Umeå University has revised several research funding templates and will soon publish them on Aktum. A new timesheet template for EU projects is currently available, consolidating four previous templates. Simply enter your daily project hours, and the template will automatically calculate person-months and hours worked across various work packages. See the templates here
2025
Conference grants 2025
Deadline: continuous throughout the year
Are you planning a conference that will be held in Umeå? Then you can apply for funding for it! Umeå municipality, Region Västerbotten and Umeå University annually sets aside funding for conferences.
The grant amount is based on the estimated number of attendees, with a maximum total of SEK 60,000.
National conferences – SEK 200 per person Nordic conferences – SEK 225 per person International conferences – SEK 275 per person Read more
January 2025
ERC Consolidator Grant 2025
Deadline: 14 January 2025
Researchers with 7-12 years of experience since completing their PhD can apply for up to € 2 million to establish a research team and continue to develop a success career in Europe. Applications can be made in any field of research. Read more
Scholarship from The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG) 2025
Deadline: 15 January 2025
Yearly
Are you a master's student, PhD student or a postdoc with a research project that focuses on anthropology, cultural geography or physical geography? Then you can apply for up to SEK 80,000 for field work and related activities to advance the fields of anthropology & geography. Note that you must be a member of SSAG to be eligible to apply. Read more
FORMAS: The future and development of forests and the forest sector in a global context
Call opens: 14 November 2024 Deadline: 30 January 2025
Researchers with a doctoral degree at a Swedish higher education institution, research institute or government agency with a research mission can apply for up to SEK 12 million for a three- or four-year research project that contributes knowledge on the future and development of Forests, and the forest sector in a global context. Read more
February 2025
The Foundation Anna och Nils Håkansson Stiftelse 2025
Deadline: 15 February 2025 Deadline: 15 September 2025
Twice a year
The foundation "Anna och Nils Håkanssons Stiftelse" provides grants of between SEK 50,000 and SEK 200,000 to scientific education and research that promotes Sweden's forestry, and primarily forestry in the inland of Norrland. Read more
Nordforsk: Sustainable health and social care systems for elderly
Deadline: 20 February 2025
NordForsk is planning a funding call to support research that generates knowledge and evidence-based solutions in the area of sustainable health and social care systems for elderly. The intention is to fund approximately 4-5 research projects. The research consortium must include research performing organisations in at least three Nordic countries. The call for proposals will be issued late October 2024, with a deadline February 2025. Read more
MIRAI: Seed Funding from the STINT Grant
Deadline: 28 February 2025
Researchers from Umeå University and other Japanese and Swedish MIRAI member universities will now be able to jointly propose a project idea which falls within one of the Global Challenges Team (GCT) areas that has the potential to a longer and more substantial collaboration.
MIRAI especially encourages projects
that includes or has a focus on early-career researchers,
involving co-applicants from other Swedish and Japanese MIRAI partner universities in addition to the two main applicants’ universities,
with cross-, inter- or multidisciplinary approaches,
Deadline for submission to faculty: 12 November 2024 Deadline for submission to the call: 1 March 2025
This Foundation focuses on the humanities, and has two open calls for 2025. Project grants will be funded for:
Research of relevance to forest management and conservation
Projects in Youth Psychology/Psychiatry
To apply from Umeå University, you must first submit to the faculty where you are employed by 12 November. Then, the Dean of each faculty decides which projects to submit before the deadline for submission on 1 March 2025. Read more on Aurora Read more on the website
The Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation
Deadline for submission to faculty: 12 November 2024 Deadline for submission to the call: 1 March 2025
This Foundation focuses on the social sciences, and has two open calls for 2025. Project grants will be funded for:
Research of relevance to forest management and conservation
Projects in Youth Psychology/Psychiatry
To apply from Umeå University, you must first submit to the faculty where you are employed by 12 November. Then, the Dean of each faculty decides which projects to submit before the deadline for submission on 1 March 2025. Read more on Aurora Read more on the website
The J C Kempe Memorial Scholarship Foundation, spring 2025
Deadline: 10 March
Twice a year
The application is now open for scholarship funding from The J C Kempe Memorial Scholarship Foundation. As a master's or doctoral student in Västerbotten, Västernorrland or Norrbotten, you can apply. Read more
FORMAS: Career Grant for Early-career Researchers, career age 0–3 years
Call opens: 22 January 2025 Call closes: 19 March 2025
Early-career researchers with a career age of 0–3 years can apply for up to SEK 1.5 million on average per year for up to four year long research projects where you formulate your own question within Formas’ areas of responsibility: Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning. Read more
FORMAS: Career Grant for Early-career Researchers, career age 4–7 years
Call opens: 22 January 2025 Call closes: 19 March 2025
Early-career researchers with a career age of 4–7 years can apply for up to SEK 1.5 million on average per year for up to four year long research projects where you formulate your own question within Formas’ areas of responsibility: Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning. Read more
May 2025
Carl Trygger Foundation 2025
Deadline: 14 May 2025
Yearly
The Carl Trygger Foundation for Scientific Research supports research in the natural sciences that is important for Sweden in areas such as physics, chemistry, technology, biology, ecology, geology, as well as forest and agricultural science. Grants have also been awarded to instrument development in these disciplines. Read more
Upcoming calls 2025
Call for funding: UArctic Entrepreneurship Fund 2025
Deadline: call not open yet
Yearly
The UArctic Entrepreneurship Fund supports the development of new services or products in the incubator stage that have a direct benefit locally and/or an circumpolar impact. The aim is to help save the Arctic environment and strengthen Arctic communities. Read more
Future Forests: seed money for interdisciplinary forest research, spring 2025
Deadline: call not open yet
Twice a year
Future Forests is launching a seed money call for subjects related to forest sciences and sustainable forestry development. Researchers at SLU, Skogforsk and Umeå University can apply for up to SEK 100,000 for short-term projects or pilot studies that can form the basis for larger interdisciplinary projects. Read more
Per Olof Edin Research and Travel Grants 2025
Deadline: call not open yet
Yearly
Världsinfektionsfonden announces research and travel grants of up to 25,000 SEK for research on global infectious diseases. This grant is directed towards young researchers registered at a Swedish university, at least at the master’s or Ph.D. level. Read more
Travel grants: the Kempe Foundations 2025
Deadline: call not open yet
Yearly
As a teacher, researcher or doctoral student at Umeå university, you can apply for travel grants from Stiftelsen J C Kempes Minnes Akademiska fonder I and II. Read more
KSLA: Support for Innovative Communication Projects with the Aim of Promoting the Green Industries 2025
Deadline: call not open yet
Yearly
Svenska Lantbruksveckans fond distributes approximately SEK 500,000 annually to promote projects that raise the status of green industries in society. Read more (in Swedish)
Arctic Field Grant (AFG) 2026
Opens in 2025 Deadline: call not open yet
Yearly
The Arctic Field Grant supports fieldwork for students and researchers collecting data in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Application to the call opens six weeks prior to the deadline. Read more
Upcoming calls 2027
SSF Future Research Leaders
Deadline: call not open yet
Every third year
Are you a young researcher aspiring to lead pioneering research in natural sciences, technology, or medicine? Seize the opportunity to join the SSF flagship programme, Future Research Leaders. 16 researchers will receive SEK 15 million each, alongside comprehensive leadership training over five years. To be eligible, you must have completed your doctoral degree between 2018 and 2020, and work full-time at a Swedish university or research institute during the grant period. Read more
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