Medicine and health

The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded grants within Medicine and health 2024. Our total grant amount for 2024-2030 is more than 1, 26 billion SEK.

Decision published 14:00 30 October 2024

Please note that only notice in Prisma guarantees that a grant has been approved.

Approval rates

Approval rates: research project grant within medicine and health
Applicants	Number of applications	Number of grants	Approval rate
Women	447	81	18 %
Men	518	98	19 %
Total	965	179	19 %

Increased standard amounts have resulted in lower success rate

The standard amounts for project grants in medicine and health have not been adjusted for inflation since 2017. This year, the Swedish Research Council has therefore increased these by 200 000 SEK per year. The budget for medicine and health has not increased to the same extent, and more persons applied for project grants this year than in previous years. This has affected the success rate for project grants, which over the last ten years has been around 20–28 per cent. This year, it is 19 per cent.

Approval rates: research project grant for development of methods to replace, reduce and refine animal experiments (3R)
Applicants	Number of applications	Number of grants	Approval rate
Women	29	3	10 %
Men	28	4	14 %
Total	57	7	12 %

Approval rates: starting grant within medicine and health
Applicants	Number of applications	Number of grants	Approval rate
Women	113	15	13 %
Men	112	16	14 %
Total	225	31	14 %

Approval rates: consolidator grant within medicine and health
Applicants	Number of applications	Number of grants	Approval rate
Women	47	3	6 %
Men	50	5	10 %
Total	97	8	8 %

Approval rates: grant for research time in a clinical environment
Applicants	Number of applications	Number of grants	Approval rate
Women	20	1	5 %
Men	17	2	12 %
Total	37	3	8 %

Approval rates: grant for research time within primary care
Applicants	Number of applications	Number of grants	Approval rate
Women	3	1	33 %
Men	5	1	20 %
Total	8	2	25 %

Approval rates: project grant for research into viral zoonoses
Applicants	Number of applications	Number of grants	Approval rate
Women	20	4	20 %
Men	33	7	21 %
Total	53	11	21 %

Grant amount

Grant amounts: research project grant within medicine and health
Applicants	Total grant amount (SEK)	Average grant amount per year (SEK)
Women	390 604 371	1 337 686
Men	516 600 000	1 403 804
Total	907 204 371	1 374 552

Grant amounts: research project grant for development of methods to replace, reduce and refine animal experiments (3R)
Applicants	Total grant amount (SEK)	Average grant amount per year (SEK)
Women	6 428 571	714 286
Men	8 571 429	714 286
Total	15 000 000	714 286

Grant amounts: starting grant within medicine and health
Applicants	Total grant amount (SEK)	Average grant amount per year (SEK)
Women	90 000 000	1 500 000
Men	96 000 000	1 500 000
Total	186 000 000	1 500 000

Grant amounts: consolidator grant within medicine and health
Applicants	Total grant amount (SEK)	Average grant amount per year (SEK)
Women	27 900 000	1 860 000
Men	44 808 333	1 792 333
Total	72 708 333	1 817 708

Grant amounts: grant for research time in a clinical environment
Applicants	Total grant amount (SEK)	Average grant amount per year (SEK)
Women	6 040 000	1 510 000
Men	22 200 000	1 850 000
Total	28 240 000	1 765 000

Grant amounts: grant for research time within primary care
Applicants	Total grant amount (SEK)	Average grant amount per year (SEK)
Women	2 000 000	666 667
Men	2 000 000	666 667
Total	4 000 000	666 667

Grant amounts: project grant for research into viral zoonoses
Applicants	Total grant amount (SEK)	Average grant amount per year (SEK)
Women	17 400 000	1 450 000
Men	31 200 000	1 485 714
Total	48 600 000	1 472 727

Administrating organisation‌‌

Approved grants and amounts per administrating organisation‌‌ (all support forms included)
Administrating organisation	Number of approved grants	Total grant amount (SEK)
Karolinska Institutet	108	600 911 429
Uppsala University	32	162 765 714
University of Gothenburg	31	164 108 333
Lund University	29	138 800 000
Umeå University	16	74 624 371
Linköping University	12	60 300 000
Stockholm University	6	31 800 000
Region Skåne	2	13 100 000
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	2	7 200 000
Linnaeus University	1	3 000 000
Sophiahemmet University	1	3 000 000
KTH, Royal Institute of Technology	1	2 142 857
Total	241	1 261 752 704

What happens after the grant decision?

Decision and final statement in Prisma

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.

Approval of terms and conditions – must be signed

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.

When does payment of the grant start?

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.

Is it possible to delay the project start?

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.

How your application has been assessed

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.