Research Grants for researchers who want to re-establish themselves in Sweden

5 July 2022

ÅForsk foundation, majority shareholder of AFRY, has decided to announce repatriation grants for researchers who want to re-establish themselves in Sweden as independent researchers after an international stay at postdoctoral level.

The application is open to researchers who have defended their dissertations in the past five years and who have conducted research abroad for at least one year as an academic or industrial postdoc, or as an employed industrial researcher.

ÅForsk funds research of high scientific quality that can be applied to the core areas Energy, Environment, Safety & Sustainability, Infrastructure, Materials technology, Development of processes and Products from renewable raw materials. During 2022, ÅForsk foundation plans to approve two grants of SEK 1 million/year each, for maximum two years.

The application period runs from 1 March to 30 September 2022.