Synergi/26 Call
Funds large integrated Swedish research programs linking multiple projects around one strategic scientific objective.
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The Synergi program, administered by KK-stiftelsen (Stiftelsen för kunskaps- och kompetensutveckling), funds large-scale integrated research programs that unite multiple research projects under a single overarching scientific question in close collaboration between Swedish newer universities and industry. The 2025/26 call offered up to 11 million SEK per program over a duration of three to six years, with project starts expected between September and December 2026. The application deadline for the 2025/26 cycle was January 27, 2026, with decisions announced in May 2026.
Eligibility is limited to universities within KK-stiftelsen's target group of 22 Swedish newer higher education institutions. Multi-university collaboration is permitted, and each sub-project within a Synergi program must involve at least two independent industry actors as co-financers. The critical financial requirement is that industry partners' total co-financing must equal or exceed the KK-stiftelsen grant — a mandatory 1:1 match. KK-stiftelsen funds research capacity, while industry partners contribute cash or in-kind to ensure commercial relevance and joint knowledge creation.
Synergi is the most ambitious of KK-stiftelsen's collaborative research formats and is suited to consortia with a well-articulated long-term scientific agenda and pre-existing industrial partnerships. Proposals that cannot demonstrate at least two independent industrial co-funders willing to match KK-stiftelsen's contribution will not qualify. The 2025/26 call is now closed. Based on the program's annual pattern, the next cycle is expected to open in September 2026 with a January 2027 deadline. Universities intending to apply to the 2026/27 cycle should begin industrial partner recruitment well in advance of the September opening.
Large-scale collaborative research programmes at Swedish universities partnered with industry, addressing overarching scientific questions with mandatory 1:1 industry co-funding.
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