FyFa routines before applying for grants
A number of Swedish and international funding bodies have their application deadlines during the coming months. There is now an updated list of upcoming grant opportunities. Here are some tips on how to act.
Some of the calls require approval or a letter of support by the Head of Department. In case you need this, or if you need other support, please take note of the following and take contact at least one week before the call deadline:
- KID: contact FyFa HR for green light approval
- VR starting, consolidator or distinguished grant: contact Roelinde Middelveld for help with letters of support
- VR International postdoc or other postdoc grants that require employment at FyFa: contact FyFa HR before applying for confirmation of employment possibility
- Novo Nordisk Foundation budgets: contact the FyFa finance unit for approval before submission
- VR budgets and other budgets: if you need help, contact the FyFa finance unit
- Feedback/critical reading of applications and project plans: contact Roelinde
- For EU/ERC or NIH grant applications, contact KI’s Grants Office well in advance, preferably several months before the deadline.
"As always, feel free to contact me in case you would like critical feedback, language editing, or other support with specific applications", says Roelinde Middelveld, e-mail address: roelinde.middelveld@ki.se.
Several grant opportunities now open
There is now an updated list of upcoming grant opportunities, divided up into seven sections on seven different sheets, targeting:
- Senior researchers
- Postdocs-PhD students
- Clinical researchers at PMI
- Technicians/Nurses
- Grants for educational/teaching activities
- Grants for organising conferences
- Master students
For more details about specific calls see the information in the document below.
List of grant opportunities
Grants with short deadlines:
FOREUM (Foundation for Research in Rheumatology) Career Research Grant – 16th February
EASD - Novo Nordisk Foundation Diabetes Prize for Excellence – 15 Feb
EASD Rising Star Symposium and EFSD Rising Star Fellowship Programme– 17 Feb
VR International postdoc within medicine and health – 18th February
Hjärnfonden research grants – 3rd March
VR Distinguished professor – 4th March
Kommittén för forskning – Conference grant – 7 March 2025
Wenner-Gren Guest scientist, travel stipend, stipend for sabbatical, conference grants – 10th March
SciLifeLab Research Data Community – 12th March
ALF Clinical research positions, postdocs - 13th March
KID – Partial funding of PhD student - 13 March 2025
Novo Nordisk Foundation Pioneer Innovator Grant – 13th March
VR project, starting, consolidator grants – 19th March
SSMF Starting grant and Consolidator grant – 15th April
Gösta Fraenckel Foundation for Medical Research – 22 April 2025
KI travel grant – 22 April 2025