The main recipients of support include research organisations, universities and research institutes in partner countries, regional research networks and international research programmes. Sida also supports research activities in Sweden relevant to developing countries.
Sida normally focuses on support to research universities with a central position in the national system for research and education in these prioritised countries.
Researchers at Swedish institutions also receive funding for research in developing countries. Sida has allocated SEK 3 million per year over five years to research groups. Researchers can apply for this support through Sida’s online application.
Sida's Programme for Development Research allows researchers working at Swedish universities and colleges or other research institutions in Sweden to apply for a grant. Swedish researchers working at the Nordic Institute for Asian Studies (NIAS)in Copenhagen may also apply. This programme also requires that applications are sent through Sida’s web-bases application system. Sida does not offer scholarships to researchers who are not associated with a Swedish research institute.
The Swedish Research Links Programme
The Swedish Research Links Programme receives funding from Sida to encourage research cooperation between researchers in Sweden and Asia, the Middle East/North African region and South Africa. The aim is to contribute to mutual scientific and socio-economic development of the countries involved in the collaboration.
Please observe regarding Call 2010: The programme will be evaluated during 2010 and there will be no call during this year. Information concerning a call 2011 for the Swedish Research Links programme will be published on the website in the middle of October 2010 at the earliest.
The programme offers two types of grants for international collaboration: the International Research Grant (normally awarded for three years) and the International Planning Grant (one year).
One criterion for the programme is that a joint application is submitted by researchers from the countries involved. The application must include at least two principal researchers, one of whom is based in Sweden and another in the partner country. The principal researchers must be actively affiliated to a university or research institution.
