Call for Proposals: Forte’s Project Grants 2025 (Sweden)

Funding Information

• You may apply for a maximum of SEK 3 million for two-year projects and SEK 5 million for three-year projects.
• Funding may be sought for either two or three years.

Eligibility Criteria

• Doctoral degree
  • To apply for a grant under this call for proposals, you must have obtained a doctoral degree no later than the closing date of the call for proposals.
• Reporting for previous grants
  • The main applicant must have submitted the final report for any previously approved grants from Forte within the reporting deadline. This only applies to grants where the deadline for final reporting has passed. Any previously granted extensions of project duration, and consequently of reporting deadlines, will be taken into account.
• Ongoing grants from Forte
  • You cannot be the main applicant for an application under this call for proposals if, at the time the planned project is due to start, you are already the project leader for an ongoing project grant or starting grant from Forte. The grant is considered ongoing during its project time (referred to as “grant period” in the contract for the grant). If the grant period has ended, but the availability period has not, it is possible to apply for funding for a new project.
  • This restriction applies regardless of which call for proposals the project grant or starting grant was granted under (with the exception of international collaboration calls).
  • The restriction only applies to the grant types project grant and starting grant. If you are a project leader with, for example, ongoing programme grants, junior researcher grants, network grants or other types of grants, you can apply in this call.
• Parallel application in Forte’s annual call for starting grants
  • You may not be the main applicant on an application in this call if you are also applying for funding in Forte’s annual call for starting grants. You may be a participating researcher in an application under this call and at the same time apply for funding in the call for starting grants.

Application Requirements

• Applications under this call for proposals can be written in Swedish or English.
• Project title in Swedish (max. 200 characters
• Project title in English (max. 200 characters)
  • The title should be formulated so that the project’s purpose is evident and so that nonspecialists may also form an impression of the content of the project. The project title is often used on its own and should be formulated with care.
• Abstract in Swedish (max. 4,000 characters)
• Abstract in English (max. 4,000 characters)
  • The abstract is essential as it will constitute the basis for the review panel’s first assessment. The abstracts that best meet the assessment criteria proceed to an in-depth assessment where the complete application is read in its entirety. The abstract should therefore provide an informative description of the project as a whole and correspond to the assessment criteria used in the first assessment round. It should be able to stand on its own, which is why you should make no references to other parts of the application. It is also important that non-specialists can understand the abstract. If your application is granted, the abstracts in Swedish and English will be published in open project databases without a confidentiality assessment
• Purpose, research questions, theoretical framework, background and the originality of the project (max 15,000 characters)
  • Provide a description of the project’s purpose, specific research questions and background. Write a brief literature review and describe the project’s originality and added value in relation to previous research. Also describe the theoretical starting points for the project. If the project is based on a previously completed or still ongoing project, describe how the projects relate to each other, the results of the previous research and the contribution of the new project. The research referred to does not need to be funded by Forte.
• Previous Forte grant reference number
  • If Forte has funded all or parts of your research described above, please state the reference number.
• Study design, empirical material and methods for data collection and analysis (max. 15,000 characters)
  • Describe the study design, which data will be used, how the data collection will be carried out and the principles and methods for data processing and analysis.
• Work plan (max. 10,000 characters)
  • Clearly describe what is going to be done and how the work will be organised. The work plan should contain information about the staffing of the project, including details of each individual’s tasks. Cooperation with other researchers outside of the project group is described here. The work plan should be detailed enough for reviewers to be able to assess the feasibility of the project.
• Image uploader (max. 4 MB/image)
  • Here you can upload images that illustrate parts of your project description. Include a visible reference in the image so that you can refer to it in the text. Permitted file extensions: JPG, PNG and GIF format.

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