Deadline: June 1, 2026
Applications are open for the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study General Fellowship Programme 2027-2028. The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study offers a number of residential fellowship programmes. The programmes give fellows the opportunity to concentrate on their own research interests, free from the teaching and administrative duties of ordinary university life. Fellows are, however, expected to be active members of the Collegium’s scholarly community and to participate in seminars and other academic events outside their own fields of specialization.
Remuneration
- Fellows normally receive a monthly salary. However, the Collegium does not match fellows’ salaries at their home university/institute, and fellows are asked to try to obtain other resources for their support such as sabbatical salaries and/or grants.
- In most cases the Collegium will provide and pay for accommodation for fellows who do not live in the Stockholm–Uppsala region. When possible, the Collegium also tries to offer accommodation to fellows from Stockholm who are not able to commute.
Eligibility
- Open to scholars mainly in the humanities and social sciences, the General Residential Fellowship Programme is the backbone of the Collegium’s fellowship programmes.
- The Collegium encourages scholars from diverse backgrounds, institutions, and countries to apply.
- At the time of application, candidates must have held a PhD (or equivalent doctoral degree) for at least three years.
- Early career scholars must have a promising track record of independent achievements beyond the postdoctoral level, including significant publications, and be active in international fora.
- Senior candidates (those who have held a PhD for at least ten years) must have demonstrated a track record of significant and original research achievements over a sequence of years and be active at the international forefront of their research fields.
- Candidates are not required to hold a university position at the time of application.
Application
Apply through the Varbi application system by filling in the online form and submitting as PDF-files the following required application documents:
- A curriculum vitae (not exceeding 4 pages)
- A description of your intended research project (not exceeding 1500 words, excluding bibliography if any)
- A list of your major articles (up to ten) in international peer-reviewed journals and/or major research monographs or edited volumes
- One article of your choice (or chapter in an edited book, or chapter from a monograph by you), representing your scholarship. The article does not have to be related to your proposed research project, but it has to be in English.
- An account of why you wish to be at SCAS (rather than at another institute for advanced study) (not exceeding 100 words)
- An account of how you would benefit from a stay at SCAS (not exceeding 100 words)
- An account of how you would contribute to the academic and social environment at SCAS (not exceeding 100 words)
- A copy of your PhD diploma
- (Optional) up to 3 letters of reference (note that letters of reference must be uploaded by the candidate by the application deadline. It is not possible for referees to upload references into the online application system or send them to SCAS.)
For more information, visit SCAS General Fellowship.
