Apply 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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Bio-based production processes for a sustainable and competitive bioeconomy
The Swedish bio-based industry, which bases its production on raw materials from forestry, agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, as well as residual streams in its downstream value chains, needs t...Current: 108 days left. Apply before: 2025-09-09 14:00 -
SBEP JTC 2024: Unified paths to a climate-neutral, sustainable, and resilient blue economy
Formas announces 20 million SEK to researchers belonging to Swedish universities, colleges and institutes for participation and/or coordination of an application to the European partnership Sustainab...Given decision: 2024-07-15 15:00 -
Sustainable Futures of Forests
NordForsk, with support from Formas and other Nordic and Baltic research councils, is conducting a call for proposals on forests entitled "Sustainable futures of forests".Current: 3 days left. Apply before: 2025-05-27 13:00 -
A chemically safe future – preparatory projects
This call is aimed at those wanting to take on the challenges of achieving a chemically safe future. The purpose of this call is to build up new, interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral collaborative con...Current: 3 days left. Apply before: 2025-05-27 14:00 -
The future and development of forests and the forest sector in a global context
Sweden, the EU and the world face complex challenges and changes – environmental, technical and societal – that affect forests and the forest sector. This call intends to enable research that explores...Closed: Decision is made 2025-06-10 14:00. -
Explore – Formas’ open call for research projects 2025
In Explore – Formas' open call for research projects, you are invited to freely formulate a research question within Formas’ areas of responsibility. The call supports innovative research of the highe...Future: Open for applying 2025-08-20 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 2025-06-25 17:00. -
Action! From research to impact
Addressing todays and tomorrow’s societal challenges requires a wide range of initiatives, of which research is an important part. Science-based knowledge and insights, innovations, and solutions need...Closed: Decision is made 2025-10-21 14:00. -
Enabling financing and investments for a sustainable climate transformation
There is still time to respond to the impending crises resulting from climate change and the loss of biodiversity. Significant financial resources need to be mobilised while countering capital flows t...Closed: Decision is made 2025-10-21 14:00. -
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 2025-10-21 14:00.