Requirements
2024/01/02
- The applicant is to have completed their PhD by the application date.
- By the application date, the applicant must have submitted final reports on previous research grants awarded by RJ.
- The applicant may only submit one application.
- Only one researcher per application is allowed.
- A connection with Sweden is required. This means that the researcher is active in Sweden with a formal connection to a Swedish HEI.
- The project will be carried out with organizations within the private, public or non-profit sector and Swedish HEIs.
- The project period is to be at least one year and at most three years. The work time in the project is to total at least 50 per cent and at most 100 per cent.
- At least 50 per cent, but at most 67 per cent, of the project period is to be done at the host organization.
- The project work can either be conducted in parallel at the host organization and the HEI or divided so that the first part of the project takes place at the host organization and the final part at the HEI.
- Both the host organization and the HEI share responsibility as employers. This means that the researcher will be employed by the organization and the HEI, split the time as they choose between respective units.
- Co-funding from the host organization and the HEI is required. RJ covers 75 per cent of total salary costs including the employer’s social-insurance contribution top-up (LKP), and the remaining 25 per cent is covered by the host organization and the HEI, each. The host organization and the HEI provide a work room, office infrastructure and other benefits at the place of work.
- RJ does not fund projects that have already begun at the host organization.
- The applicant may not be currently employed by the host organization.
- The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the research is compatible with the ethical guidelines established by the Swedish Research Council and that ethical review is carried out where necessary.