Decision published
26 June 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 first 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 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, Japanese
The decision was based on 9 submitted applications. At least three further decision rounds will take place during autumn 2025. The next decision is planned for the middle of September.
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.
What happens after the grant decision?
A few days after the grant decision has been published, the decision and final statement for the application can be found on the organisation’s account in Prisma.
Read more about how to find your decision in Prisma.
External link.
If the application has been approved, the document "Approval of terms and conditions" will be published on the Prisma account of the responsible applicant or the main responsible for the organisation account. The document describes the terms and conditions of the grant and must be signed as soon as possible – but no later than 30 days.
Read more about signing organisational applications in Prisma. External link.
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 is made in connection with the start of the grant period. The grant is then paid out monthly provided that the "Approval of terms and conditions" has been signed.
Yes, as long as it does not affect the ability to carry out the activities within the grant period, the grant’s availability period, and the terms and conditions of the grant. The grant’s availability period is the time during which the funding may be used.
You can read more about how your application has been assessed in the call text under In the call text under "How your application is assessed," there is more information about how the application has been assessed. A link to the call can be found on the right-hand side of this page.
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