Visiting Researcher Grants 2024 (Sweden)

This call shall promote the exchange of knowledge from the international research community to Swedish research environments, thereby strengthening the quality and societal relevance of research. The call will also contribute to promoting contacts, learning and exchange of experience between researchers in Sweden and researchers abroad who are active within the areas health, working life and welfare.

Focus Areas

• The call is open to applications within Forte’s main fields: health, working life and welfare.
  • Health
    • They fund research regarding both public and individual health. Research within this field includes studies on diseases and what affects the risk of being infected. It also includes efforts to promote good health and prevent ill health, rehabilitation and nursing, health care processes and systems.
    • Research within this field also includes health care research. This research field aims to develop health care and social care services for patients, diseased and their relatives. To improve clinical results, coordinated research on healthcare as a sector is necessary. It is also important to evaluate effective methods for implementation.
  • Working life
    • The research they fund within the working life area include studies on the labor market, work organization and work related health issues. One of the challenges for the future is to better understand the Swedish labor market, risks and possibilities linked to the physical and psychological work environment and organization and management of work to achieve a sustainable working life.
    • Changes in society, such as migration, urbanization and technological development affect work organizations, work conditions and forms of employment, which creates a great need of research.
  • Welfare
    • Sweden has a well-established welfare system that today faces several challenges. Research is crucial in meeting these challenges and working for a continuously improved welfare. Within the welfare research field they fund research on social policy and social insurance objectives, laws and institutions, and how they affect the welfare system.
    • Research within this area also includes studies on welfare and life conditions for specific groups. To promote a positive development of social relations in society one need new and more profound knowledge about ethnic relations, the living conditions of children and young people and the possibilities for disabled people to fully participate in society.

Grant Types

• Two types of grants are available within this call: incoming and outgoing visiting researcher grants:
  • Visiting researcher grant – Incoming
    • Incoming visiting researcher grant is open for researchers working at research institutions outside of Sweden that will visit a Swedish research institution. The Swedish host institution, and specifically the person responsible for the visiting researcher’s stay in Sweden, applies for the grant from Forte. The applicant represents the visiting researcher in all contacts with Forte.
  • Visiting researcher grant – Outgoing 
    • Outgoing visiting researcher grant is open for researchers active at a Swedish research institution that will visit a research institution outside of Sweden. Outgoing researchers are the applicants, and they represent themselves in all contacts with Forte.
• The purpose of the grant is to facilitate international contact networks and an exchange of experience between Swedish and overseas researchers, transfer knowledge from the international research community to Swedish research environments, as well as contributing to the dissemination of Swedish research abroad. The grant is intended to fund shorter stays for research collaboration, exchange of experience as well as consultations.

Funding Information

• For this call a budget of about SEK 5 million is available.
• A maximum of SEK 500000 can be applied for.
• Please note that the maximum amount includes so-called indirect costs (OH). Applications that exceed the specified limit will be rejected. Costs that may be covered include salary/fees including social security contributions, international and domestic travel and housing costs.
• However, it is not possible to apply for grants for direct research costs. The amounts granted vary according to the cost situation in the host country.
• The costs applied for must be specified in the budget. If the application does not clearly justify the costs, certain costs may be cancelled or the application may be rejected in its entirety
• Duration
  • Stays for visiting researchers are funded for a minimum of one month and a maximum of six months.

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.

For more information, visit Forte.