Support to Researchers

Swedish development research - Sidas råd för utvecklingsforskning
Background
Each year, Sida's Research Council for Developing Countries (Sidas råd för utvecklingsforskning) funds researchers at Swedish institutions in the area of developing country research. The aim is to establish and maintain a knowledge base of relevance to development issues, plus to build capacity for developing country research in Sweden. All applications are reviewed by a committee formed of scientists in related fields.
Who may apply for support?
Individual researchers or groups of researchers working at Swedish universities and colleges or other research institutions in Sweden may apply for a grant. Swedish researchers working at Nordic Institute for Asian Studies (NIAS in Copenhagen may also apply.
Application round for U-forsk grants for 2009 OPENS 12 February and closes 7 April 2008 (16.30)!
Please note that you may only apply for one year of funding (2009) for research and post-doctoral projects. Funding for continued support to ongoing PhD projects can be up to 2 years and for Network projects up to 3 years.
Application round for funding of on-going Networks is open until 18 August 2008, 16.30. !NOTE! Only those with previous funding of a Network may apply!!!
To apply you must register and write your application in the web-based application system found at http://ansok.net/sida/(or click on link below under "Application system").
The files below are available for downloading and offer information on how to apply for grants for 2009 - "Information till sökande 2009", as well as, information on this call for applications - "Information om utlysningen för 2009" (both in Swedish).
Updated 23 Jun 2008
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Information till sökande 2009 (PDF 187kB)
Information om utlysning för 2009 (MS Word 291kB)
Anslagslista uforsk 2007 (PDF 51kB)
Anslagslista Planeringsanslag omgång 2 (PDF 25kB)
Decision process (MS Word 53kB)
2007 För anslag givna 2006 och framåt: Rekvisition av medel samt rapportering via ansökningsssystemet (MS Word 78kB)
Förteckning vetenskapliga referensgrupper uforsk 2007 (MS Word 68kB)
Anslagslistan över Nätverksansökningar 2007 (PDF 23kB)
Related information from other web sites
Application system (Application system for research grants)
DAC-list (DAC List of ODA Recipients as at 1 January 2005)


Grants available for Collaborative Research projects with ICDDR,B
Call for applications in the area of child and sexual and reproductive health and rights
ICDDR,B is based in Bangladesh and conducts all its research there. Their mission is to "develop and promote realistic solutions to the major health, nutrition and population problems facing the poor people of Bangladesh and other settings".
ICDDR,B webpage: http://www.icddrb.org/
For more information on the application process contact: Alejandro Cravioto, Director of ICDDR,B acravioto@icddrb.org

Updated 18 Feb 2008
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ICDDR,B application document (MS Word 29kB)
Policy for distribution of Core Research Funds (pdf) (PDF 152kB)