Decision published
07 November 2024
Total amount granted: 612 923 000 SEK
Humanities and social sciences
The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded grants within Humanities and social sciences 2024. Our total grant amount for 2025-2030 is nearly 613 billion SEK.
Decision published
Please note that only notice in Prisma guarantees that a grant has been approved.
Note! The decisions for the call for Project grant for research on civil society are delayed and will be published 6 february 2025: Decision Project grant for research on civil society
Approval rates
Applicants | Number of applications | Number of grants | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|---|
Women | 510 | 50 | 10 % |
Men | 543 | 46 | 8 % |
Total | 1053 | 96 | 9 % |
Applicants | Number of applications | Number of grants | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|---|
Women | 41 | 6 | 15 % |
Men | 35 | 3 | 9 % |
Total | 76 | 9 | 12 % |
Grant amount
Applicants | Total grant amount | Average grant amount per year |
|---|---|---|
Women | 238 000 000 | 1 487 500 |
Men | 226 960 000 | 1 503 046 |
Total | 464 960 000 | 1 495 048 |
Applicants | Total grant amount | Average grant amount per year |
|---|---|---|
Women | 103 330 000 | 2 952 286 |
Men | 44 633 000 | 2 975 533 |
Total | 147 963 000 | 2 959 260 |
Administrating organisation
Administrating organisation | Number of approved grants | Total grant amount |
|---|---|---|
Stockholm University | 21 | 96 619 000 |
Uppsala University | 19 | 134 615 000 |
Lund University | 13 | 77 470 000 |
University of Gothenburg | 11 | 68 351 000 |
Umeå University | 11 | 51 960 000 |
Linköping University | 6 | 54 369 000 |
Karolinska Institutet | 6 | 26 756 000 |
Södertörn University | 2 | 21 326 000 |
Institute for Futures Studies | 2 | 16 663 000 |
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | 2 | 10 556 000 |
Dalarna University | 2 | 9 392 000 |
Linnaeus University | 2 | 9 242 000 |
KTH, Royal Institute of Technology | 2 | 8 342 000 |
Örebro University | 2 | 8 246 000 |
Others | 4 | 19 016 000 |
Total | 105 | 612 923 000 |
What happens after the grant decision?
A few days after the grant decision has been published, you can see the decision and final statement for your application on your account in Prisma. A message is shown on Prisma’s starting page under the heading “Tasks”.
How to find the final statement:
- Go to tab “Applications and grants”
- Select “Applications” in the left-hand menu
- Click on "Details"
Note! Your research colleagues may receive their decisions and final statements before you receive yours, or vice versa.
All applications receive final statements that contain grades for all evaluation criteria. A certain proportion of the applications with the lowest grades are not discussed in detail at the panel meeting, and will therefore not receive detailed written comments on the grades. This enables more in-depth discussion of applications that have a reasonable chance of being funded.
Read more about how to find your decision in Prisma. External link.
If your application has been approved, the document “Approval of terms and conditions” will be published on your account in Prisma. It describes the terms and conditions for the grant. You and the head of department (or corresponding) must sign the “Approval of terms and conditions” as soon as possible – but no later than after 30 days.
Note! The document “Approval of terms and conditions” (Godkännande av villkor) is published in Prisma within five days after the grant decision has been published.
The first payment will normally be made during January. The grant is then paid out monthly, provided the “Approval of terms and conditions” have been signed.
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 grant’s availability period – the period during which you are allowed to use the grant.
For research project grants, this usually means that you must start the project within 1 year.
You can read more about how your application has been assessed in the call text under “How your application is assessed”. You can find a link to the call on the right-hand side of this page.
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