Distinguished Professor Grant within Medicine and Health

Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council)
Award SEK 4M–4M ≈ €344K
Closing date Closed
Location Global
For Individuals

About this opportunity

The Distinguished Professor Programme aims to create conditions for the most prominent researchers to conduct long-term, pioneering research with great potential to achieve scientific breakthroughs. The grant shall also enable the establishment and development of a larger research environment of the highest quality around a leading researcher. This funding opportunity is open to individual researchers who have held a doctoral degree for more than 12 years and focuses on research within medicine and health. The grant provides 4,000,000 SEK per year for 8 years to support all types of project-related costs including salaries, facilities, operational costs, and depreciation costs. One grant may be devoted to a researcher active in virus and pandemic research.
96 - 97 mo
Decision published by early December 2025
research medicine health medical research clinical research virology pandemic research health sciences biomedical research

Who can apply

Applicant Types

individual

Organization Types

academic

Residency

🇸🇪 Sweden

Project Locations

🇸🇪 Sweden

Region

Sweden

Years from Degree

12 - 81 years

How to apply

Institutional approval

Stages

  1. 1 two_stage

Required documents

cv · research_proposal · budget · cover_letter

Review process

Applications are assessed by an international expert panel in two stages. Initial individual assessment by at least three members, followed by in-depth discussion of high-quality applications at a panel meeting. Selected applications also reviewed by external reviewers.

Additional benefits

  • research environment development
  • institutional support

Restrictions

  • no_concurrent_funding
  • reporting_requirements

Post-award obligations

  • final_report
  • acknowledge_funder

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