Sabbatsstipendier

The Sabbatsstipendier is a tax-free scholarship program designed to facilitate Swedish senior researchers, typically professors, to work at foreign scientific institutions. The scholarship is intended as a contribution to the additional costs that stipend recipients incur through travel to foreign institutions, double housing, health insurance, school fees for children, and other expenses during the stay abroad. The program supports established researchers who obtained their doctoral degree more than five years prior to the application deadline. Recipients can use the scholarship for periods ranging from 3 to 12 months at international research institutions, with funding paid directly to the researcher's private bank account in installments of up to 6 months in advance. The scholarship cannot be extended or supplement funding from other sources if the stay abroad exceeds 12 months.