Decision published

28 October 2021

Total amount granted: 1 143 755 331 SEK

Medicine and Health

The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded grants within Medicine and health 2021. Our total grant amount for 2021-2026 is more than 1,1 billion SEK .

Please note that the list of approved grants and the decision statistics at this webpage was updated 15 November.

Approval rates

Total

Applicants

Number of applications

Number of

approved grants

Approval rate

Women

645

116

18%

Men

694

138

20%

Total

1 339

254

19%

Approval rates per grant

Approval rates: Research project grant

Applicants

Number of applications

Number of

approved grants

Approval rate

Women

408

92

23%

Men

447

106

24%

Total

855

198

23%
Approval rates: Starting grant

Applicants

Number of applications

Number of

approved grants

Approval rate

Women

110

15

14%

Men

112

19

17%

Total

222

34

15%
Approval rates: Project grant for research on viruses and virus-caused disease conditions

Applicants

Number of applications

Number of
approved grants

Approval rate

Women

48

3

6%

Men

79

8

10%

Total

127

11

9%

Approval rates Grant for half-time research position in a clinical environment

Applicants

Number of applications

Number of

approved grants

Approval rates

Women

25

1

4%

Men

20

3

15%

Total

45

4

9%
Approval rates: Grant for half-time research within healthcare sciences

Applicants

Number of applications

Number of
approved grants

Approval rates

Women

24

1

4%

Men

3

1

33%

Total

27

2

7%

Approval rates Research project grant for development of methods to replace, reduce and refine animal experiments (3R)

Applicants

Number of applications

Number of
approved grants

Approval rates

Women

30

4

13%

Men

33

1

3%

Total

63

5

8%


Grant amounts

Total (SEK)

Applicants

Total grant amount

Average grant amount per year

Women

484 190 331

1 195 532

Men

659 565 000

1 313 875

Total

1 143 755 331

1 261 031


Amounts: Research Project grant (SEK)

Applicants

Total grant amount

Average grant amount per year

Women

361 600 000

1 140 694

Men

481 565 000

1 247 578

Total

843 165 000

1 199 381

Amounts: Starting grant (SEK)

Applicants

Total grant amount

Average grant amount per year

Women

90 000 000

1 500 000

Men

114 000 000

1 500 000

Total

204 000 000

1 500 000

Amounts: Project grant for research on viruses and virus-caused disease conditions

Applicants

Total grant amount approved

Average grant amount per year

Women

11 900 000

1 322 222

Men

39 400 000

1 641 667

Total

51 300 000

1 554 545

Amounts: Grant for half-time research position in a clinical environment (SEK)

Applicants

Total grant amount approved

Average grant amount per year

Women

5 550 000

1 850 000

Men

16 650 000

1 850 000

Total

22 200 000

1 850 000

Amounts: Grant for half-time research within healthcare sciences

Applicants

Total grant amount approved

Average grant amount per year

Women

5 550 000

1 387 500

Men

5 550 000

1 387 500

Total

11 100 000

1 387 500

Amounts Research project grant for development of methods to replace, reduce and refine animal experiments (3R) (SEK)

Applicants

Total grant amount approved

Average grant amount per year

Women

9 590 331

799 194

Men

2 400 000

800 000

Total

11 990 331

799 355


Administrating organisations

The table shows the administrating organisations that have been awarded funds.

Approved grants and amounts per administrating organisation‌‌

Administrating organisation

Number of approved grants

Total grant amount

Karolinska Institutet

110

514 000 000

University of Gothenburg

44

200 850 000

Lund University

39

161 699 286

Uppsala University

27

120 946 334

Linköping University

14

64 165 000

Umeå University

10

44 300 000

Chalmers University of Technology

2

10 800 000

Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College

2

4 800 000

KTH, Royal Institute of Technology

1

6 000 000

Stockholm University

1

4 800 000

Malmö University

1

4 200 000

Sophiahemmet University

1

2 400 000

Örebro University

1

2 400 000

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

1

2 394 711

Total

254

1 143 755 331

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