 500 000 |
Pedagogy | 930 000 |
Gender studies, other humanities | 900 000 |
Antique science | 600 000 |
History of science and ideas | 600 000 |
Cultural studies, gender studies | 600 000 |
Cultural studies, human interaction with ICT and other humanities | 600 000 |
Cultural studies, interdisciplinary studies within social sciences | 600 000 |
Musicology, music, pedagogy | 600 000 |
Sociology (excluding social work, social psychology) | 600 000 |
Studies of individual languages, comparative linguistics and general linguistics | 600 000 |
Studies of individual languages | 540 000 |
Total | 10 500 000 |
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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