Decision published

01 November 2016

Total amount granted: 210 890 000 SEK

Development research

Here we present approved grants within development research 2016. In total, the Swedish Research Council granted 210 890 000 SEK over the grant period 2017–2020.

Decision published

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

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

Call for applications in development research

The grant decisions include the following calls for applications:

  • Research project grant development research
  • Swedish research links
  • Sustainability and resilience – tackling climate and environmental changes

In November 2016, we published decisions on approved grants for Sustainability and resilience – tackling climate and environmental changes. Grant decisions for project grants in development research and Swedish research links were published in January 2017 (due to the delays in the government's aid budget decision).

Approval rates in total

Applicants

Number of applications

Number approved

Approval rate

Women

157

32

20 %

Men

267

40

15 %

Total

424

72

17 %

Junior researchers

A total of 338 applications were received within the two calls research project grant in development research and sustainability and resilience. Of these, 101 were from junior researchers and 13 of them were granted. The grant rate for young researchers was thus 13 percent.

Research project grant development research – approval rates and average grants

Applicants

 

Number of applications

Number approved

Approval rate

Average grant year one

Women

94

13

14 %

1 115 385

Men

138

22

16 %

1 163 045

Total

232

35

15 %1 145 343

 

A total of 127 400 000 SEK was granted for research project grants within development research during the grant period.

Research project grant sustainability and resilience – approval rates and average grants

Applicants

Number of applications

Number approved

Approval rate

Average grant year one

Women

32

4

13 %

1 598 750

Men

74

6

8 %

1 606 667

Total

106

10

9 %1 603 500

 

In total, 54 million SEK was granted for research project grants for sustainability and resilience.

Swedish research links – approval rates and average grants

Applicants

Number of applications

Number approved

Approval rate

Average grant year one

Women

31

15

48 %

366 000

Men

55

12

22 %

361 667

Total

86

27

31 %346 074

 

We approved a total of 29 490 000 SEK for Swedish research links research project grants.

Approved grants per administrating organisation

Administrating organisations

Total amount granted

Uppsala University

45 474 000

University of Gothenburg

35 056 000

Lund University

34 441 000

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU

24 333 000

Karolinska Institutet, KI

23 550 000

Linköping University

16 266 000

Stockholm University

15 520 000

Stockholm School of Economics

4 400 000

The Nordic Africa Institute

4 200 000

Umeå University

3 090 000

University of Skövde

1 200 000

University of Borås

1 200 000

Royal Institute of Technology, KTH

1 110 000

Kalmar County Council

1 050 000

Total

210 890 000

 

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