Annual funding opportunities

KI Internal

• KI Travel Grant 2026 (period 3) incl digital arrangements; deadline: 18 August
  • Travel period: November 1, 2026 – April 30, 2027
• KI Consolidator grant 2026; deadline: 31 August 
  • Aimed toward junior researchers; new for this year’s call: Senior lecturers are eligible to apply

Region Stockholm

• Lilla Barnets Fond - Utlysning av forskningsanslag 2027; deadline: 16 August
  • Projekt- och doktorandanslag för klinisk forskning, translationell forskning och grundforskning kring fostrets och det nyfödda barnets hälsa

External

Swedish/Nordic

• The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation – Strategic projects; deadline: 10 August
• SweTrial – Funding for clinical trials (Clinical trial networks & National initiatives); deadline: 14 August 
• The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation – Organization of scientific meetings & Network support; deadline: 17 August
• Svensk sjuksköterskeförening – Doktorandstipendium; deadline: 18 August 
  • Syftar till att stimulera omvårdnadsforskning av hög relevans och vetenskaplig kvalitet som en grund för ökad evidensbasering av den kliniska omvårdnaden – till gagn för patienter och närstående
• Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA) – PhD Scholarships, Postdoc Fellowships and Visiting Researcher Grants; deadline: 18 August
  • Applications can be in any field of diabetes, metabolism, or classical endocrinology research
• Novo Nordisk Foundation – Reducing childhood vulnerability – health promotion in social initiatives 2026; deadline: 20 August
• Swedish Research Council (VR) – Project grant for planning or pilot study for a future clinical study in therapy research - Swedish Research Council; deadline: 25 August
• Afa Insurance – Postdoc-stöd för forskning inom arbetsmiljö; deadline: 28 August
• The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation – Travel/conference grant; deadline: 31 August
• The Swedish Brain Foundation – Postdoktorala bidrag; deadline: 31 August 
• Kronprinsessparets Stiftelse – Projektbidrag; deadline: 31 August 
  • Främjar inkludering och hälsa för barn och unga
• Stiftelsen Kempe-Carlgrenska fonden – Stipendier och forskningsanslag; deadline: 31 August
  • Forskning gällande barn eller ungdomars psykosociala situation och skolgång; stöd ges främst till doktorander och post-docs

European

• European Research Council (ERC) – Advanced Grant (ERC-2026-ADG); deadline: August 27

U.S./Other international

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KI Internal

• Funding for collaboration with partners in Africa; deadline: 1 September 
  • Junior researchers are invited to apply for funding to strengthen collaboration or to establish new collaboration with partners in low- and middle-income countries in Africa
• KI Pain Network (KIPN) – KIPN funding initiatives; deadline: 1 September
  • Collaborative Grant for new cross-laboratories and cross-departmental research projects
• STINT – Teaching sabbatical nomination; deadline: 1 September (internal KI deadline) 
• KI Travel Grants for research visits for PhD students; deadline: 15 September
  • Travel period: November 2026 – December 2027
• David and Astrid Hagelén Foundation; deadline: 15 September
  • Post-doctoral stipends or grants for researcher salaries for medical research

Region Stockholm

• SU-Region Stockholm 2027; deadline: 9 September
  • Samarbete mellan Region Stockholm och Stockholms universitet (SU) för projekt inom life science; psykisk hälsa; digitalisering; klimat och samhällsplanering; eller kultur
• SSE-Region Stockholm 2027; deadline: 14 September 
  • Projects must involve researchers at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) and should involve employees at Region Stockholm directly or indirectly; research areas of particular interest: life science, health care organization, and health economics; mental health; digital transformation; climate and spatial planning; culture

External

Swedish/Nordic

• Vinnova – Collaborative projects for healthy and resilient communities; deadline: 1 September
• Vinnova – Impact Innovation: Change alliances for a reformed public sector in 2026; deadline: 1 September
  • SustainGov funds change alliances where the public sector together with other actors drive systemic change within one of the program’s three focus areas; complex care needs, inclusive society and food security
• Forte – Leisure activities and environments - children's living conditions and health development 2026; deadline: 1 September
• Tore Nilsons stiftelse för medicinsk forskning - Anslag för klinisk medicinsk forskning; deadline: 1 September
  • Som regel utgår ej anslag till områden som är väl tillgodosedda genom specialfonder (t.ex. cancerfonden, hjärt-lungfonden eller diabetesfonden)
  • Forskningsanslag och även särskilda reseanslag avseende forskning eller avancerade studier i utlandet under en kortare period
• Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelse – Forskningsanslag; deadline: 1 September
  • Huvudområdena: medicin, ekonomi, rättsvetenskap och ”övrigt” (e.g., kultur och historia). Anslagsgivningen inom ämnesområdet medicinsk forskning fokuserar hösten 2026 på nya lovande projekt nära klinisk användning.
• Stiftelsen Tornspiran – Research and scholarship grants; deadline: 1 September (other deadlines: 1 December; 1 March)
  • Supports applied research in natural sciences, humanities, and medicine, with a focus on health and biological sciences. Encourages interdisciplinary exploration, including agriculture and food sciences, to promote scientific innovation and educational advancement.
• Stiftelsen Sävstaholm – Projektbidrag, Doktorandstöd, Postdoktorandstöd; deadline: 1 September
  • Barn, ungdomar eller vuxna med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning (IF)
• Radiumhemmets Forskningsfonder, Karolinska Sjukhuset – Anslag för klinisk cancerforskning; deadline: 1 September
  • Stöder klinisk patientnära cancerforskning och translationell forskning inom Region Stockholm i syfte att främja förbättrad diagnostik och effektivare individualiserad cancerbehandling
• Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning (SSMF) – Travel grant for doctoral students; deadline: 1 September (other deadlines: 1 December; 1 March; 1 June)
• Salenstiftelsen – Forksningsbidrag; deadline: 3 September
  • Projektstarter – forskningsprojekt som faller utanför Vetenskapsrådets ansvarsområde; Tvärvetenskapliga projekt - projekt på eller kring gränslinjerna mellan olika vetenskapliga discipliner; Forskarstöd – utlandsresor och mindre omfattande projekt
• Afa Insurance – Call for proposals in occupational environment; deadline: 4 September
• Stiftelsen Samariten och Stefan & Martina Ränks donation – Clinical or scientific exchanges and travel grants; deadline: 7 September
  • Stöttar olika former av kliniska eller vetenskapliga utbyten inom ämnesområdenanom barnkardiologi och GUCH (Grown-Up with Congenital Heart Disease)
• Novo Nordisk Foundation – Project Grants for Research within Nutrition Related to Cardiometabolic Diseases (CMDs); deadline: 8 September
  • The main applicant must be based at a Danish university, hospital, or other non-profit research organisation; if there is a co-applicant, they must be employed at a university, hospital, or other non-profit research organisation outside of Denmark
• The Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund (Barncancerfonden) – Various calls; deadline: 9 September
  • Project grants for childhood cancer research
  • Clinical Trials in Childhood Cancer
  • Research and development projects in medical technology
• Diabetesfonden – Forskningsanslag; deadline: 15 September
  • Såväl grundforskning som klinisk patientnära forskning med tydlig diabetesrelevans
• Swedish Research Council for Sport Science (in Swedish: Centrum för idrottsforskning, CIF) – Research grants; deadline: 15 September
• Åke Wibergs stiftelse – Various calls; deadline: 15 September
  • Forskningsanslag inom medicin
  • Forskningsanslag inom humaniora och samhällsvetenskap
• Magnus Bergvalls stiftelse – Forskningsanslag; deadline: 15 September
  • Områdena: Humaniora och samhällsvetenskap, naturvetenskap inklusive teknikvetenskap samt medicin
• Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) – Strategic mobility grant; deadline: 15 September
  • Finances the salary costs for people who want to move between business/government/hospital and academia/research institutes for a period of time
• Centralförbundet för alkohol- och narkotikaupplysning (CAN) – Utlysning av medel för alkoholforskning; deadline: 15 September
• Swedish Research Council (VR) – International post doc within medicine and health (autumn call); deadline: 15 September
• Interreg Sverige-Norge – Projektbidrag; deadline: 15 September
  • Målsättningen med Interreg Sverige-Norge är att skapa samarbete mellan våra länder. Samarbetet ska leda till utveckling och ett mervärde som annars inte skulle ha blivit av. Prioriteringar: En smartare gränsregion; En grönare gränsregion; En mer social gränsregion; En starkare gränsregion
• Olav Thon Foundation – Nordic research collaboration nominations; deadline: 15 September
  • Age-related neurodegenerative diseases (including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s) 
• The Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund (Barncancerfonden) – Various calls; deadline: 15 September
  • Travel grants
  • Symposia
  • PhD courses
  • Methodological studies and educational courses
  • Guest lecturer
• Formas – Kommuner utformade för framtiden – klimatneutrala, robusta och socialt hållbara (organisationsutlysning); deadline: 16 September
  • Projektet ska ledas av en kommun, region eller ett kommunalförbund. Ansökan ska omfatta minst en ytterligare projektpart från universitet, högskola eller forskningsinstitut.
• Afa Insurance – Att förebygga och hantera hot och våld i arbetslivet; deadline: 22 September
• The Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund (Barncancerfonden) – Various calls; deadline: 22 September
  • Co-financing of EU projects
  • Planning grants
• Astma- och Allergiförbundets Forskningsfond – Forskningsanslag; deadline: 23 September
• Swedish Research Council (VR) – Exploratory grant in groundbreaking research; deadline: 29 September
• Swedish Research Council (VR) – Grant for recruiting visiting researchers from Ukraine within the infection area; deadline: 29 September (Organisation applicants only)
• The Nordic Cancer Union (NCU) - Collaborative Cancer Research; deadline: 29 September
  • Prioritized research areas: Register-based epidemiological studies; Descriptive epidemiology; Comparative clinical epidemiological studies; Clinical trials
• The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation – Post-doctoral fellowship abroad; deadline: 29 September
• Demensförbundet – Demensfonden projektanslag; deadline: 30 September
• Neuroförbundet – Årliga bidrag (inom flera neurologiska diagnosområden); deadline: 30 September
• O. E. och Edla Johanssons vetenskapliga stiftelse – Stipendier för forskning; deadline: 30 September
  • Företrädesvis forskning inom livsvetenskaperna (medicin, translationell forskning, naturvetenskap och teknik)
• Anders Hultmans Stiftelse – Research grants and scholarships; deadline: 30 September
  • Focus: Vulnerable life situations, such as social, economic, existential or structural circumstances that limit people's scope for action, security, participation or quality of life.

European

• European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD) – EFSD and Lilly European Diabetes Research Programme; deadline: 1 September
  • Accepts applications within any area of basic or clinical diabetes research
• European Research Council (ERC) – ERC Plus Grant (ERC-2026-PLUS); deadline: 2 September
• Global Health European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 3 (Global Health EDCTP3) – Coordination and support actions (CSA); deadline: 2 September (single stage)
  • HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2026-03-SERP-01: Training and innovation networks for sustained capacity building related to ethics, regulatory and pharmacovigilance, and related digital regulatory platforms
  • HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2026-03-DIGIT-02: Enhancing integrated research and healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa through digital innovation and artificial intelligence
• Global Health European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 3 (Global Health EDCTP3) – EDCTP Prizes 2027; deadline: 2 September
  • Recognising outstanding individuals and research teams from Africa and Europe for their achievements in global health research and innovation
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) – MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships; deadline: 9 September (KI Grants Office support page)
• European Rare Diseases Research Alliance (ERDERA) – ERDERA Clinical Trial Call 2026; deadline: 10 September (Stage 0 – Expression of interest)
• Horizon Europe – Various calls
  • HORIZON-HLTH-2026-02 DISEASE-12: European Partnership on Rare Diseases (ERDERA) (Phase 2); deadline: 15 September
  • HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-TRANSFO-04: The impact of the use of digital tools outside school and for communication on educational outcomes and mental health; deadline: 23 September
  • HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-TRANSFO-08: Strengthened implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and a focus on inclusion, integration, and health; deadline: 23 September
  • HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-TRANSFO-09: Rethinking long-term care policy in the face of EU demographic shifts; deadline: 23 September

U.S./Other international

• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institutet (PCORI) – Various calls; deadline: 9 September (LOI)
  • Addressing Health Outcomes for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and/or Rare Diseases (RD)
  • Addressing Substance Use
  • Advancing the Science of Engagement in Research
  • Improving Methods for Conducting Patient-Centered Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research
  • Broad Pragmatic Studies (Improving Mental Health and Substance Use Outcomes for Pregnant and Postpartum Populations, Cancer Survivorship; Diabetes Prevention, Care and Treatment, Management of Neuropathic Pain, Management of Pain in Individuals Living with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities or Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias)
• NIH – Collaborative International Research Project (Parent PF5 Clinical Trial Optional). PA-26-002; deadline: 25 September
  • This opportunity specifically implements an award structure of prime domestic awards with independent foreign awards that are linked to the prime.

KI Internal

• KI Travel Grant 2026 (period 4) incl digital arrangements; deadline: 13 October
  1. Travel period: January 1 – June 30, 2027
• Ulla Hamberg Angeby and Lennart Angebys Foundation (stroke research); deadline: 13 October 

External

Swedish/Nordic

• Svenska Läkaresällskapet (SLS) och Stiftelsen Söderström, Königska – Projektanslag och/eller post-doktorstöd; deadline: 1 October
  • Forskning inom psykiatri & psykiatrisk kunskapsutveckling; 
• Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology (NFOG) – NFOG Fund; deadline: 1 October (and 1 March)
• Wenner-Gren Foundations – Various calls; deadline: 1 October
  • Postdoktorsstipendier för utbildning i Sverige (utländska postdoktorer)
  • Gästforskarstipendier (vid svensk institution)
  • ​Sabbatsstipendier för forskning i utlandet (seniora forskare)
  • Resestipendier
  • Externa Internationella symposier
• Swedish Physicians Against AIDS Research Fund (Swedish: Stiftelsen Läkare mot AIDS, Forskningsfond) – Research grant; deadline: 1 October (and 1 March)
• Drottning Silvias Jubileumsfond – Stipendier (studerande antagna till forskarutbildning inom universitet och högskolor i Sverige); deadline: 1 October
  • Tema 2026: ”Utvärdering av interventioner för att lindra konsekvenser av funktionshinder hos barn.”
• The Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine (resuscitation, trauma, and maternal/newborn care) – Various calls; deadline: 1 October (and 1 April)
  • Project Support
  • Saving lives in low-resource settings (emergency care, resuscitation, trauma care, and maternal and newborn survival)
  • Program Support
• Cancerfonden – Various calls; deadline: 1 October
  • Postdoktortjänst Sverige/Internationellt
  • Senior Investigator Award
  • Junior/Senior Clinical Investigator Award
  • Junior Investigator Award; Forskarskola
  • Forskarmånader
  • Fellowship inom vårdvetenskap
• Vinnova – Planning grant for international proposal 2026; deadline: 6 October
• Formas – Explore – Innovative research for the environment, agricultural sciences and spatial planning 2026; deadline: 7 October
• Novo Nordisk Foundation – Challenge programme 2027; deadline: 7 October (Stage 1 – Expression of interest) 
  • Theme 1: Advancing Next Generation AMR Diagnostics for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
  • Theme 2: Heat and Hypertension – Understanding the Mechanisms of Interaction
• Vinnova – Innovative Health Initiative Partnership, Call 13; deadline: 8 October
  • Support for international project within the European incubator network, AI-based toxicology model and immunology linked to age-related diseases
• Ebba Danelius stiftelse och Svensk sjuksköterskeförening – Stipendier; deadline: 15 October
  • Stöd till legitimerade sjuksköterskor som bedriver forsknings- eller utvecklingsarbete med fokus på att minska ohälsa och främja hälsa för barn och unga (0–18 år)
• Carl-Axel Palms omvårdnads-och utvecklingsstiftelse och Svensk sjuksköterskeförening – Stipendium; deadline: 15 October
  • Främjar utveckling och forskning av omvårdnad främst med inriktning på värdegrunds- och etiska frågor inom omvårdnad och omsorg
• Svensk sjuksköterskeförening – Projektmedel; deadline: 15 October
  • Projektmedel till medlemmar som är sjuksköterskor och bedriver forskning, kliniska utvecklingsprojekt eller befinner sig i början av sin forskarutbildning
• Fredrik och Ingrid Thurings stiftelse – Anslag för medicinsk forskning; deadline: 15 October
  • Psykiatrisk forskning
• Mental Health Fund (Fonden för Psykisk Hälsa, FPH – Research project; deadline: 15 October
  • Psychiatric, psychological, and suicide prevention research in Sweden; 2026 topic: children and youth mental health
• The Samariten foundation for pediatric research (Stiftelsen Samariten) – Research grants and stipends; deadline: 18 October
  • Awards research projects and education in pediatric medical care 
• Erling-Persson Foundation – Grants; deadline: 23 October
  • Development of Children and Young People
  • Tuition & Education
• Apotekarsocieteten – Forskningsstipendier; deadline: 31 October
  • Kurser och konferenser (doktorander och disputerade)
  • Postdoc stipendier (doktorander)
  • Forskningsvistelse (doktorander och disputerade)

European

• Interreg Aurora – Various calls; deadline: 7 October
  • Priority 2, Specific objective 2.1 Climate change adaptation – Aurora & Sápmi sub-areas
  • Priority 2, Specific objective 2.2 Nature protection and biodiversity (air quality and noise reduction) – Aurora & Sápmi sub-areas
  • Priority 4, Specific objective 4.1 Cross-border capacity building – Sápmi sub-area only 
• Horizon Europe – Various calls
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-10-D6-09: Road Safety and resilience of rural areas; deadline: 8 October
  • HORIZON-CL2-2026-02-TRANSFO-01: Co-funded European Partnership for Social Transformations and Resilience; deadline: 13 October

U.S./Other international

• NIH – Using Archived Data and Specimen Collections to Advance Maternal and Pediatric HIV/AIDS Research (R21 CT Not Allowed). RFA-HD-27-007; deadline: 21 October 
  • The goal of this initiative is to encourage the scientific community to utilize HIV/AIDS archived data sets and specimen collections to answer important questions about HIV/AIDS in maternal, pediatric and adolescent populations.

KI Internal

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External

Swedish/Nordic

• Herbert & Karin Jacobssons Stiftelse – Forskningsanslag; deadline: 1 November (and 20 April)
  • Vetenskaplig forskning, fokus på doktorander
• Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning (SSMF) – Postdoctoral Grant; deadline: 15 November
• Salenstiftelsen – Forksningsbidrag; deadline: 19 November
  • Projektstarter – forskningsprojekt som faller utanför Vetenskapsrådets ansvarsområde; Tvärvetenskapliga projekt - projekt på eller kring gränslinjerna mellan olika vetenskapliga discipliner; Forskarstöd – utlandsresor och mindre omfattande projekt
• The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation – Project grant: Prevention; deadline: 20 November

European

• European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD) – EASD Albert Renold Travel Fellowship Programme; deadline: 3 November
  • Travel research fellowships for up to 3 months for PhD students and Postdocs worldwide
• Horizon Europe – Various calls
  1. HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-04: Crime prevention approaches, online and off-line, tackling the nexus between addictions and crime; deadline: 5 November
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) – HORIZON-MSCA-2026-DN-01-01: MSCA Doctoral Networks; deadline: 28 November (KI Grants Office support page)

U.S./Other international

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KI Internal

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External

Swedish/Nordic

• Kamprad Family Foundation – Implementeringsanslag; deadline: 1 December
  • Anslag för implementering av resultat från av stiftelsen tidigare beviljade och slutredovisade forskningsprojekt inom: En bättre miljö; Entreprenörskap, särskilt för en levande landsbygd; eller Förbättrad livskvalitet för äldre
• Stiftelsen Tornspiran – Research and scholarship grants; deadline: 1 December (other deadlines: 1 March; 1 September)
  • Supports applied research in natural sciences, humanities, and medicine, with a focus on health and biological sciences. Encourages interdisciplinary exploration, including agriculture and food sciences, to promote scientific innovation and educational advancement.
• Vårdprofessioner inom Cardiologi (VIC) – Various calls; deadline: 1 December
  • VIC Resestipendier
  • Mona Schlyters kliniska pris
  • Bengt Fridlunds vetenskapliga pris
• Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning (SSMF) – Travel grant for doctoral students; deadline: 1 December (other deadlines: 1 March; 1 June; 1 September)
• The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation – Automatic return funding connected to post-doctoral fellowship abroad; deadline: 30 December
• Maud och Birger Gustavssons stiftelser – Forskningsanslag; deadline: 31 December
  • Grundforskning och tillämpad forskning inom läkemedelsområdet och medicin

European

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U.S./Other international

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KI Internal

• KID-funding for doctoral education; deadline: 11 June (for those selected to go on to Stage 2: Complete application)
• Network for Motion and Physical Function – Seeding/collaboration grant; deadline: 29 May

External

Swedish/Nordic

• Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) – RJ Flexit (social sciences and humanities); deadline: 1 June
• Vårdprofessioner Inom Cardiologi (VIC) – Resestipendier; deadline: 1 June
• Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning (SSMF) – Travel Grant for doctoral students; deadline: 1 June (other application periods: 15 August – 1 September, 15 November – 1 December, and 15 February – 1 March)
• Bröstcancerförbundet – Anslag för forskningsprojekt och Anslag för forskarmånader; deadline: 7 June
• Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR) – Project grant for international research collaboration within antimicrobial resistance (European Partnership on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance, EUP OHAMR)
  • deadline: 17 June (Full application for the consortium application to OHAMR)
  • deadline: 24 June (Full application for the Swedish project leader’s application in Prisma)
  • Swedish/Nordic
• Gilead Sciences – Gilead Sciences Nordic Fellowship Programme to improve patient care in three therapy areas – virology (HIV, HCV, HDV), cell therapy, and oncology; deadline: 30 June

U.S./Other international

• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) – The Eleventh GACD Call: Multisectoral Approaches (within chronic non-communicable diseases in underserved populations); deadline 17 June (Stage 1; dates to be confirmed)
• Jeanssons Stiftelser – Startup grants; deadline: 26 June 

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KI Internal

• KIPRIME Medical Education Research Grant; deadline: 10 January
• Call for project funding SFO-V 2026 – KI Strategic Research Area Health Care Science; deadline: 15 January
• KI Travel Grant (Period 1) incl digital arrangements (traveling period between April to September); deadline: 20 January
• KI Foundation for Virus Research (research and travel grant); deadline: 20 January
• Bojana Nathorst-Böö Foundation for Continuing Education in Pediatrics (travel grant); deadline: 20 January
• Strategic Research Programme in Diabetes (SRP Diabetes) – Various calls; deadline: 20 January
  1. SRP Diabetes Blue Sky Grants
  2. SRP Diabetes Postdoctoral fellows
  3. Student Degree Project Grant Programme
• Erik and Edith Fernström Foundation for Medical Research (travel grant); deadline: 27 January

External

Swedish/Nordic

• Afa Insurance – Call for proposals in health with a focus on rehabilitation; deadline: 8 January
• Forte – Impact of working life research; deadline: 13 January
• Märta Lundqvist’s Foundation – Research grants (focus on the human brain, particularly patient-related and clinically-focused research); deadline: 14 January
• Stiftelsen Apotekare Hedbergs fond för medicinsk forskning & Bertil och Ebon Norlins stiftelse för medicinsk forskning – Research grants (inflammatoriska sjukdomar respektive neurologiska sjukdomar); deadline: 15 January
• Stiftelsen Samariten & Stefan and Martina Ränks donation – Clinical or scientific exchanges and travel grants (within paediatric cardiology and GUCH, Grown-Up with Congenital Heart Disease); deadline: 15 January
• Barncancerfonden – Various calls; deadline: 15 January
  1. Travel grants, Symposia, PhD courses, Methodological studies and educational courses, Guest lecturer
• Hjärt-Lungfonden – Various calls; deadline: 20 January
  1. Anordnande av vetenskaplia möten
  2. Nätverksstöd
• Forte – Visiting researcher grants USA; deadline: 20 January
• Vinnova – International collaboration: Information-driven Personalised Medicine for chronic diseases; deadline: 20 January
• Novo Nordisk Foundation – Various calls (basic and clinical research eligible); deadline: 20 January
  1. Ascending investigator grant within endocrinology and metabolism
  2. Distinguished Investigator Grant within Endocrinology and Metabolism
  3. Excellence Emerging Investigator Grant within Endocrinology and Metabolism
• Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR) – Project grant for international collaboration within health research (ERA4Health); deadline: 27 January (for the consortium application to ERA4Health)
• Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) – Various calls (social sciences and humanities); deadline: 27 January
  1. RJ Projects
  2. RJ Programmes
• FORMAS – Co-created Innovations for a Competitive Food Sector and Sustainable Transitions; deadline: 29 January
• Novo Nordisk Foundation – Tandem Programme – Translational research collaboration between Basic and Clinical Researchers; deadline: 29 January
• Clas Groschinskys Minnesfond (medicinsk forskning; beteendevetenskaplig och social forskning) – Forskningsanslag; deadline: 31 January
• Wenner-Gren stiftelserna - Särskilda stipendier för postdoktoral utbildning (Wenner-Gren Fellows); deadline: 31 January
• Apotekarsocieteten, IF’s foundation for pharmaceutical research – Research scholarships (courses/conferences, summer research, degree projects abroad, postdoc scholarships, and research visits); deadline: 31 January 

European

• European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) – EU4Health Programme, Various calls; deadline: 6 January
  1. Lifelong prevention for a healthy life with focus on cardiovascular diseases
  2. Leveraging AI and health data for cardiovascular health and related non-communicable diseases
  3. Contribution to the organisation of conferences
• European Research Council (ERC) – Consolidator grant; deadline: 13 January

U.S./Other international

• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) – Upcoming Research and Implementation Funding Opportunities (various topics); deadline: 6 January (Letters of Intent, LOIs)

KI Internal

• Region Stockholms Innovationsfond – Innovationsmedel; deadline: 2 February
• Bojana Nathorst-Böö Foundation – Continuing education in pediatrics (travel grant); deadline: 3 February
• Region Stockholm & KI – ALF Medicin 2027 (see all open and coming calls); deadline: 12 February
• Call for research internship applications for intern doctors ("Forskar-AT"); deadline: 16 February
• KI Committee for Research – Research conference support (organisation); deadline: 27 February
• Hildegun och Mats Guldbrand’s research foundation – 1) Gynecological cancer and 2) Immune regulation; deadline: 17 February

External

Swedish/Nordic

• Stiftelsen Sävstaholm – Projektbidrag, Doktorandstöd, Postdoktorandstöd (barn, ungdomar och vuxna med utvecklingsstörning); deadline: 1 February (for projects that will begin from 1 July)
• Forte – Healthcare of the future (European partnership Transforming Health and Care Systems, THCS); deadline: 2 February (pre-proposal)
• Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR) – Project grant for international research collaboration within antimicrobial resistance (European Partnership on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance, EUP OHAMR); deadline: 2 February (Outline application for the consortium application to OHAMR)
• Barncancerfonden – Various calls; deadline: 2 February
  1. Högre barncancerforskartjänst, Barncancerforskartjänst, Barncancerforskningspostdoktortjänst, Doktorandbidrag för kliniker, Barncancerforskarmånader för kliniker, Forskar-ST-tjänster
• Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR) – Project grant for international collaboration within health research (ERA4Health); deadline: 3 February (for the Swedish project leader’s application in Prisma)
• Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR) – Project grant for international research collaboration within antimicrobial resistance (European Partnership on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance, EUP OHAMR); deadline: 9 February (Outline application for the Swedish project leader’s application in Prisma)
• Novo Nordisk Foundation – Inter-SUSTAIN – Part 2 (For researchers); deadline: 10 February
• FORMAS – Safe Spaces; deadline: 11 February
• Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) - Major call in Swedish-Taiwanese research (within one of the following strategic areas: 6G, AI, Biotechnology for precision medicine, Drones/robots, Green energy, Semiconductors, Quantum science, Marine and ocean exploration, Neuroscience, Space); deadline: 11 February
• Stiftelsen Sunnerdahls Handikappfond – Forskning och utvecklingsarbete, Doktorandanslag (barn och ungdomar med funktionsnedsättning); deadline: 15 February
• Hjärnfonden – Hjärnfondens forskningsbidrag; deadline: 16 February
• Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR) – Various calls; deadline: 17 February
  1. Project grant for international collaboration within personalised medicine (European Partnership for Personalised Medicine, EP PerMed)
  2. Project grant for international collaboration within rare diseases (European Rare Diseases Research Alliance, ERDERA)
  3. International post doc within medicine and health (spring call)
  4. Grant for clinical study within therapy research
  5. Vårdprofessioner Inom Cardiologi (VIC) – Projektstipendier (deadline: 28 February)
• FORMAS – Knowledge syntheses for climate transformation; deadline: 17 February
• Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, in collaboration with SciLifeLab – Proof of Concept grants in Life Science; deadline: 20 February
• Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR) – Grant for centre of excellence; deadline: 24 February
• Afa Insurance – Call for proposals in occupational environment; deadline: 27 February
• Personskadeförbundet RTP – Forskningsbidrag (inom trafikskador, olycksfallsskador, följdtillstånd av ovan nämnda skador, bättre vård och rehabilitering, polio); deadline: 28 February
• Dr P Håkanssons Stiftelses forskningsstöd – Forskningsanslag och postdoktorala stipendier (kosten/födan ska vara av betydelse för prevention och/eller behandling); deadline: 28 February

European

• European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD) and Novo Nordisk – Programme for Diabetes Research in Europe; deadline: 2 February
• European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD), supported by Novo Nordisk – European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Rising Star Symposium and EFSD Rising Star Fellowship Programme; deadline: 17 February

U.S./Other international

• Alzheimer’s Association (AA) – The Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant For All (AARGA) program; deadline: 23 February (letter of intent)

KI Internal

• Region Stockholm & KI – Centrum för innovative medicin (CIMED) projektbidrag 2027–2029; deadline: 2 March
• KID-funding for doctoral education; deadline: 11 March (Stage 1: Pre-application)
• Region Stockholm & KI – Forskartjänster 2027; deadline: 12 March
• KI’s pedagogical project funding; deadline: 12 March
• Region Stockholm & KI – ALF pedagogical project funding (see all open and coming calls); deadline: 12 March

External

Swedish/Nordic

• Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology (NFOG) – NFOG Fund; deadline: 1 March
• Swedish Physicians Against AIDS Research Fund (in Swedish: Stiftelsen Läkare mot AIDS, Forskningsfond) – Research grant; deadline: 1 March
• H.K.H. Kronprinsessan Lovisas förening för barnasjukvård – Projektmedel; Medel för postdoktorala studier; deadline: 1 March
• Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning (SSMF) – Travel Grant for doctoral students; deadline: 1 March (other application periods: 15 May – 1 June, 15 August – 1 September, and 15 November – 1 December)
• Henning och Johan Throne-Holsts stiftelse för främjande av vetenskaplig forskning – Forskningsanslag och stipendier till postdocs samt forskarstuderande (human nutrition och näraliggande vetenskaper); deadline: 1 March
• Promobilia Foundation – Project grants; deadline: 2 March
• Swedish Institute (SI) – Ukraine cooperation programme; deadline: 2 March
• Forte – Project grants; deadline: 3 March
• FORMAS – Career grant for early-career researchers, career age 0–3 and Career grant for early-career researchers, career age 4–7; deadline: 4 March
• Novo Nordisk Foundation – Pioneer Innovator Grant; deadline: 5 March
• Hans Werthén Foundation – Scholarships (1 year of scientific work at the postdoctoral or doctoral level); deadline: 8 March   
• Wenner-Gren stiftelserna – Various calls; deadline: 10 March
  1. Gästforskarstipendier (vid svensk institution)
  2. Sabbatsstipendier för forskning i utlandet (seniora forskare)
  3. Resestipendier
  4. Anslag till externa internationella symposier
• Hjärt-Lungfonden – Prins Daniels forskningsanslag för yngre lovande forskare; deadline: 13 March
• Signe och Olof Wallenius Stiftelse – Various calls; deadline: March 15
  1. Anslag för forskningsprojekt (medicinsk forskning)
  2. Utbildnings-/utvecklingsbidrag (för institutioner/organisationer)
• Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR) – Various calls; deadline: 17 March
  1. Network grant for collaboration with the USA in cancer research
  2. Grant for research time in a clinical environment
  3. Starting grant within medicine and health
  4. Research project grant within medicine and health
  5. Consolidator grant within precision medicine
• Hjärt-Lungfonden – Various calls; deadline: 17 March
  1. Anordnande av vetenskapliga möten
  2. Nätverksstöd
• Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR) & Forte – Two calls within the European Partnership for Brain Health
  1. VR – Project grant for international collaboration within brain health (BrainHealth); deadline: 17 March
  2. Forte – Brain health; deadline: March 10
• Forte – Starting grants; deadline: March 19
• Forte – Conference grants; deadline: 19 March
• Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) – RJ Sabbatical (social sciences and humanities); deadline: 30 March
• The SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for DDLS – Postdoc call in Data-Driven Life Science (within Cell and Molecular Biology, Evolution and Biodiversity, Precision Medicine and Diagnostics, or Epidemiology and Biology of Infection); deadline: 31 March
• Sjöbergstiftelsen – Forskningsbidrag (förebyggande åtgärder och omvårdnad inklusive komplementär och integrativ medicin och åtgärder mot långsiktiga komplikationer; tidig diagnostik samt svårbehandlad cancer med dålig prognos och även ”drug repurposing”); deadline: 31 March
• Lisa och Johan Grönbergs Stiftelse – Anslag (metabolism vid stress – kliniska studier); deadline: 31 March
• Stiftelser som förvaltas och administreras av Lindhés Advokatbyrån (joint application procedure) – Forskningsbidrag (inom vård av äldre och barn, åldringsrelaterad forskning, folksjukdomarnas behandling och prevention, barnsjukvård); deadline: 31 March 

European

• Global Health European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 3 (Global Health EDCTP3) – Research and innovation actions (RIA); deadline: 4 March (short proposal)
  1. Global collaboration action for the development of TB drugs for therapy and chemoprophylaxis in adults and children in sub-Saharan Africa
  2. Global collaboration action for prevention and treatment of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in sub-Saharan Africa
  3. Global collaboration action towards better prevention, treatment and clinical management of HIV co-infections or co-morbidities in sub-Saharan Africa
  4. Global collaboration action on climate and health in sub-Saharan Africa

U.S./Other international

• The Belmont Forum – Ocean 2 CRA – Towards the Ocean We Want: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Sustainability for Nature and Human Well-being; deadline: 5 March (project registration)

KI Internal

• KI Travel Grant (Period 2) incl digital arrangements (traveling period between July - December); deadline: 21 April
• KI Travel Grants for research visits for PhD students (traveling period between May 2026 – June 2027); deadline: 21 April (offered twice per year)
• Loo and Hans Osterman Foundation for Medical Research (geriatrics research); deadline: 21 April
• Foundation for Geratric Diseases at Karolinska Institutet; deadline: 21 April
• Karolinska Institutet Research Grants (awarded every second year, even years); deadline: 28 April

External 

Swedish/Nordic

• Marianne and Marcus Wallenbergs Foundation (MMW) – Project grant (research projects and education related to social sciences); deadline: 1 April
• Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation (MAW) – Project grant (research projects and education related to the humanities); deadline: 1 April
• The Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine (resuscitation, trauma, and maternal/newborn care) – Various calls; deadline: 1 April
  1. Project grants
  2. Saving Lives at Birth grants
  3. Program support
• The Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine – The Bjørn Lind Stipend (supports simulation-based PhD/postdoc research conducted with the SAFER Center in Stavanger, Norway); deadline: 1 April
• Svenska sällskapet för medicinsk forskning (SSMF) – Various calls; deadline: 1 April
  1. Starting grant
  2. Consolidator grant
• Stiftelsen Allmänna Barnhuset – Forskningsmedel (barn och ungdomar i utsatta livssituationer); deadline: 12 April
• The Swedish Cancer Society (Cancerfonden) – Various calls; deadline: 16 April
  1. Research project grant
  2. Planning group for research
  3. Special investment: Early detection
• Herbert & Karin Jacobssons Stiftelse – Forskningsanslag (vetenskaplig forskning, fokus på doktorander); deadline: 20 April
• Erling-Persson Foundation - Grant (Science & Research); deadline: 24 April
• Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR) – Various calls; deadline: 28 April
  1. Project grant for research into migration and integration
  2. Project grant for research into democracy, societal resilience and reform processes
  3. Project grant for research into racism
  4. Project grant for research into violence in close relationships, honour-related violence, and human trafficking
• FORMAS – Applied Research for a Competitive Food Sector and Sustainable Transitions; deadline: 28 April
• Hjärt-Lungfonden –  Postdoktorstipendium utomlands; deadline: 28 April
• Hjärt-Lungfonden – Resebidrag/Kongressbidrag; deadline: 30 April

European

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) – MSCA COFUND 2026 (HORIZON-MSCA-2026-COFUND-01); deadline: 8 April
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) – MSCA Staff Exchanges 2026 (HORIZON-MSCA-2026-SE-01); deadline: 16 April
• Horizon Europe; Various calls
  1. Cluster 6 (HORIZON-CL6-2026-02); deadline: 14 April
  2. Cluster 5 (HORIZON-CL5-2026-07); deadline: 15 April
  3. Cluster 1 (HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01, HORIZON-HLTH-2026-04); deadline: 16 April
• Horizon Europe – Various calls, Cluster 1. Health (Draft Work Programme 2026 - 2027); deadline: 16 April
  1. HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01
  2. HORIZON-HLTH-2026-04
• Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) – IHI call 12; deadline: 21 April

External

Swedish/Nordic

• Hjärt-Lungfonden – Various calls; deadline: 5 May
  1. Forskarmånader disputerad
  2. Forskarmånader doktorand
  3. Forskartjänst/Forskarmånader disputerad
  4. Postdoktortjänst/Forskarmånader disputerad
  5. Nationellt samverkansprojekt
  6. Projektbidrag
  7. Återvändarbidrag
• Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR) – Various calls; deadline: 12 May
  1. Project grant for cross-sectoral collaboration within medicine and health
  2. Project grant for research within primary care
  3. Proof of concept within the infection area
  4. Grant for centre formation and collaboration within antibiotic resistance
  5. Project grant for research into antimicrobial resistance
  6. Grant for competence programme in clinical therapy research (note: organisation applicants only)
• Svenska Läkaresällskapet (SLS) – SLS Resebidrag (kongressresa eller forskningsvistelse); deadline: 15 May
• Stiftelsen Samariten & Stefan and Martina Ränks donation – Clinical or scientific exchanges and travel grants (within paediatric cardiology and GUCH, Grown-Up with Congenital Heart Disease); deadline 15 May
• Afa Insurance – Call for proposals in health; deadline: 19 May
• Ekhagastiftelsen – Projektmedel; deadline: 20 May
• Ollie & Elof Ericssons Stiftelser – Vetenskaplig forskning och Välgörande ändamål; deadline: 31 May

KI Internal

• KI Travel Grant (period 3) – travel period: November 1, 2025 – April 30, 2026; application period: August 5 – 19, 2025

External

Swedish/Nordic

• Stiftelsen Frimurare Barnhuset i Stockholm – Anslag (by invitation); for more information, send an email to sfbs@frimurarorden.se in the early autumn
• Svenska Celiakiförbundet – Forskningsmedel för celiakiforskning; application period: May 16 – August 18, 2025
• Hjärt-Lungfonden – Anordnande av vetenskapliga möten/Nätverksstöd; application period: May 16 – August 24, 2025
• Forte – Research on person-centred and integrated care 2025; deadline: August 26, 2025
• The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (in Swedish: Kungliga vetenskapsakademin) – P E Lindahls stipendiefond (humanities, medicine, natural sciences); Torsten Amundsons fond (homosexuality: studies and educational work); General announcement, social sciences; application period: May 15 – August 28, 2025
• Afa Försäkring – Postdoc-support within the area of Health and reduced sick leave; deadline: August 29, 2025
• Kronprinsessparets Stiftelse – Generation Pep; application period: August 1 – 31, 2025

European

• European Research Council (ERC) – Advanced Grant; deadline: August 28, 2025   

KI Internal

• KI Travel Grants for research visits for PhD students; travel period: November 2025 – December 2026; application period: September 2 – 16, 2025
• David and Astrid Hagelén Foundation (post-doctoral stipends or grants for researcher salaries for medical research); application period: September 2 – 16, 2025
• ìShizu Matsumuraîs donation (pediatrics); application period: September 2 – 16, 2025

External

Swedish/Nordic

• Tore Nilsons stiftelse för medicinsk forskning - Anslag för klinisk medicinsk forskning; deadline: September 1, 2025
• Torsten Söderbergs stiftelse – Anslag till vetenskaplig forskning; application period: August 10 – September 1, 2025
• Svenska Sällskapet för Medisinsk Forskning (SSMF) – Travel Grant for doctoral students; application period: August 15 – September 1, 2025 (other application periods: November 15 – December 1, February 15 – March 1, and May 15 – June 1)
• Forte – Research centre grant 2025 (organization applicants only); deadline: September 2, 2025
• Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning (SSF) – SSF Strategic mobility 2025; deadline: September 9, 2025
• Alzheimerfonden – Anslag för vetenskaplig forskning; deadline: September 12, 2025
• Systembolagets Alkoholforskningsråd – Forskningsmedel; application period: May 15 – September 15, 2025
• Diabetesfonden – Forskningsanslag; application period: June 10 – September 15, 2025
• Swedish Research Council for Sport Science (in Swedish: Centrum för idrottsforskning, CIF) – Research grants; deadline: September 15, 2025
• Åke Wibergs stiftelse - Forskningsanslag inom medicin; deadline: September 15, 2025
• Åke Wibergs stiftelse - Forskningsanslag inom humaniora och samhällsvetenskap; deadline: September 15, 2025
• Magnus Bergvalls stiftelse – Forskningsanslag; deadline: September 15, 2025
• Demensförbundet – Demensfonden projektanslag; application period: June 19 – September 15, 2025
• Vetenskapsrådet (VR) – International post doc within medicine and health (autumn call); application period: August 20 – September 16, 2025
• Cancer och Allergifonden – Forskningsanslag; deadline: September 18, 2025
• Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning (SSF) – SSF Individual Grants 2025 Ingvar Carlsson Award – Across the Atlantic; deadline: September 23, 2025
• Vetenskapsrådet (VR) – Doctoral programme grant for teachers within health care education (organization applicants only); application period: August 27 – September 30, 2025
• O. E. och Edla Johanssons vetenskapliga stiftelse – Stipendier för forskning; deadline: September 30, 2025

European

• European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD) – EFSD and Lilly European Diabetes Research Programme; deadline: September 1, 2025
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) – MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025; deadline: September 10, 2025
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) – MSCA4Ukraine Fellowships 2025; deadline: September 16, 2025
• European Research Council (ERC) – Proof of Concept Grants; deadline: September 18, 2025   
• The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) – HFA Grants Programme; application period: April 1 – September 30, 2025

KI Internal

• KI Travel Grant (period 4); travel period: January 1 – June 30, 2026; application period: September 30 – October 14, 2025
• Ulla Hamberg Angeby and Lennart Angebys Foundation (stroke); application period: September 30 – October 14, 2025

External

Swedish/Nordic

• Svenska Läkaresällskapet (SLS) - Stiftelsen Söderström - Königska sjukhemmet (forskning inom psykiatri & psykiatrisk kunskapsutveckling); application period: September 1 – October 1, 2025
• Swedish Physicians Against AIDS Research Fund (in Swedish: Stiftelsen Läkare mot AIDS, Forskningsfond) – Research grant; deadline: October 1, 2025
• Wenner-Gren stiftelserna – Postdoktorsstipendier för utbildning i Sverige (utländska postdoktorer); Gästforskarstipendier (vid svensk institution); Sabbatsstipendier för forskning i utlandet (seniora forskare); Resestipendier; deadline: October 1, 2025
• Hjärt-Lungfonden – Postdoktorstipendium utomlands; application period: September 10 – October 1, 2025
• The Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine (resuscitation, trauma, and maternal/newborn care) – Project grants, Saving Lives at Birth grants, and Program support; deadline: October 1, 2025 (and April 1)
• Cancerfonden – Autumn calls (Postdoctoral Position, Junior/Senior Investigator Award, Junior/Senior Clinical Investigator Award, Graduate School - within the field of cancer, Fellowship in Healthcare Science, Research months); application period: August 21 – October 2, 2025
• Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning (SSF) – SSF: EU Horizon Europe application support 2025; deadline: October 15, 2025
• Fredrik och Ingrid Thurings stiftelse – Anslag för medicinsk forskning (psykiatrisk forskning); application period: September 15 – October 15, 2025
• Swedish Pharmaceutical Society (Swedish: Apotekarsocieteten) –Forskningsstipendier; application period: September 1 – October 31, 2025
• Syskonen Svenssons stiftelse för medicinsk forskning – Stipendium samt forsknings- och reseanslag; application period: September 1 – October 31, 2025 

European

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) – MSCA Staff Exchanges 2025; deadline: October 8, 2025

KI Internal

• MSCA DN: Doctoral Network (Pre-Agreement from KI needed); application period: May 28 – November 28, 2025

External

Swedish/Nordic

• Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning (SSMF) – SSMF Postdoctoral Grant; application period: October 15 – November 15, 2025
• Hjärt-Lungfonden – Projektbidrag Prevention; application period: October 24 – November 20, 2025
• Kvinnor & Hälsa – Forskningsstipendier; information regarding the deadline is to be published in Läkartidning in November 2025

European

• European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD) – EASD Albert Renold Travel Fellowship Programme; application period: August – November 3, 2025
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) – MSCA Doctoral Networks 2025; deadline: November 25, 2025

External

Swedish/Nordic

• Vetenskapsrådet (VR) – Grant for recruiting international visiting researchers to Sweden (organization applicants only); application period: April 15 – December 1, 2025
• Svenska Sällskapet för Medisinsk Forskning (SSMF) – Travel Grant for doctoral students; application period: November 15 – December 1, 2025 (other application periods: February 15 – March 1, May 15 – June 1, and August 15 – September 1)
• Hjärt-Lungfonden - Automatiskt återvändarbidrag - kopplat till Postdoktorstipendium utomlands; application period: January 1 – December 30, 2025
• Maud och Birger Gustavssons stiftelser – Stipendier; deadline: December 31, 2025 

European

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) – MSCA Choose Europe for Science 2025; deadline: December 3, 2025

External

Swedish/Nordic

• Afa försäkring
• Barncancerfonden
• Cancerfonden – Calls with continuous application period (Travel Grants, Conference)
• FORMAS
• Forte
• Försäkringskassan
• Hjärnfonden (Forskningsbidrag, Bidrag för postdoktorala anställningar)
• Hjärt-Lungfonden
• Konung Gustaf V:s och Drottning Victorias Stiftelse (inbjuds att söka anslag; forskare som är intresserade av att söka rekommenderas därför att gå via sin dekanus)
• Nordforsk
• Novo Nordisk Foundation
• Region Stockholm
• Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (humanities and social sciences)
• Riksförbundet HjärtLung
• The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (in Swedish: Kungliga vetenskapsakademin)
• Stiftelsen för internationalisering av högre utbildning och forskning (STINT)
• Stiftelsen för strategisk forskning (SSF)
• Svenska Läkaresällskapet – SLS (forskingsprojekt inom medicinsk forskning, psykiatri & psykiatrisk kunskapsutveckling, äldre med multisjuklighet, och treatment of infectious diseases with antibacterial, antiviral, antimycotic or antiparasitic agents; forskarmånader; postdoktorsstipendium; medicinsk forskning under läkarprogrammets sommaruppehåll, m.m.)
• Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning – SSMF (Consolidator Grant, Starting Grant, Postdoctoral Grant, Travel Grant for doctoral students)
• Sveriges Läkarförbund
• The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency – SIDA (in Swedish: Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete)
  1. Research calls and grants from SIDA’s cooperation partners
• Vetenskapsrådet (VR)
• Vinnova
• The Wallenberg Foundations
  1. Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg (MAW) Foundation (humanities; children and youth)
  2. Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg (MMW) Foundation (social sciences)
• Wenner-Gren stiftelsernas stipendier – Särskilda stipendier för postdoktoral utbildning (Wenner-Gren Fellows); Postdoktorsstipendier för utbildning i Sverige (utländska postdoktorer); Gästforskarstipendier (vid svensk institution);
• Sabbatsstipendier för forskning i utlandet (seniora forskare); Resestipendier
• Gilead Nordics - Grant Funding (HIV, Oncology, Hematology, Liver diseases as HCV, HBV, HDV, Invasive fungal disease, COVID-19)

European

• EDCTP –See the EDCTP’s webpage and EU Funding & Tenders Portal
• European Research Council (ERC) – See the ERC Homepage, the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, and KI Grants Office’s ERC Application Guidelines
• European Union / European Commission – See the European Comission’s webpage on Funding opportunities in research and innovation and EU Funding & Tenders Portal
• European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes – EFSD (grant programs for basic and clinical research, travel research fellowship programs, award programs)
• European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 

U.S./global 

Gates Foundation