Scholarships from the Swedish Bank Research Foundation

The Swedish Bank Research Foundation (Bankforskningsinstitutet, BFI) awards scholarships carrying out high-quality academic research on financial institutions and markets.

Who can apply

Individual scholarships for PhD students to cover living costs and related research expenses for up to one year at a time.

Individual scholarships for post-doc researchers can also be considered.

Applicants who have received a scholarship can be considered for supplementary grants to cover costs of special research expenses that are essential to a particular project as well as travel grants. Applications for these grants are made on a separate form.

Grant amounts

The size of the grants for academic year 2026/2027 will be determined by the foundation's board of directors at its spring meeting. In academic year 2025/2026, grants to projects conducted for an entire year were (in SEK):

Doctoral Candidates

Personal scholarships SEK 320,000
Insurance (Health, accident) and retirement contribution – SEK 75,000
Research expenses – SEK 30,000

Post-doc Researchers

Personal scholarships – SEK 500,000
Insurance (Health, accident) and retirement contribution – SEK 100,000
Research expenses – SEK 50,000

How to apply

Applications for grants must be submitted by email to anneli.sandbladh@hhs.se on Friday, 10 April 2026 at the latest. Please include the application form, an updated CV and, if available, your research papers. A letter of recommendation should be sent directly by the advisor to anneli.sandbladh@hhs.se before the deadline.

Application forms are available on the web: http://www.hhs.se/BFI

Do you have any questions?

Further information on the grants is provided by Professor Clas Bergström, email: Clas.Bergstrom@hhs.se.