Grant for associations, collaboration and networking

What is funded?

The Swedish Research Council for Sport Science (CIF) is announcing grants for organising events to present or discuss the outcomes of sports research. The objectives of these events should be:

disseminating sports research findings to relevant groups, both within and outside the research community, or
creating opportunities for collaboration between sports researchers, or networking between researchers and others involved in sports research.

With this grant, CIF aims to target both new and established associations and networks.

The grant should be used to organise conferences, seminars, network meetings, workshops, or other relevant events where the results of sports research are shared and discussed. Associations must use the grant for a specific purpose within their regular activities. The grant cannot be used for printing and production costs.

An application must clearly demonstrate relevance to sport to be eligible for funding. CIF uses a broad definition of sport. Read more about the CIF definition of relevance to sport.

Who can apply?

Main applicant should hold a Swedish doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree.
Eligible associations and networks are:
- Non-profit associations with an organisational number. The grant will be administered by the organisation.
- Networks at Swedish Higher Educational Institutes (HEIs). The grant will be managed by the HEI to which the main applicant is affiliated.
Main applicants with a previous CIF grant for which the availability period has expired should submit the final report before application deadline.
Researchers may submit one application for a project grant, one application for postdoc salary funding and one application for a grant for associations, collaboration and networking as the main applicant.

How do I apply?

To apply, you will need to use CIF's online grant management system. Make sure to apply well in advance. Your application can be written in Swedish or English. It should be signed using BankID before the application system closes. If you cannot obtain a BankID, please contact CIF's office well before the application deadline.

What should be included in the application?

The application must include a detailed description of the part of the activity to which the application relates. An evaluation of quality will be carried out.

The headings provided below correspond to a tab in the grant management system:

Organisation

Please provide the following basic information:

Name of the organisation or network, and website address.
Project manager: name, academic title and university.
Names of the members of the board. Number of members (for an association), or persons that are part of a steering group or equivalent. The expected number of participants (for networks).

Activity (max. 7,000 characters incl. spaces)

Please ensure to include the following information in your application:

A clear description of the specific purpose for which the grant will be used.
Details about the type of research that will be presented and/or discussed.
Justification of how the grant will contribute to the dissemination of sports research outcomes or to the creation of new collaborations. Additionally, please describe the benefits of this.
A description of how CIF will be acknowledged for contributing to the arrangement.

Budget

The grant should be used for costs for organising conferences, seminars, network meetings, workshops, or other events where sports research outcomes are presented or discussed. The grant cannot be used for printing and production costs.

Please provide.

The amount you are requesting.
A budget detailing and justifying each cost (max. 3,500 characters incl. spaces). Please only include costs that the CIF grant should cover.
The percentage of the total budget that this contribution represents.

How are applications assessed?

The CIF Scientific Review Panel assesses the applications in two stages. Firstly, the relevance to sport is evaluated, and then the quality of the application is assessed. If an application is deemed irrelevant to sport, it will not proceed to the quality assessment stage.

A three-point scale is used to assess the quality of the application.

The final decisions on grant approval are made by the board of CIF.