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Postdoctoral salary grants 1+1 year

Application deadline:

16 September 2024 at 17.00 (CET)

Area: All scientific areas. The research must clearly demonstrate relevance to sport.

Applicant: Individual researcher at a Swedish higher educational institute

Granted for: 1 year

Funding amount: SEK 550,000 as postdoc salary funding, and additionally a maximum of SEK 100,000 as a basic grant for year 1. For year 2, you can apply for additional salary funding.

Application period: 18 June 2024–16 September 2024 at 17.00  (CET)

Grant decision published: 29 November 2024

Funding period: 1 January 2025–31 December 2025. The project plan should be written for 2 years, as 1 additional year of funding may be granted after submission of a continuation application.

What is funded?

The Swedish Research Council for Sport Science (CIF) is announcing postdoc salary funding for research with relevance to sport. The aim is to support research merit to qualify for a docentur. Sports research can be conducted in any scientific field. An application must clearly demonstrate relevance to sport to be eligible for funding. CIF uses a broad definition of sport. Read the CIF sport definition here

The grant includes salary funding for part of a postdoc position, including overhead costs. The grant can not be used for stipends. Additional funding can also be applied for, which can cover operating costs.

Who can apply?

  • The applicant should hold a Swedish doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree obtained between October 16, 2019 and October 16, 2024. Extended career breaks due to parental leave, long-term sick leave, positions of trust, service in the total defence, or clinical training (AT or ST) can be credited. Career breaks should be specified in the CV (type, dates, number of months).
  • Docents are not eligible to apply, as the aim of the grant is to promote research merit to obtain a docentur.
  • The main applicant should be employed by a Swedish Higher Educational Institute and should conduct the research within the frames of the employment.
  • The main applicant should be employed by the administrating organisation at the start of the grant period. Exceptions are made for clinical researchers, for whom the administrating organisation and another employer can agree on affiliation.
  • The main applicant should be the project manager and should be scientifically responsible for and active in the project.
  • The main applicant should ensure that the research complies with the Swedish Research Council's requirements on conducting ethical research and obtain ethical review permission if required.
  • Main applicants with a prevoius CIF grant for which the availability period has expired must submit the final report before application deadline.
  • Researchers may submit one application for a project grant, one application for a postdoctoral salary grant and one application for a grant for associations, collaboration and networking as the main applicant. A researcher who is granted both a postdoctoral salary grant and  project grant cannot also be granted the basic grant of 100,000 that can be applied for within the postdoctoral grant.
  • Researchers who have been granted a 2-year postdoctoral salary grant cannot apply for an additional postdoctoral salary grant.

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 must be written in English and signed with BankID before the application system closes. If you are unable to obtain a BankID, please contact CIF's office well ahead of the application deadline.

Read more about the application requirements in the guide for applicants for project and postdoc grants.

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.

For applications that are relevant to sport, four criteria are assessed: (a) innovation and originality, (b) scientific quality of the project, (c) applicant's competence for the project, and (d) feasibility. The assessment of criteria (a) to (c) is done using a seven-point scale, where seven represents the highest grade. Criterion (d) is assessed using a three-point scale, with three being the highest grade. 

The final decision on grant approval is made by the board of CIF.

Read more about the assessment process, assessment criteria and CIF's scientific review panel.