Are you planning a conference that will be held in Umeå? Then you can apply for funding for it! Umeå municipality, Region Västerbotten and Umeå University annually sets aside funding for conferences.
The grant amount is based on the estimated number of attendees, with a maximum total of SEK 60,000.
National conferences – SEK 200 per person Nordic conferences – SEK 225 per person International conferences – SEK 275 per person Read more
Activity funding from UTRI
Deadline: continous throughout the year
Are you looking to carry out activities that promote research about sustainable transformation? Apply for funding up to SEK 80,000, and receive both financial support and practical assistance. Activities can for example be seminars, symposia, workshops, panel discussions, conferences, writing retreats, pilot projects, or time for writing research proposals. Read more
September 2025
SSF: Cyber resilience for AI systems
Deadline: 2 September
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) invests SEK 60 million in cyber resilience for AI systems, with the aim to create a research centre to make future AI systems more resilient to cyberattacks and technical failures. The goal is to develop robust, secure AI solutions that enhance Sweden’s digital independence. The application must include collaboration between leading researchers in both AI and cybersecurity, and participation from industry or societal actors. Researchers in the humanities, social sciences, and behavioural sciences are also encouraged to be involved to ensure sustainable implementation.
The Foundation Anna och Nils Håkansson Stiftelse 2025
Deadline: 15 February 2025 Deadline: 15 September 2025
Twice a year
The foundation "Anna och Nils Håkanssons Stiftelse" provides grants of between SEK 50,000 and SEK 200,000 to scientific education and research that promotes Sweden's forestry, and primarily forestry in the inland of Norrland.
Kempe Foundations 2025
Opens: 2 June Deadline: 19 September
Yearly
Teachers, researchers or doctoral students at Umeå university, you can apply for grants from the Kempe Foundation.
Call for doctoral resources
Deadline: 22 September
Twice a year
The Industrial Doctoral School for Research and Innovation (IDS) announces funding for a doctoral student in collaborative projects. As a researcher at Umeå University, qualified to act as principal supervisor to a doctoral student, you can apply for doctoral resources together with an external organisation as co-applicant. IDS funds 50 percent of the doctoral student’s salary for 48 months. Read more
The J C Kempe Memorial Scholarship Foundation, fall 2025
Opens: July 2025 Deadline: 29 September
Twice a year
The application is now open for scholarship funding from The J C Kempe Memorial Scholarship Foundation. As a master's or doctoral student in Västerbotten, Västernorrland or Norrbotten, you can apply.
Per Olof Edin Research and Travel Grants 2025
Deadline: 30 September
Yearly
Världsinfektionsfonden announces research and travel grants of up to 25,000 SEK for research on global infectious diseases. This grant is directed towards young researchers registered at a Swedish university, at least at the master’s or Ph.D. level.
October 2025
AQUARIUS Funding: Marine and Freshwater Infrastructure Access
Opens: 2 September Deadline: 28 October
Marine and freshwater researchers can apply for access to Europe’s leading aquatic research infrastructures. A total of €4 million will be available to support research projects that contribute to the objectives of the EU Mission: Restore Our Ocean and Waters, as well as travel costs.
UArctic Entrepreneurship Fund 2025
Deadline: 31 October
Yearly
The UArctic Entrepreneurship Fund supports the development of new services or products in the incubator stage that have a direct benefit locally and/or an circumpolar impact. The aim is to help save the Arctic environment and strengthen Arctic communities.
Upcoming calls 2025
Future Forests: seed money for interdisciplinary forest research, spring 2025
Deadline: call not open yet
Twice a year
Future Forests is launching a seed money call for subjects related to forest sciences and sustainable forestry development. Researchers at SLU, Skogforsk and Umeå University can apply for up to SEK 100,000 for short-term projects or pilot studies that can form the basis for larger interdisciplinary projects. Read more
Arctic Field Grant (AFG) 2026
Opens in 2025 Deadline: call not open yet
Yearly
The Arctic Field Grant supports fieldwork for students and researchers collecting data in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Application to the call opens six weeks prior to the deadline.
Upcoming calls 2026
ERC Consolidator Grant 2026
Deadline: call not open yet
Yearly
Researchers with 7-12 years of experience since completing their PhD can apply for up to € 2 million to establish a research team and continue to develop a success career in Europe. Applications can be made in any field of research.
Scholarship from The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG) 2026
Deadline: call not open yet
Yearly
Are you a master's student, PhD student or a postdoc with a research project that focuses on anthropology, cultural geography or physical geography? Then you can apply for up to SEK 80,000 for field work and related activities to advance the fields of anthropology & geography. Note that you must be a member of SSAG to be eligible to apply.
Göran Gustafssons Foundation for nature and environment in Lapland 2026
Deadline: call not open yet
Yearly
You can apply for grants for your scientific research project about nature, environment and Indigenout peoples in Lapland. Last year grants for SEK 2 265 000 was approved. Contact the foundation office to receive the application form. info@gustafssonsstiftelse.se 08-23 53 70 (in Swedish)
Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg's Memorial Fund 2026
Deadline: call not open yet
This Foundation focuses on the humanities, and has two open calls for 2025. Project grants will be funded for:
Research of relevance to forest management and conservation
Projects in Youth Psychology/Psychiatry
To apply from Umeå University, you must first submit to the faculty where you are employed by 12 November. Then, the Dean of each faculty decides which projects to submit before the deadline for submission on 1 March 2025.
The Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation 2026
Deadline: call not open yet
This Foundation focuses on the social sciences, and has two open calls for 2025. Project grants will be funded for:
Research of relevance to forest management and conservation
Projects in Youth Psychology/Psychiatry
To apply from Umeå University, you must first submit to the faculty where you are employed by 12 November. Then, the Dean of each faculty decides which projects to submit before the deadline for submission on 1 March 2025.
FORMAS: Career Grant for Early-career Researchers, career age 0–3 years
Deadline: call not open yet
Early-career researchers with a career age of 0–3 years can apply for up to SEK 1.5 million on average per year for up to four year long research projects where you formulate your own question within Formas’ areas of responsibility: Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning.
FORMAS: Career Grant for Early-career Researchers, career age 4–7 years
Deadline: call not open yet
Early-career researchers with a career age of 4–7 years can apply for up to SEK 1.5 million on average per year for up to four year long research projects where you formulate your own question within Formas’ areas of responsibility: Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning.
Carl Trygger Foundation 2026
Deadline: call not open yet
Yearly
The Carl Trygger Foundation for Scientific Research supports research in the natural sciences that is important for Sweden in areas such as physics, chemistry, technology, biology, ecology, geology, as well as forest and agricultural science. Grants have also been awarded to instrument development in these disciplines.
Upcoming calls 2027
SSF Future Research Leaders
Deadline: call not open yet
Every third year
Are you a young researcher aspiring to lead pioneering research in natural sciences, technology, or medicine? Seize the opportunity to join the SSF flagship programme, Future Research Leaders. 16 researchers will receive SEK 15 million each, alongside comprehensive leadership training over five years. To be eligible, you must have completed your doctoral degree between 2018 and 2020, and work full-time at a Swedish university or research institute during the grant period.
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