Energy Systems Graduate School

Energy Systems Graduate School

Provides research teams and institutions for Forskarskolan energisystem in energy systems.

⚠ This may reflect a past cycle — verify the current call on the funder's site.

Forskarskolan energisystem 2026 is an Energimyndigheten grant call funding the establishment of interdisciplinary doctoral research schools focused on energy systems at Swedish higher education institutions. The program has a total budget of approximately 60 million SEK. The application deadline is 2026-06-03 at 23:59 CET. Funding decisions are expected in November 2026, and selected schools run from December 2026 through December 2031—a five-year program duration.

Only Swedish universities and higher education institutions with the authority to award doctoral degrees are eligible to apply; companies, nonprofits, and standalone research institutes without doctoral examination authority are excluded. Each funded school must involve two to three doctoral candidates distributed across different Swedish institutions—cross-institutional collaboration is a structural requirement, not optional. A defining programmatic condition is that each school must bridge social science or humanities disciplines with natural science or technical science, reflecting Energimyndigheten's view that energy-system transformation requires both technical and social-science perspectives. The program is coordinated by Linköping University's Collaboration Forum.

Given the five-year duration and doctoral examination scope, only institutions prepared to host and supervise doctoral candidates for the full program period should apply. The cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional requirements mean that lead applicants must arrange formal collaboration agreements with at least one additional Swedish HEI before submission. Per-school award amounts are not published; the 60 million SEK pool is allocated across accepted applications through Energimyndigheten's competitive review. Enquiries should be directed to FoES@energimyndigheten.se.