Planning group for research
The 2026 application period is open from 4 March to 16 April
The Swedish Cancer Society, organisation number 802005-3370, 101 55 Stockholm, is the body responsible for the collection and processing of personal data in connection with grant applications.
The Swedish Cancer Society has a digitised grant application system called Fenix. Fenix uses BankID and Swedish social security numbers for both identification and the signing of the application.
Guidelines – generative AI
When you apply for research grants at the Swedish Cancer Society you can use generative AI-tools or other tools when you write your application. You don’t have to state that you have done so.
Regardless of if you write the application yourself or with the help of an AI-tool the same rules apply:
- It is your responsibility that everything in the application is correct.
- It is your responsibility that everything has been filled in in accordance to our application process.
- You have to follow good research practices. It is forbidden to plagiarize, forge or fabricate the content of your application.
When you sign and send in your application you certify that you have followed the above.
Guidelines
Objectives
The purpose of Planning group grants is to bring together research groups and researchers working in similar methodological and subject-matter areas to increase collaboration and to facilitate the planning of multicenter studies.
Funds are allocated for the implementation of planning meetings.
Funds are not allocated for project costs or the development of care programs.
The application can be written in Swedish or English.
Practical information
Formal eligibility requirements
Planning Group grant can be applied by researchers with a PhD.
In the assessment of the application, particular emphasis is placed on the group being open to the participation of interested researchers from different regions, with national coverage as a primary goal.
It is also important that the group's composition is multi-professional, where this is relevant.
A presupposition is that the key people in the various research groups are named and asked to participate.
Grant period
The grant period is 1 January-31 December. The grant is usually granted for three years.
The period of performance is the grant period plus a further 12 months.
Basis for assessment
The factors that are of particular importance when assessing an application for a Planning Team grant are:
- Nationwide collaboration
- Planned activities for the group aimed at fulfilling the objectives of the call
- Scientific productivity
- The group's composition
- Cancer relevance.
In addition, for continuation grants an evaluation of activity reports from previous grant are assessed in cases where the application is for continued funding. A continuation grant is a grant where the grant period or disposition period expires in the same year as the application is submitted.
The size of the grant
Regular grants can be awarded from SEK 50 000 to a maximum of SEK 250 000 per year, depending mainly on the size and activities of the planning group.
The Swedish Cancer Society does not grant higher amounts than what has been applied for, so be thorough in what you include in your budget.
To apply
How to apply in the application system Fenix
If you already have an account you can login:
If you don’t have an account, you need to create one:
Create an account in the application system Fenix
More information on how to apply in the application system Fenix
The following headings are based on the application process in the application system Fenix.
Applicant
In this tab you need to fill in general information about yourself as an applicant.
This is, for example, your name, date of birth and current employment.
Organisation
In this tab you need to fill in information about your university, department and Head of department.
The Swedish Cancer Society pays research grants only to Swedish universities.
The Swedish Cancer Society approves deductions for overhead costs with a maximum of 15.25 % of the grant.
By signing the application the Head of department guarantees co-financing of the project if the above deductions prove to be insufficient.
This applies only to Postdoctor in Sweden:
Under Invitation from the host department you need to attach an invitation from the Swedish university.
This applies only to Postdoctor abroad:
Under the tab Organisation you should enter the Swedish department.
Under Head of department, you need to fill in your head of department at the Swedish department.
Under Main supervisor you need to fill in information about your main supervisor at the foreign department.
Under Invitation from the host department, you need to attach an invitation from the foreign department and one from the Swedish university.
CV
In this tab you need to fill in your CV and attach a list of publications and other merits. You can add CV details under "My Profile" in your account and easily transfer them to your application. The advantage of saving the details in your profile is that they are retained and can be reused for future applications to the Swedish Cancer Society.
You also have the option to enter CV details directly in the application. However, please note that these details will not be saved under "My Profile" and therefore cannot be reused for future applications.
All attachments must be attached as PDF.
Publication list
Full publication list for period 2018-2026. The list should be arranged: author (all), title of the work, name of the publication, volume, page, year. Example as follows:
The publication list should be listed in three categories: peer reviewed original publications, reviewed articles and other articles.
Example: Smith J., Doe A, Jane A: Analysis of cancer. J Can Res., 15:100-110, 2024
The publication list must be divided into three categories and attached as a PDF:
- Peer-reviewed original publications
- Peer-reviewed review articles
- Other publications
Project information
In this tab you fill in everything related to your project, for example your planned activities, cancer relevance and the research group composition.
Cancer relevance
Your planning group must demonstrate cancer relevance in order to be eligible for funding from the Swedish Cancer Society. Read more about how to describe cancer relevance in your application here: https://www.cancerfonden.se/forskning/for-forskare/sok-anslag-for-forskare/det-har-kan-du-soka-anslag-inom
Representatives from different regions
State the representatives from the involved regions, including their name, title/role, and university affiliation.
Activity report
Describe the planning group’s planned activities in no more than two A4 pages.
For renewal grants, the reviewers must be able to assess the progress of the planning group during the last grant period. Therefore, an activity report on initiated activities and other activities to which the planning group has contributed, as well as a publication list (maximum 10 articles) demonstrating the results of the planning group’s work during the previous grant period, must be attached.
Popular scientific description
If your application is approved, this text may be published on our website and made available to people who support the Swedish Cancer Society.
So please write in a way that is as clear and concise as possible, and avoid including any personal data.
The text must be in Swedish and a maximum of 650 characters per question/section.
Your text will not be edited. It will be published as you write it.
- A title that is easy to understand.
- The background of the project.
- What is the project about? Describe, for example, what cancer diseases are being studied, what treatment it is about, whether it is in diagnostics, epidemiology, prevention or care of cancer patients, or whether it is about how cancer arises.
- What do you hope to achieve with your research?
- A very brief summary for those who quickly want to know what the project is about.
Statistics
In order for the Swedish Cancer Society to compile statistics on the research being conducted, you need to indicate here which of the Swedish Cancer Society’s four goals for Sweden 2030 your project falls under. State whether the research covers the handling of experiments on animals and/or studies involving humans.
Grants
Applied amount
The Swedish Cancer Society does not award amounts higher than those applied for, so please be careful about what you include in your budget. If relevant, provide comments regarding the requested budget.
Other funding
Here you enter all of your ongoing, as well as those you have applied for (not yet decided), from both the Swedish Cancer Society and other research funding bodies. State amount per year.
Applicants holding grants from, or having assignment at, the tobacco industry can not apply or be awarded funding from the Swedish Cancer Society.
The Swedish Cancer Society attaches considerable importance to ensuring that project applications contain accurate budget information.
A complete picture of the applicants grants and any other funding is important both for assessing the project's chances of successful implementation and in calculating the need for funding.
Please note that applications with incomplete financial statements may be rejected because the information is insufficient to enable a decision to be made.
Preview (and signing)
In this tab, a preview of your application is shown. You can, for example, see if there is any missing information.
If the application is filled in correctly, you can start the signing process by first sending it to your Head of department and, where applicable Clinical Head of Department. When the Head of the department has signed the application you need to sign it before submitting the application.
Signing your application
If the application is filled in correctly, you can start the signing process by first sending it to your Head of department and, where applicable Clinical Head of Department. When the Head of the department has signed the application you need to sign it before submitting the application.
At the bottom of the page, you click "Request signing/Be om signering". This sends the application to your Head of department, and, where applicable Clinical Head of Department, who receives it and signs it digitally with BankID.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: The latest date and time for submitting your application can be found at the top of this page.
Note that if you make changes to the application after sending it to the Head of department and, where applicable Clinical Head of Department for signing, you must send a new request for signing by your Head of department, as the application has changed. This applies regardless of what changes have been made.
When the Head of department and, where applicable Clinical Head of Department has signed the application digitally with BankID, you as the applicant will receive an email. You can then log in and sign the application digitally with BankID.
Make sure that you allow enough time for your application to be signed by your Head of department and, where applicable Clinical Head of Department and then for you as the applicant to sign and submit the application before the call closes.
Use of personal data
Read more about the Swedish Cancer Society's handling of personal data in the Swedish Cancer Society's privacy policy (in Swedish).
Changes in your grant and reporting
Changed circumstances during the grant period
- Changed employment and financing circumstances must be reported immediately to the Swedish Cancer Society for reconsideration of the grant.
- If the grantee applies for and receives an advertised position as a senior lecturer or professor within the first three-year period, the grantee can not keep the grant. If the grantee is promoted to professor or senior lecturer before the end of the first three-year period, the grantee can keep the funding already awarded but can not receive an additional three-year period.
- If the grantee applies for and receives an advertised position as a senior lecturer or professor within the second three-year period, the grantee can not keep the grant. If the grantee is promoted to senior lecturer or professor before the end of the second three-year period, the grantee can keep the funding that has been awarded.
- A researcher who has been awarded funds can retain these funds if the person in question continues their activities but is promoted in the meantime.
- Researchers who have been awarded a grant for the Senior Investigator Award and, during the grant period apply for and are appointed to a position as senior lecturer or professor cannot retain funding from the Swedish Cancer Society.
- Researchers who have been awarded grants for Postdoctoral Positions cannot use the funds for any other type of work. If the Postdoctoral Position is terminated, the grant will also be terminated.
Exceptions to the above rule are researchers who during the grant period:
- are appointed associate senior lecturer or research associate, in which case funding from the Swedish Cancer Society can be retained. (not applicable for Postdoctoral grants)
Transfer to another university/department
When transferring grants to another university or to another department at the current university, the application for change must be made in Fenix with digital signature/approval from both the current and receiving head of department.
Transferring grants to another university or to another department is not permitted for postdoctoral positions.
Reports (financial and scientific)
A report must be submitted in Fenix no later than three months (see contract) after the end of the grant period. Unused funds must be repaid.
Decisions regarding grants
Do you have questions?
You are very welcome to contact us if you have any questions. You can reach us via email at forskning@cancerfonden.se
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