About the call

The call for the Swedish Foundations’ Starting Grant opens on 5 December 2022 and closes on 25 January (15:00 CET) 2023.

The call addresses prominent early-career researchers, based at host institutions in Sweden, who in tough competition scored among the best (’A’) in the most recent European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant call yet narrowly missed out on a grant due to the limited available funding.

Meet all the fellows >
21 prominent young researchers have now been granted approximately 270 million SEK in funding via the initiative.

The grant >
SFSG relies on the ERC’s well-renowned peer-review process as the basis of its quality assessment. This minimises the administrative effort for both applicant and funders. 

Participating funding organisations


SFSG relies on the ERC’s well-renowned peer-review process as the basis of its quality assessment. This minimises the administrative effort for both applicant and funders.  

Participating funders