Funding opportunities
Table of contents
Here you will find deadlines for funding opportunities at several of the major research funders.
-
January
January 14
- Forte (Swedish Research Council for Working Life, Social and Public Health)
- Horizon Europe (EU)
- Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF)
January 15
- Formas (Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development)
January 28
- RJ (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond)
- RJ Project 2025
- RJ Programmes 2025
- Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF)
- CO2 Capture, Transformation and Utilization
January 30
- Forte (Swedish Research Council for Working Life, Social and Public Health)
- International call: Healthcare of the Future 2025 (THCS) – pre-proposal
-
February
February 4
- Formas (Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development)
- The Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen)
February 5
- Formas (Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development)/Vinnova (Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems)
- Horizon Europe (EU)
- The Swedish Energy Agency
February 12
- The Swedish Energy Agency
February 13
- Forte (Swedish Research Council for Working Life, Social and Public Health)
- STINT
February 15
- Wallenberg Foundations (KAW)
February 18
- Swedish Research Council (VR)
- International postdoc within natural and engineering sciences
- International postdoc within medicine and health
- International postdoc within humanities and social sciences, including educational sciences
- Grant for clinical study within therapy research
- Tage Erlander visiting professorship (in Natural and Engineering Sciences)
- Kerstin Hesselgren visiting professorship (in the social sciences or humanities)
- Olof Palme visiting professorship (with a focus on areas of importance for the understanding of peace and conflict in a broad sense.)
- Visiting researcher grant in research into the Holocaust, victims of the Holocaust and anti-Semitism
February 20
- NordForsk/Forte (Swedish Research Council for Working Life, Social and Public Health)
February 27
- Forte (Swedish Research Council for Working Life, Social and Public Health)
-
March
March 4
- Swedish Research Council (VR)
- Vinnova (Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems)
- Forte (Swedish Research Council for Working Life, Social and Public Health)
- International call for poposals within JPND 2025 (EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research. Two-stage application, pre-proposal due March 4, 2025)
March 5
March 10
- ÅForsk foundation
March 18
- The Swedish Energy Agency
March 19
- Swedish Research Council (VR)
- Formas (Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development)
- Vinnova (Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems)
March 20
- Forte (Swedish Research Council for Working Life, Social and Public Health)
March 25
- Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF)
- Instrument, Technology and Method development
-
April
April 1
- Wallenberg Foundations (MMW)
- Wallenberg Foundations (MAW)
- The Wallenberg Foundations (PWS)
- Wallenberg Foundations (SRF)
- Swedish Research Council (VR)
- Project grant for research into cyber and information security
- Network grant within educational sciences
- Project grant for research into crime: crime prevention, gender equality and domestic violence
- Project grant for research into the social consequences of digitalisation
- Network grant within educational sciences focusing on digitisation and STEM education
- Research project grant within educational sciences
- Starting grant within educational sciences
- Research environment grant within educational sciences
- Research project grant within natural and engineering sciences
- Starting grant within natural and engineering sciences
- Project grant for research collaboration between Sweden and USA on sixth-generation wireless systems (6G)
- Project grant for research into societal security
- Project grant for research into segregation
April 9
- Vinnova (Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems)
- The Swedish Energy Agency
April 10
- Formas (Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development)
April 15
- RJ (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond)
April 23
- Vinnova (Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems)
- International Collaboration for Health Innovation, IHI Call 10 (Two-stage application, pre-proposal to be submitted 23 April)
April 25
- Erling-Persson Foundation
April 29
- Formas (Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development)
- Vinnova (Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems
April 30
- Vinnova (Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems)
-
May
May 8
- Vinnova (Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems)
May 13
- Formas (Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development)
- NordForsk/Forte (Swedish Research Council for Working Life, Social and Public Health)
May 14
- Swedish Research Council (VR)
- Starting grant within viruses and pandemics
- Consolidator grant within viruses and pandemics
- Project grant for employment of postdocs for cross-sectoral collaboration in medicine and health
- Project grant for research into knowledge gaps in viruses and pandemics
- Network grant for collaboration in the area of viruses and pandemics
- Vinnova (Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems)
May 15
- The Swedish Energy Agency
May 21
- Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ)
May 27
- Swedish Research Council (VR)
- NordForsk/Formas (Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development
-
July
Nothing here yet.
-
August
August 19
- Swedish Research Council (VR)
- Grant for planning of clinical study in therapy research (see also previous calls for information)
August 20
- Forte (Swedish Research Council for Working Life, Social and Public Health)
- Grants for research about elderly and ageing (see also previous calls for information)
August 28
- Horizon Europe (EU)
August 29
Preliminary/expected
- Forte (Swedish Research Council for Working Life, Social and Public Health)
- Visiting researcher grants 2025 (see previous calls for more information)
- The Swedish Energy Agency
- Swedish Research Council (VR)
-
September
September 10
- Horizon Europe (EU)
- Vinnova (Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems)
September 16
- Swedish Research Council (VR)
- International post doc within medicine and health (see also previous calls for information)
- International postdoc within humanities and social sciences, including educational sciences (see also previous calls for information)
- International postdoc within natural and engineering sciences (see also previous announcements for information)
18 September
- Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU)
- 2025 calls in EU portal (see also the CBE JU homepage)
- Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (6G SNS JU)
- 2025 calls in EU portal (see also the work programme on the 6G SNS JU homepage)
Preliminary/expected
- Horizon Europe (EU)
- 2025 Pillar 2 calls (The 2025 work programme is expected to be released in March/April 2025. Most calls are expected to close in September 2025, but some topics will have deadlines as late as April 2026)
- STINT
- Swedish Research Council for Sport Science (CFI)
- 2025 calls (project grants, postdoc grants)
- Forte (Swedish Research Council for Working Life, Social and Public Health)
- Research Centre Grant (Thematic priorities: Women's Health and Diseases, Care and Support for People with Dementia, Return to Work, Mental Health)
- Conference Grants 2025 II
-
October
October 1
- Wallenberg Foundations (MWS)
- Wallenberg Foundations (SRF)
October 5
- Wallenberg Foundations (KAW)
October 8
- Horizon Europe (EU)
October 9
- Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership)
- 2025 calls (see also the work programme on the CETPartnership website. Two-stage application, pre-proposals to be submitted October 9)
October 15
- The Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen)
October 31
- Wallenberg Foundations (SRF)
Preliminary/expected
- Horizon Europe (EU)
-
November
12 November
- Vinnova (Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems)
14 November
- Wallenberg Foundations (KAW)
15 November
- Wallenberg Foundations (TMW)
25 November
- Horizon Europe (EU)
Preliminary/expected
- The Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen)
- Prospekt (the call is expected to open in September 2025)
- Hög (the call is expected to open in September 2025)
- Recruitments (the call is expected to open in September 2025)