SSF announces Future Research Leaders 7
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) announces up to 20 grants, SEK 12 million each (incl. overhead), covering a period of five years. The present Call concerns the 7th generation of Future Research Leaders since the program started in the year 2000.
The program supports and promotes 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 researcher of the highest scientific and pedagogical standing who in addition displays a potential for leadership and management, an ambition to implement research results, and who 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.
Scope
According to its statutes, the Foundation supports research in the natural sciences, engineering and medicine, promoting the development of strong research environments of the highest international standards and enhancing Sweden’s future competitiveness.
The programme is open to young scientists from Sweden as well as from other countries. Grantees must intend to work full-time at a Swedish research organization – university or public or private non-profit research institute. The grant is primarily intended for building a research group at a scientific organisation chosen by the grantee.
The grantees commit to participate in a (mandatory) leadership training programme, which will claim 20 full meeting days plus a two weeks study travel abroad, as well as time for preparation, follow up and tasks in between meetings.