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Grant for recruiting international visiting researchers to Sweden

Organisation applicants only

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 with current employment and research activities outside Europe. The grant is to cover expenses for the recruitment and for salary for employment in Sweden during a limited period.

Subject area: Humanities and Social Sciences, Clinical Therapy Research, Artistic Research, Medicine and Health, Natural and Engineering Sciences, Educational Sciences
Support form: Research environment and collaboration support
Grant form: Guest researcher
Focus: International recruitment
Applicant: Organisation applicants only. One representative of the host organisation shall be invited to be the project leader for the application.
Participating researchers: No other researchers may be invited to join the application.
Grant period: 12 months
Grant amount: 2 million SEK
Start of grant period: No earlier than 1 June 2025 and no later than 1 March 2026
Application period: Rolling, starting on 15 April 2025 14.00/2 pm – 1 December 2025 (14.00/2 pm)
Publication of grant award: Rolling, following review and decision

Please note

In this call, the organisation is the applicant, please read more in Prisma’s User manual.External link.To access the call in Prisma, a link is required that is obtained by emailing the Swedish Research Council’s contact person.
The call is open for rolling submission of applications. This means that when an application from the applicant is registered, it will automatically become fully registered and sent to the Swedish Research Council for handling and rolling review.
The grant does not cover recruitments that are already funded within other visiting researcher or mobility programs, for example within Horizon Europe.