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Prospekt

Important dates

  • Opening date: 17 September 2024
  • Closing date: 13 November 2024, at 15:00
  • Funding decisions: March 2025
  • Project start: Earliest June 2025, latest October 2025

In the programme Prospekt, early career researchers are offered funding to independently pursue a research project in co-production with the business sector.

Programme summary

  • The research project is conducted in co-production with the business sector
  • The project manager is an early career researcher (academically active for a maximum of three years following their doctoral exam)
  • The project manager develops professionally and positions themselves career-wise through qualifying activities and career support
  • Strengthens and/or renews the environment and its research through strategical recruitment
  • Maximum funding: SEK 2 million
  • Maximum project duration: 3 years

Background of the programme

Today’s knowledge-intensive society is in great need of cutting-edge research results and people with academic excellence. One way to meet these needs is to offer promising researchers good opportunities for an academic career.

The programme Prospekt offers an early career researcher funding of a research project where a well-defined and delimited scientific question is addressed together with relevant business partners. The project should contribute to the scientific development, as well as create benefits to the business sector.

Within the programme, the project manager should also be allowed to develop professionally and position her-/himself career-wise. Therefore, qualifying activities alongside the project, as well as career support, should be included in the project design.

The programme’s contribution to strong research and educational environments

The specific purpose of the Prospekt programme is to develop and/or renew the research and education environment within its scientific profile area through a strategic recruitment of a promising early career researcher. The programme also contributes to strengthen the relationship between academia and the business sector within the subject area.

Programme film

Mälardalen University

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