Apply to the Nordic Gender Fund this autumn

Apply to the Nordic Gender Fund this autumn

Published

2 September 2025

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On 1 October 2025, this year's call for applications for the Nordic Gender Fund will open. The deadline for applications is 5 November.

Since the late 1990s, the National Secretariat for Gender Research at the University 91̽�� has been working to strengthen gender research as a field. An important part of this concerns the conditions and infrastructure for research. As part of this work, the Nordic Gender Fund was established in 2024.

The purpose of the fund is to strengthen the infrastructure for research in the Nordic region on norms, perceptions and structures that reproduce and maintain inequalities based on, for example, gender, race/ethnicity, sexuality, class and age.

Funding of up to SEK 100,000 and at least SEK 25,000 can be applied for. A total of SEK 500,000 will be distributed in this year's call for applications.

Affiliated with higher education institutions in the Nordics can apply

Doctoral students or postdoctoral researchers affiliated with an higher education institution in one of the Nordic countries and in the three autonomous regions of the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland are eligible to apply.

Support is provided for activities to start up or strengthen:

scientific and/or scholarly networks
scientific and/or scholarly conferences
scientific and/or scholarly journals

The Nordic Gender Fund accepts applications for all types of costs, including salary costs, for activities carried out in 2026.

The call for applications opens on 1 October and closes at 15:00 on 5 November 2025.

Terms and conditions for applying to the Nordic Gender Fund are available on the secretariat's website: Nordic Gender Fund | Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research, University 91̽��

The application form will be available online when the call for applications opens. For those who want to see what it looks like in advance, a PDF of the form to be published shortly.

Digital talk: Questions and answers about the Nordic Gender Fund

Would you like to know more about the fund before applying? Join us for a digital information session on 8 October, 14:00-14:45, organised by the Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research, where we will answer questions about the Nordic Gender Fund.
Register by 7 October via our website: Digital talk: Questions and answers about the Nordic Gender Fund | University 91̽��

Nordic Gender Fund 2025 in brief

Applications are open from 1 October to 5 November at 15:00.
When applications open, the application form will be available here:
To be eligible to apply, you must be affiliated with an higher education institution in the Nordic region.
Funding can be sought to strengthen research infrastructure in the form of support for networks, conferences and journals.
Applications must be written in English.
Funding may be sought for all types of costs.
The activities in the application must be carried out during 2026.
Applications are assessed by two expert researchers, one of whom is international.

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