Presentation of the programmes

SWEDEN

Promoting French-Swedish Research

Swedish and French flagsThe SFVE-A, Eva de la Gardie, Sophie Germain and France Excellence Research programmes of the Institut français de Suède aim to foster scientific and academic cooperation between France and Sweden. They give researchers the opportunity to develop their international network. The programmes are open to all academic disciplines and research topics, from natural sciences to humanities, including STEM.

Our programme names have changed!

FRÖ, ÖMSE, TOR and GALAN programmes are now under the same umbrella name: the SFVE-A (Svensk Fransk Vetenskap – Anslag) programme. One name, multiple possibilities.

SFVE-A aims to strengthen long-term scientific and academic cooperations between French and Swedish researchers through a mobility experience in France or Sweden.

The French Institute Nordic Award (FINA)

Since 2020, the French Institutes of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway and Sweden jointly award a prize to five young researchers from the Nordic region in recognition of their outstanding achievements. The so-called French Institute Nordic Award (FINA) aims to foster scientific cooperation on a theme of shared interest for both the Nordic countries and France. This year’s theme is Oceans. The recipients will be invited to attend the OOSC (One Ocean Science Congress), a major scientific event ahead of the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference held in Nice from June 3 until June 6.

The FINA recognizes the quality of the work carried out by young researchers established in a Nordic institution. Moreover, it aims to promote cultural and scientific cooperation between France and the Nordic countries by participating in the funding of research mobilities in France. For additional details, including application criteria, annual research themes and past projects, please see FINA’s main page here.

Presentation of the programmes

For researchers established in France and Sweden

SFVE-A

The SFVE-A programme is intended for researchers in France or Sweden who wish to establish or deepen a scientific or an academic collaboration between both countries. Depending on the researcher and their project, the programme can take various forms. For researchers with a PhD, it can be a short or long visit, or a scientific workshop in order to prepare large-scale projects (bilateral, regional or European). Concerning PhD students, it must be a double degree PHD between a French and a Swedish institution or an application for the “European doctorate” label.

For researchers established in Sweden

Eva de la Gardie

The Eva de la Gardie programme is the result of the collaboration between the Institut français de Suède and the Swedish Institute in Paris. It corresponds to a one-month stay in Paris, in November. It is intended for researchers with a PhD established in a Swedish Institution (e.g. university, research laboratory, etc).

Sophie Germain

The Sophie Germain programme is the result of a collaboration between the Institut français de Suède and the Swedish House of the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (CIUP). It corresponds to a one-month stay in Paris, in June. It is intended for researchers with a PhD established in a Swedish institution (e.g. university, research laboratory, etc.).

France Excellence Research

The France Excellence Research Programme is intended for researchers who wish to carry out research and/or have access to scientific equipement in France. This programme has been thought to deepen a scientific or an academic collaboration between both countries by allowing to spend stays of one to three months in a French institution.

Discover the mobility programmes

For additional details, including application criteria, accommodations conditions, grant amounts and application procedures, please see each programme’s specific page: