Decision published

24 October 2025

Total amount granted: Not specified

Grant for recruiting international visiting researchers to Sweden

The Swedish Research Council has decided which higher education institutions will receive funding under the call Grant for recruiting international visiting researchers to Sweden. In this third round of decisions, a total of three higher education institutions will receive funding to recruit prominent researchers whose research activities have been outside Europe. The call is open for ongoing applications up until and including 1 December 2025.

Decision published

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

Applications approved Octobre 2025

  • The Stockholm School of Economics: Kalle Lyytinen, professor, Department of Design and Innovation, Case Western Reserve University, USA
  • Linköping University: Adam Briggle, professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas, USA
  • Stockholm University: Dr. Matthew D Shupe, researcher, University of Colorado and NOAA Physical Science Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA

The decision was based on 15 submitted applications. Two further decision rounds will take place during 2025. The next decision is planned for the beginning of December.

Applications approved September 2025

  • Karolinska Institutet: John E. Pachankis, Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale University, USA
  • Stockholm University: Aaron Hughes, Professor, Dept. of Religion and Classics, University of Rochester, USA
  • Uppsala University: Regina Smyth, Professor, Dept of Political Science, Indiana University, USA
  • The Swedish Institute of Space Physics: Dr. Stefan Eriksson, Research Associate III, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado, USA

The decision was based on 15 submitted applications.

Applications approved June 2025

  • Chalmers University of Technology: Christian Reece, PhD, Rowland Institute at Harvard, Harvard University, USA
  • Linnaeus University: Dr. Marcy Rockman, Associate Research Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland-College Park, USA
  • Lund University: Noah Fleming, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  • Lunds University Timur Dadabaev, professor i internationella relationer, Institue of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tsukuba, Japan

The decision was based on 9 submitted applications.

The purpose of the grant is to give higher education institutions and other research organisations the opportunity to develop and strengthen a research field by recruiting, in the near future, a prominent researcher who is currently employed and active in research outside Europe. The grant of 2 million SEK shall be used for expenses arising from the recruitment, and to fund salary for employment in Sweden during a limited period.

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