Funding opportunities

Below is a presentation of funding opportunities from different actors that may be suitable for collaborative projects and mobility between Sweden and Korea

Project grant for research collaboration between Sweden and Korea (Swedish Research Council and the National Research Foundation of Korea)

The purpose of the grant is to fund Swedish researchers collaborating with Korean researchers within the field of advanced biotechnology, with a focus on the use of large sets of data covering bioinformatics & structural biology, synthetic biology & bioinformatics and bioinformatics & digital health data analysis.

The grants are financed by the Swedish Research Council, and the National Research Foundation of Korea, on the principle of reciprocity and parity.

Application period: May 8.th-June 19.th 2024

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Korea-Sweden Cooperation Program (STINT)

Support S&T research exchanges between Korean and Swedish research groups (professor-level researchers, post-doctoral researchers, graduate students) to stimulate cooperation in S&T and secure a foundation for future collaboration Universities, university colleges and research institutes can be granted funding with up to 100 percent of their eligible costs.

Funding of KRW 30 million (SEK 237K*) annually for 3 years

International Cooperation :: National Research Foundation of Korea (nrf.re.kr)

Brain Pool Fellowship Program

Funded by MSIT (Ministry of Science and ICT) and NRF, host researchers in South Korea who wish to invite outstanding scientists to join the Brain Pool(BP) Program.

The program is designed to invite overseas outstanding scientists to domestic research institutions in Korea, required by domestic industry, academia, and research sites, for the enhancement of research competence through joint research in R&D fields in Korea, in which he or she produces high level of R&D performance and to contribute to the internationalization of the domestic research environment,

Application period: Mar.11th(Mon) 2024 ∼ May.31st(Fri) 2024

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Open bilateral Research and Innovation Action (RIA) call between EU and Korea within the Chips Joint Undertaking.

Topic is “Joint call with Korea on Heterogeneous integration and neuromorphic computing technologies for future semiconductor components and systems”. Application deadline is 14 May 2024.
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Funding opportunities by EUREKA (Point of contact in Sweden is Vinnova)

Call for proposals on applied quantum technologies, application deadline 9 May 2024. More information

Open call for Network projects applications, application deadline 31 December 2025. More information