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Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council)

Provides Swedish Research Council through peer-reviewed grants and collaborative calls for national research excellence in all disciplines.

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Key stats
Annual fundingSEK 8B
Programs8
Active grants3
Total grants8
About

Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council), often shortened to VR, is Sweden's principal public research funder. It operates as a government agency under the Ministry of Education and Research and distributes about 8 billion SEK a year across the sciences, humanities, social sciences, medicine, education, and artistic research.

The council funds both individual project grants and larger collabora…

Programs & grants under this funder
Grant for Centre of Excellence

Funds excellence centres supporting interdisciplinary long-term research across Swedish institutions.

1 grant
Grant for Centre of Excellence
Closed
— pool
Doctoral Programme Grant — Research on Crime

Funds national graduate school support for long-term criminal justice research.

1 grant
Doctoral Programme Grant — Research on Crime
Open
SEK 84M pool
Excellence Clusters for Groundbreaking Technologies

Funds excellence clusters that connect universities and industry on frontier innovation priorities.

1 grant
Excellence Clusters for Groundbreaking Technologies
Closed
— pool
Grant for Accessibility to Infrastructure

Funds infrastructure-enabled Swedish research projects using shared scientific platforms and national collaboration networks.

1 grant
Grant for Accessibility to Infrastructure
Between cycles
SEK 60M pool
Grant for Recruiting International Visiting Researchers

Funds international visiting researcher hosting at Swedish universities through fixed-term grants.

1 grant
Grant for Recruiting International Visiting Researchers
Open
SEK 30M pool·79 days
Network Grant — Research Collaboration China–Sweden

Funds international Swedish and Chinese network research in lifespan health collaboration.

1 grant
Network Grant — Research Collaboration China–Sweden
Between cycles
— pool
Research Project Grant — Natural and Engineering Sciences

Funds natural and engineering Swedish research across disciplines via competitive grants.

1 grant
Research Project Grant — Natural and Engineering Sciences
Between cycles
— pool
Research Environment Grant — Humanities and Social Sciences

Funds group projects in humanities and social sciences through collaborative research environments.

1 grant
Research Environment Grant — Humanities and Social Sciences
Open
— pool
Last verified: 1 Jun 2026Source: www.vr.se