This program focuses on Sweden’s leading senior researchers. It was implemented to support researchers with long-term funding without the distraction of pressure to secure external grants in order to carry out world-class research.
Universities can apply for support to profile their prioritized research areas by nominating individual researchers, who through their research are of top international class and who are expected to contribute to strengthening the profile of the university. The grant amounts to 5 MSEK/year for five years and can be freely used for all research activities. The intention is that the selected researchers will be able to work highly ambitiously in order to gain even better international impact on their research.
Application dates
The call opens on January 14, 2030 with deadline for applications on February 14, 2030 at 13.00.
Board decision is expected in November 2030.
Project start 2031-01-01 or 2031-07-01
Nomination space 2030
Existing Scholars, if the university prioritizes them, should be nominated within the university's nomination space.
| University | Nominations | Of which least number from the underrepresented gender |
| Lund University | 20 | 8 |
| Karolinska Institutet | 20 | 8 |
| Uppsala University | 20 | 8 |
| University of Gothenburg | 15 | 6 |
| Stockholm University | 15 | 6 |
| KTH | 15 | 6 |
| Umeå University | 15 | 6 |
| Linköping University | 15 | 6 |
| Chalmers University of Technology | 15 | 6 |
| Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | 10 | 4 |
| Stockholm School of Economics | 7 | 3 |
| Karlstad University | 5 | 2 |
| Luleå University of Technology | 5 | 2 |
| Mid Sweden University | 5 | 2 |
| Linnæus University | 5 | 2 |
| Örebro University | 5 | 2 |
| Others | 5 | 2 |
Criteria
The criteria for nominations are as follows and supporting documents must accompany the nomination:
- The person's research merits, i.e. CV with positions, awards, doctoral students (as main supervisor and year of dissertation) and postdocs (max. 3 A4 pages). Short biography (max. 1 A4) which should primarily describe the researcher's scientific efforts.
- A list of all papers published in peer-reviewed journals, with the ten most significant publications clearly marked. For scientific areas where it is applicable, with the help of Web of Science, an h-index and the number of publications and citations the h-index is based on should be specified. For nominations in the humanities and social sciences, only a list of the candidate's scientific publications needs to be presented.
- Project description, (max 10 A4).
- The institution's nominations must contain a brief justification as to why the nominee's activities are considered to be an important part of the institution's research profile and the institution's nomination process, i.e. what reasoning, evaluations and processes are the basis for the selection of nominated persons (max. 2 A4), are attached with the Rector's certificate.
- The university's current support to the researcher's activities in the form of premises, basic support, etc. Current support from other external funding sources (grants) during 2030 that the researcher disposes of as main or co-applicant. The Foundation assumes that existing funding from universities remains during the grant period for the researchers who are awarded a Wallenberg Scholars grant.
Terms
Each Scholar will receive SEK 5 million per year over a five-year period. A maximum of 20% of the amount can be used for indirect costs and rent. The Foundation’s budget form is only submitted if a nomination is successful.
The researcher must have a permanent position at a Swedish university and at least 80% of the total appointed working time must be an appointment in Sweden.
The nominations cover all areas of science.
Publishing
Research funded by the Foundations must be published with open access, that is, published articles must be archived in openly searchable databases. The respective university's rules apply to open access. The additional cost for this can be taken up as a direct cost in project budget
Closing date for nominations and applications
The universities are invited to submit nominations by February 14, 2030. Nominations must be registered electronically via the Foundation's e-application.