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International postdoc within humanities and social sciences, including educational sciences (spring call)

The purpose of the grant is to give newly qualified researchers with a doctoral degree from a Swedish university the opportunity to expand their networks and their competences by working abroad under secure employment conditions. The grant is also intended to promote the quality and renewal of Swedish research.

Subject area: Humanities and Social Sciences, Educational Sciences
Support form: Career support
Grant form: International postdoc
Focus: Undirected within Humanities and social sciences, and educational sciences
Applicant: Individual researcher who completed a doctoral degree no more than 2 years ago, or who will have completed a doctoral degree before the start of the grant period, that is no later than 30 Juni 2026.
Participating researchers: No other researchers may be invited to join the application.
Grant period: 18–36 months
Grant amount: 1 300 000 SEK per year, plus a further 50 000 SEK per year in total may be applied for, for one or more accompanying family members.
Start of grant period: July 2026
Application period: 14 January 2026 (14.00/2 pm) – 17 February 2026 (14.00/2 pm)
Publication of grant award: No later than the beginning of June 2026

Please note:

Please use English for all parts of the application (text fields, appendices, CV items, and so on), with the exception of the popular science description, which must be written in Swedish. If we need to translate content in Swedish into English, you will not be able to comment on these.
If you are awarded one of our career grants, you must validate your doctoral degree before you can receive the grant. If you already have a Swedish doctoral degree, you can easily verify it before submitting your application, by importing a validated doctoral degree from Ladok to your CV. Read more in Prisma’s user supportExternal link. about how to proceed.
Read here for information on project collaboration with researchers in Russia and Belarus.
We have clarified our instructions regarding applying for multiple grants at the same time on the page "Several grants simultaneously", as well as in the call text and application form. Please note, among other things, that it is not permitted to submit applications for the same project with different applicants to the Swedish Research Council. Furthermore, you may not submit an application for a project for which you know funding has already been awarded by us to another researcher.
Please read our information on public access to information and secrecy in grant applications before you start with your application.