The annual call for proposals for project grants shall contribute to increasing the knowledge in Forte’s areas health, working life, and welfare. In total, around SEK 345 million is reserved for the period 2026–2028. Project grants 2025 opens on 8 January and closes 27 February.

The annual call for proposals for project grants allows researchers to formulate their research questions freely within Forte’s areas. The purpose of the call for proposals is to enable researchers to analyse and contribute to the understanding of a specific research area or question.

Important news for applicants in the call for proposals

In the annual call for project grants, Forte received approximately 23 percent more applications 2024 compared to the previous year. It is encouraging that Forte’s areas attract many researchers and ideas for research projects, but the increasing number of applications also means a declining success rate. In the call Project grants 2024, 7 % of the applications were granted funding.

In order to maintain a fair and just assessment of all applications and to make the response to applicants clearer, Forte is introducing certain changes in the call Project grants 2025:

  • Shortened applications: the maximum number of characters in the application form is adjusted, which shortens the applications by approximately three pages.
  • The abstract is used in the first stage of the assessment: the first round of assessment will be based solely on the abstract of the application. The abstract is extended to 4,000 characters.
  • Choose either Project grants 2025 or Starting grants 2025: If you are eligible to apply in both Project grants 2025 and Starting grants 2025 you must choose in which call you want to submit an application. You can only be the main applicant in one of these calls.

Please read the whole call text and the instructions for the application in the PDF-documents below. Do not hesitate to contact us if there are any uncertainties.

 

Focus of the call

The call for proposals welcomes all applications within Forte’s areas of health, working life and welfare. The research that receives funding shall be of high scientific quality and have good potential to benefit society in the short or long term. For a more detailed description of the research areas that we support and do not support, please see the page Review panels for the annual call for project grants.

About the grant

Project duration: Funding may be sought for either two or three years.

Funding amounts: You may apply for a maximum of SEK 3 million for two-year projects and SEK 5 million for three-year projects.

Eligibility requirements: To apply for a grant under this call for proposals, you must have obtained a doctoral degree no later than the closing date of the call for proposals.

You can not be the main applicant for an application under this call for proposals if, at the time the planned project is due to start, you are already the project leader for an ongoing project grant or starting grant from Forte.

You can not be the main applicant on an application in this call if you are also applying for funding in Forte’s annual call for starting grants.

Other requirements and conditions to apply are described in the document “Information about the call” below, and on the page Who can apply for a grant?

Schedule

Call opens: 8 January 2025, 10.00 CET
Call closes: 27 February 2025, 14.00 CET
Decisions published: October 2025
Project start: 1 January 2026