The Elisabeth "Bollan" Lindén Stipend

The scholarship is announced to young researchers working at the Sahlgrenska Academy and should be used for work performed at the platforms within Core Facilities. This means that you have the chance to acquire knowledge and utilize the techniques and services that are available at Core Facilities. In your application you can choose to use several of our facilities.

Only one application per person is valid, and we will evaluate the latest that has been sent in, if you have sent in several applications.

The stipend is not intended to cover costs for purchase of equipment, and costs for material and animals may only compose one third of the applied amount. The call and the evaluation of applications are handled by the faculty's Council for Core Facilities. A total sum of 250,000 SEK per year will be distributed to a maximum of 5 scholars. A researcher can be granted the stipend maximum two times.

We welcome you to contact each facility manager to discuss the study's design and costs (you can find contact information in the contact box).

Who can apply?

Young researchers active in medical research at the Sahlgrenska Academy. This means that doctoral (PhD) students or researchers who have obtained their PhD degree no more than 5 years ago (parental leave excluded) is the target group.

Application

The application is to be written in English and sent in through the online application form.

The information below is required for a complete application. If the application is not complete or does not follow instructions of maximum pages etc, it will not be evaluated. The file name of each uploaded document has to include the name of the applicant and should also include the applicant's name on each page, e.g. in the header or footer.

• Motivation/shorter project description (max 150 words), written directly in the application form
• A research plan in English (to be attached as a pdf-document). The research plan is to be max 3 pages, including references, pictures, tables, etc. Dedicate half a page of those three in which you describe the value that will be added to your project by the usage of the research infrastructure at the Core Facilities.
• Curriculum vitae (to be attached as a pdf-document). Your CV should be max 2 pages and include academic degrees, previous and current appointments and listed scientific publications.
• An estimated total cost calculation for the project and the amount applied for must be stated (max 75,000 kr).

The web-based application form is divided into four steps, each of which must be complete before proceeding to the next step. The four steps are:

1. Personal data
2. Research project
3. Cost calculation
4. Final review and submission

After submitting the form, a copy of the application is automatically sent to the group leader/supervisor for approval. Once the approval has been received, the examination of the application can begin.

Next Application Period: 2025

The Council for the Core Facilities has decided that the stipend will be awarded every second year in order to be able to grant a larger sum each time. Information regarding the application period 2025 will come. The stipends will be awarded mid-October, and the money are disposable until December following year.

Note that no transfer of funds is made directly to the scholar. As the funds are used within the Core Facilities, the costs are deducted from the grant.

Prioritizing

Received applications will be evaluated and ranked by expert group appointed by members of the Sahlgrenska Academy's Council for Core Facilities. Rules for bias are applied, and bias is defined for these scholarships as ongoing or previous cooperation with the applicant or his/her supervisor (time limit 5 years). Delicacy disqualification is defined as for other government agencies. The fact that the evaluator in question is in the same department as the applicant is therefore not regarded as a bias/disqualification. When prioritizing submitted applications, these will be graded on a scale of 1-5 according to the following criteria:

• Research question
• Methodology
• Competence/Feasibility
• Medical relevance
• Delivered report (on renewed application)

Decision

Decisions on granted applications are taken by the Sahlgrenska Academy's Council for Core Facilities based on the recommendation of the expert group's overall assessments.