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Framtidens Forskningsledare 8

Period of application
210419-210816
Grant period
2022-2027
Amount (SEK million)
240.0
Scientific Secretary
Gergana Hamberg

Description of call for proposal

The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) announces up to 16 grants, SEK 15 million each (incl. overhead), covering a period of five years. The present Call concerns the 8th generation of Future Research Leaders since the program started in the year 2000, yielding about 140 alumni scholars. The program is intended to be an outstanding vehicle for supporting and promoting young scholars who have the aptitude to become future leaders of academic and/or industrial research in Sweden. The Foundation’s vision of a future research leader is a young individual of the highest scientific and pedagogical standing who, in addition, displays a potential for leadership and management. This researcher shows an ambition to implement research results and is prepared at a later stage of the career to take responsibility for complete academic environment and constellations larger than her/his own research group.

Full call for proposal text (pdf):
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  Applied Granted Granted as a percentage
Total number of applications 192 15 8%
Life Sciences 84 7 8%
Bioengineering, Medical Technology and Life Science Technologies 21 0 0%
Material Science and Material Technologies 56 5 9%
Information, Communication, and System Technologies 21 3 14%
Computational Science and Applied Mathematics 6 0 0%
Other 4 0 0%
Female main applicants 71 6 8%
Male main applicants 121 9 7%
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