Grant for recruiting international visiting researchers to Sweden

Applications approved 6 February 2026

• The Institute for Futures Studies: (IFFS) Johannes Himmelreich, Associate professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA

• Linköping University: Eric J Shiroma, Forskare/Program director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA

The decision was based on 17 submitted applications. The call is now closed. This was the last decision-making session.

Applications approved 19 December 2025

• University of Gothenburg: Barbara B. Bendlin, Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

The decision was based on 15 submitted applications.

Applications approved 5 December 2025

• Umeå University: Kartik Chandran, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
• Umeå University: Marion Syndonia Bret-Harte, Professor, Inst. Of Arctic Biology, Dept. Of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
• Uppsala University: Dr. Michael Way, researcher, NASA Goddard institute for Space Studies, New York, USA
• Halmstad University: Eric Knuth, Professor, STEM Education Directorate, Program Director at National Science Foundation (NSF), USA
  

The decision was based on 8 submitted applications.

Applications approved October 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.

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.