Applying for funding
Who can apply for funding?
Universities, colleges, research institutes and their affiliated researchers represent our main applicant groups. But many others can also apply for funding from us – special interest groups, private companies (except sole proprietors), associations, municipalities, county councils, and other government agencies that are not higher education institutions.
Projects that qualify for funding
When you apply for project funding, you can apply for grants to cover both direct and indirect costs. Direct costs include costs for salaries, equipment and travel. Indirect costs are costs that are shared with others in your organisation, such as for administration, IT and renting of premises.
How to apply
You apply for funding and add the information you need for your application in our application system, Prisma. There is some information that is good to know before you apply, such as what our assessment criteria are, who is considered an administrating organisation and may receive the money, what our publication criteria are, and what considerations you should take into account for your project when you apply for funding.
How we assess your application
We assess applications on the basis of scientific quality and relevance for society. We sometimes consider other criteria, and in such cases we will state this in our call descriptions. Formas’ Scientific Council is responsible for decisions about which projects are granted funding. The Scientific Council delegates decisions on granting funds of up to SEK 10 million per project and year to Formas’ director general, who in turn delegates these decisions to Formas’ department heads. The decisions are based on the recommendations made by our review panels. It is these review panel members who assess all applications before they are submitted to Formas’ for a decision.
When are you informed about our decision?
Each call description states when you can expect to be informed. You or the project manager will receive a message in Prisma. The message will be sent to the project manager’s account.
Reporting requirements
If you are awarded a grant, you must report project expenses and results. This is done in Prisma.
Current calls
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Career Grant for Early-career Researchers, career age 4–7 years
This call welcomes researchers who have recently received a doctorate or who are at an early stage of their career. You can apply for funding to conduct your own research project, where you formulate...Closed: Decision is made 2024-11-05 14:00. -
Career Grant for Early-career Researchers, career age 0–3 years
This call welcomes researchers who have recently received a doctorate or who are at an early stage of their career. You can apply for funding to conduct your own research project, where you formulate...Closed: Decision is made 2024-10-31 17:00. -
New call for research projects (previously annual open call)
In the autumn of 2024, Formas opens a new call for research projects. The call aims to support innovative research of the highest scientific quality and societal relevance, within Formas’ areas of res...Future: Open for applying 2024-09-01 14:00 -
Research-driven solutions for a sustainable society 2024
We face a long list of major and pressing challenges as we work to transition into a socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable society. A key in this transition is multi-stakeholder coll...Current: 36 days left. Apply before: 2024-05-29 14:00 -
Communication call 2023
The purpose of the communication call is to support projects that communicate and popularise research results regarding sustainable development for knowledge to be used and create benefit in society.Given decision: 2024-03-26 14:00 -
Designed living environment for health and well-being
Apply for a grant for research and innovation projects that provide new or more in-depth knowledge and solutions for how designed living environments can promote human health and well-being. The call...Given decision: 2024-03-26 14:00 -
Smart Built Environment – The Innovation Ideas call
The purpose of the Innovation Ideas call is to increase opportunities for primarily small and medium-sized enterprises and small and medium-sized municipalities to develop ideas that can lead to innov...Closed: Decision is made 2024-06-25 17:00. -
Consumption in line with climate goals
Global warming continues to worsen. The next decade is decisive for meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement. To achieve the agreed climate goals, it is necessary to quickly reduce emissions of greenh...Current: 7 days left. Apply before: 2024-04-30 14:00 -
Biodiversa+: Nature-based solutions for biodiversity, human well-being and transformative change
Formas announces 30 million SEK to researchers belonging to Swedish universities, colleges and institutes for participation and/or coordination of an application to the European partnership Biodiversa...Closed: Decision is made 2025-09-30 15:00. -
Contingency planning and competitiveness in the food system – a call for transdisciplinary centres
Formas is announcing a call to fund transdisciplinary research centres that can contribute to the sustainability transition of the Swedish food system. Centres need to take on one or more complex chal...Current: 37 days left. Apply before: 2024-05-30 14:00