The funds are from the Government’s 100 million SEK investment into coronavirus research. The Swedish Research Council has set aside a further 100 million SEK to strengthen basic virus research, and around 70 million SEK for international research collaboration and national coordination.
Funding of research






Researchers from the Nordic countries, Estonia and Latvia shall collaborate to develop new knowledge that can contribute to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic through using existing health data. The call closed on 16 June and decision taken in October means that five projects will be awarded funding.
The Swedish Research Council is funding the call with 18 million SEK. The total budget is around 57 million NOK over the years 2020–2022.




In March, researchers with grants from the Swedish Research Council were given the option to temporarily use part of their funding for research into COVID-19. This applied irrespective of the project idea the grant was originally awarded for. The research had to be completed no later than 31 July 2020. A total of 37 researchers used this option.
Research infrastructure


Clinical studies


Our Government mandates relating to the coronavirus pandemic (in Swedish)
- Mandate to prepare the funding of research initiatives linked to the coronavirus pandemic (together with Vinnova)
- Mandate to temporarily reinforce the activities within Clinical Studies Sweden
- Mandate relating to Swedish coordination and Swedish participation in the European Commission’s COVID-19 platform within the framework for the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)
PublISHED ON 17 September 2020
UpDATED ON 25 November 2020