The SCAS-Nordic Fellowship Programme (2025-26)
Programme and Eligibility Criteria
The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) offers a Nordic Residential Fellowship Programme,
in the humanities and social sciences, open to scholars who hold a position at a university in the Nordic
countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway, as well as the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland).
The programme is funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ).
The purpose of the SCAS-Nordic Fellowship Programme is to strengthen the ties between the Swedish
research
community and Nordic colleagues. The programme promotes collaboration across disciplinary
boundaries,
and aims to attract scholars who are interested in interdisciplinary research, discussion and
collaboration.
The programme gives fellows the opportunity to concentrate on their own research interests, free from the
teaching and administrative obligations of ordinary university life. Fellows are, however, expected to be
active members of the scholarly community of the Collegium and to participate in seminars and other aca-
demic events beyond their own fields of specialization.
At the time of application, the candidate must have held a PhD (or equivalent degree) for at least three years.
Early career scholars must have a promising track record of independent achievements beyond the post-
doctoral 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.
Scholars may apply for a full academic year (September – June) or one semester.
Remuneration
Fellows receive a monthly salary. The Collegium hopes that fellows will explore possibilities to apply for
other outside support (such as
sabbatical salaries and/or grants).
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 Stock-
holm
who are
not able to commute.
Application Instructions and Deadline
Final decisions are taken by the Principal of the Collegium in consultation with a selection committee
composed
of Long-term Fellows. This means that all applications (including personal data) will be down-
loaded by members
of the selection committee, and may also be sent to external referees, outside of the
EU/EEA.
The application deadline for the academic year 2025 - 2026 has passed (1 June 2024).
Applicants will be notified of the results through Varbi no later than 28 February 2025. If you get a new
email address, please make sure to update it in your
Varbi account.
If you have any questions related to the Varbi online application system, please contact Varbi’s support:
varbi@uadm.uu.se
If you have any questions about the SCAS-Nordic Fellowship Programme, please contact the secretariat: fellowselection@swedishcollegium.se
