A further purpose is to enhance collaborations between teachers and researchers at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Stockholm University, and their counterparts in Asia, as well as with other higher education institutions and research environments focused on Asian studies.

These are small grants, typically intended to support shorter fieldwork trips or research visits to universities and research institutions. The grants are designed to encourage the exchange of ideas, foster new collaborations, and contribute to the development of research related to Asia. They do not normally cover salary costs.

Funding may be used to support the travel of scholars and teachers employed at a social science department at Stockholm University to institutions abroad or to host incoming guest researchers at Stockholm University. Grants may also be used for fieldwork or archival research. In addition, the Center provides planning grants for individual researchers or research groups preparing applications for external research funding.

Planning grants constitute an exception to the rule regarding salary coverage. In these cases, the
grant may include support equivalent to up to one month of salary (including LKP and OH) to enable researchers to develop and write research proposals. While planning grants give priority to junior researchers, they are not exclusively limited to them. Applicants must have completed a doctoral degree to be eligible for a planning grant.

Grants are open to staff members and doctoral students at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Stockholm University. Applications from foreign scholars must be submitted through their host department or unit at Stockholm University. The funding period runs from Monday, 5 January 2026, to 5 January 2027.

Applications must be submitted no later than 12 December 2025. All applications should be sent both by e-mail to asianstudies@su.se and in two printed copies (including one signed original) to:

Stockholm Center for Global Asia  
Attn: Eva Hansson  
Stockholm University
106 91 Stockholm, SWEDEN  

Each application must include

• a signed application form (download PDF below) 
• a curriculum vitae of no more than two pages (including recent publications)
• a short description of the project’s background, purpose, and expected outcomes;
• a budget specifying travel costs, housing, and daily allowance. For planning grants, the budget should also include any requested salary component, a concise project description, projected sources of future external funding, and a list of collaborating institutions abroad.

There is no fixed amount for travel grants, but the maximum allocation for individual planning grants is 100,000 SEK. Applications should not exceed three pages for travel grants and five pages for planning grants (double-spaced, 12-point font).

Priority will be given to applications that are expected to result in publications authored by researchers at Stockholm University, or that include Stockholm University researchers in forthcoming external funding applications. Acceptance will be announced on 5 January 2026.

A brief final report (1–2 pages) summarizing the outcomes of the funded activity must be submitted to the Forum for Asian Studies no later than 31 January 2027.

The application form can be downloaded here: SCGA Application 2025.