The application must include the following parts:

Title

The title is to be written in Swedish and English. In addition to the project title, the host organization for the project is also specified here.

Summary

Write the summary in Swedish and English with at most 1,500 characters, including spaces. The summary is to explain the relevance of the research, its purpose, its implementation and its collaborative potential. The summary must be formulated in such a way as to be intelligible to an interested layperson. If the application is approved, the summary will be posted immediately on RJ’s website.

Grant administrator

Specify the participating HEI.

Project description

The project description can be written in Swedish or English and is to be formulated jointly by the researcher and the host organization. It may contain up to 25,000 characters including spaces and is to present:

• The host organization’s knowledge needs
• The research question
• The purpose
• The theory and method
• The project plan and explanation of the project period
• Relevant state of the research
• Research contributions
• The contribution to the host organization
• Description of how collaboration and knowledge exchange between the host organization and the HEI will take place.
• The plan for how information about the project and the research results will be communicated, both within the academic community and in society at large.
  Read more about RJ’s guidelines for open access to scientific production.
• The applicant’s relevant skills and qualifications
• The applicant’s current employment.

Budget

• Specify resource needs (salary, HEI’s LKP and operating costs, including collaboration activities).
• Specify costs for disseminating results, including those for open access and production support.
• Do not list any indirect costs or university-wide fees (e.g., IT, premises and administration) in the application.
• RJ adds an additional amount to each grant for indirect costs and costs of premises based on RJ’s own model for determining such costs. A grant of SEK 10,000/year is also added for travel and accommodations in connection with network meetings and similar.
• Funds for commuting costs to and from the workplace will not be granted.

Budget specification

Write the budget specification in Swedish or English. Specify how work time is divided between the host organization and the HEI for each individual budget year. Specify and explain all budgeted costs. Unspecified or unexplained costs will not be approved.

Submitting the application

The application must be approved by both the host organization and the HEI. It is to be signed electronically by the project leader and head of department or equivalent and a representative for the host organization when the application is submitted. 

By signing the application, the host organization and the HEI commit to fulfilling the terms and conditions that apply for RJ Flexit. RJ will process only signed applications. 

Data management plan

You need a data management plan for the data generated in the research for which we have awarded the grant. You are not to submit the plan to us, but the project leader and grant administrator guarantee through their signatures that a data management plan will be in place when you begin your project and that the plan will be maintained and followed. Read more about data management plans.