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Resestipendier

The Wenner-Gren Travel Grants are tax-free stipends intended as contributions for short-term active participation abroad in international congresses, symposia, workshops and courses. Funds are not provided for research visits abroad. Applications can be submitted twice a year, with deadlines on March 10 for travel from July 1 of the current year to June 30 of the following year, and October 1 for travel from January 1 to December 31 of the following year. Decisions on grants are typically communicated two months after the application deadline. The stipend must be used for the travel and within the time specified in the application, with the journey starting and ending in Sweden.

Postdoktorstipendier för utbildning i Sverige (utländska postdoktorer)

The Wenner-Gren Foundations offer tax-free postdoctoral fellowships for researchers at Swedish scientific institutions to invite foreign postdoctoral researchers to join their research groups in Sweden. The fellowship provides 30,000 SEK per month for a period between 6 and 24 months. The program aims to support international research collaboration by enabling qualified foreign researchers who received their doctorate within the last five years to conduct postdoctoral training in Sweden. The foreign postdoctoral researcher must not have resided in Sweden for more than nine months prior to the application deadline. Applications from young researchers are particularly encouraged. The fellowship covers the stipend and travel costs to Sweden for the visiting researcher.

Wenner-Gren Fellow-stipendier för postdoktoral utbildning

The Wenner-Gren Fellow Scholarships are the foundations' most exclusive program, designed to give young researchers the opportunity to obtain qualified postdoctoral training abroad for 3 years and thereafter (after a renewed application process) conduct research in Sweden for 2 years. The tax-free fellowships provide comprehensive support including a stipend that varies depending on host country and family situation, travel costs to and from the foreign institution, and compensation for lost child benefits. After the fellowship period abroad, fellows can apply for funding for two years' salary as a researcher at a Swedish institution. If support is granted for employment in Sweden, the host institution receives an amount to cover salary costs for the fellow's research position. Additionally, the fellow receives a start-up grant of 600,000 SEK (excluding overhead costs) and the opportunity to apply for a stipend for a foreign postdoc at any time during the year.

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Short-term)

The JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Short-term) is offered by STINT (Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education) in partnership with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). The program provides fellowships for research visits to Japan and is open to research within humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. The fellowship offers PhD students in the final stages of their education, as well as recently graduated doctors, stipends for research stays of 1-12 months in Japan. This program aims to facilitate international research collaboration and provide early career researchers with opportunities to conduct research at Japanese institutions.

STINT International Postdoc

The STINT International Postdoc program aims to strengthen the quality of Swedish research and higher education by giving recently graduated researchers the opportunity to stay at a foreign host institution. This allows postdoctoral researchers to experience a different scientific environment, become more independent, and expand their international network. The program offers personal grants of 1,000,000 SEK for at least one year of postdoctoral residence. An accompanying grant of 100,000 SEK may be added for up to two accompanying persons, for a maximum grant amount of 1.2 million SEK. The program is available in two variants: STINT International Postdoc for outgoing postdocs and STINT International Postdoc in Sweden for incoming postdocs. For the outgoing variant, researchers must have obtained their doctoral degree at a Swedish university no more than two years before the application deadline, or have a planned doctoral examination within one year of the deadline. The postdoctoral stay must offer a new experience at an institution in a country outside the EU/EFTA (including the UK) and cannot be located in a country from which the grant recipient has a previous academic degree or citizenship.

Reseanslag (Travel Grant)

Cancerfonden's travel grant supports research-related participation in congresses and courses or short-term research visits at foreign institutions. The grant is intended for individuals working within research projects supported by the Swedish Cancer Society. The program covers travel costs, hotel expenses, congress fees, and other necessary specified costs for the journey. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year and are evaluated continuously, but must be submitted at least six weeks before departure. This funding opportunity supports active participation in scientific congresses for doctoral students who have completed their mid-term review or licentiate examination, as well as postdoctoral researchers and other independent researchers working within Cancerfonden-funded projects. For doctoral students participating in international high-quality courses, only travel costs are covered. The grant can also support short-term research visits at foreign institutions when accompanied by a research program.

SSMF Postdoctoral Grant

The SSMF Postdoctoral Grant is a three-year grant designed to provide young researchers with the opportunity to advance their qualifications and establish themselves as independent researchers. The grant is intended for postdoctoral research in medical science and can be applied for on a full-time or part-time basis. Part-time grants are intended for individuals who are clinically active in their regular positions, such as physicians. The grant must be administered by a Swedish university or college, and the grant recipient must be employed by or affiliated with the grant administrator and registered in Sweden throughout the entire grant period. For full-time grants, international applicants spend years 1-2 abroad and year 3 in Sweden, while national applicants spend all 3 years in Sweden. Part-time grants are national only, with 3 years in Sweden combining research with 50% clinical practice. The grant aims at scientific advancement and reaching qualifications such as associate professorship.

SSMF Starting Grant

The SSMF Starting Grant is a four-year establishment grant for younger researchers in medicine. It aims to give younger, promising medical researchers the opportunity to establish themselves and become independent researchers. The grant is intended for those with postdoctoral qualifications and includes salary funds and associated operating grants. Research can be conducted full-time, or half-time in combination with half-time clinical service, for example for research physicians. The grant can be used for research in all medical areas, supporting both basic and applied research. The grant period is four years and the disposition time for the grant is five years.

Stiftelsen Söderström-Königska

The Söderström-Königska Foundation, established from the will of merchant Carl Christian Söderström in 1904, supports scientific research in psychiatry and psychiatric knowledge development. The foundation distributes grants primarily for research projects that promote psychiatric knowledge development across general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry. The board places great emphasis on benefits for patients with mental illness and research that addresses women's special situation in psychiatry. Low priority is given to applications with animal experimental focus. The foundation offers both project grants and postdoctoral support for clinically employed researchers within healthcare. Historically, the foundation typically awards grants up to 500,000 SEK. Applications can be written in Swedish or English, but the summary must be in Swedish.

SLS postdoktorsstipendium

The SLS Postdoctoral Scholarship enables physicians who are members of the Swedish Society of Medicine (SLS) to take leave after obtaining their PhD to conduct research at a reputable institution abroad. The scholarship provides 30,000 SEK per month for full-time research for a continuous period of at least three months and up to twelve months per application. The program supports postdoctoral training abroad and requires that applicants have defended their dissertation no more than 7 years prior to the application deadline (excluding parental leave). Recipients must be medical doctors and members of SLS or a member association.

SLS forskarmånader

SLS forskarmånader is a stipend program designed to enable physicians to take leave from clinical service after obtaining their PhD to conduct research. The stipend provides financial support of up to 75,000 SEK per month for full-time research. The program is offered by the Swedish Society of Medicine (Svenska Läkaresällskapet) to support early-career researchers who have defended their doctoral thesis within the past 7 years. The research must be conducted in Sweden on a full-time basis. The program aims to facilitate the transition from clinical practice to research activities for recently graduated PhDs in medicine. Recipients must be members of SLS or a member society, hold a medical degree, and have completed their doctoral defense no more than 7 years prior to application (with deductions allowed for parental leave).