2. The Swedish Institute Scholarships for South Africa Programme
Tuition fees: directly paid to the Swedish university by SI
Living expenses of SEK 9,000/month
Travel grant of SEK 15,000
Insurance against illness and accident

3. Minor Field Studies (MFS)
Funds for Swedish students to conduct field studies to gather data for a graduation project/thesis.
Travel grant of SEK funded by SIDA
Possible to include all countries on OECD/DAC-list
Open to Swedish citizens, people with permanent residency in Sweden or Nordic citizens who have resided in Sweden for the past 12 months
Minimum 8 weeks in the field
Application deadline up to sending university
programmes/minor-field-studies-mfs/

4. Linnaeus-Palme Programme
Collaboration department to department with universities outside EU (OECD/DAC)
Open for applications in all thematic fields
Planning visits, exchange of students, lecturers & staff
Possible to get funding 8 years in a row
Deadline April (recurring annual call and coordinated by Swedish universities)

5. SAMRC/Forte Scientific Collaboration
Jointly funded by SAMRC and Forte
Supports research projects in the areas of
Inequality of Health
Health systems and Health systems policies
Mental health
2-3 year projects
New call for applications in preparation (date tba)

6. STINT Initiation grants
Initiation of short-term research projects with researchers outside of EU
Building of new and strategically interesting international relationship
Simple application (5 pages+CV+list of activities)
Max SEK
Calls open 4 times annually

7. Joint South Africa-Sweden Research Collaboration
Jointly funded by STINT, Swedish Research Council, Formas, Forte and NRF
Supports projects of high scientific quality which are clearly contributing to the activities of participating institutions
Max 3 year-long projects (total budget max SEK – SEK /year)
Application will close in September (date tbc)
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8. STINT Grants for Double Degree Programmes
Develop double, multiple or joint degree programmes
Bachelor, master or PhD-programmes
3 years – SEK in funding
Main applicant should be Swedish University
Next call will be published in November 2019
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9. SASUF – Collaboration projects
Seed funding for researchers to facilitate collaboration
SEK/ ZAR
Co-funded by Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
Main aim is to initiate or further develop collaboration between Sweden and South Africa
Deadline to apply: September
Project duration up to August 2020
All info will be posted on